Blue Note Records, the legendary jazz label, who gave us artists like Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Lou Donaldson and many more, turned 70 in January.  At least a small part of Blue Note’s success must be dedicated to Reid Miles, who joined Blue Note in 1956. His inventive use of type, a minimalist color palette and label co-founder Wolff’s black and white photographs created a truly unique visual language for the label and helped it establish itself as the coolest of all jazz labels.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
A Night In Tunisia

Larry Young
Unity

John Coltrane
Blue Train

Dexter Gordon
Go!

Kenny Dorham
Trumpeta Toccata

Herbie Hancock
My Point Of View

Lou Donaldson
Swing & Soul

Eric Dolphy
Out To Lunch

Donald Byrd
A New Perspective

Wayne Shorter
Night Dreamer

Lee Morgan
The Rumproller

Joe Henderson
Page One

Sonny Red
Out Of The Blue

Jimmy Smith
At The Organ

Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin’

Tags: Blue Note Records, cover art, Reid Miles

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