Now pouring: the Blue Note 1500 series More series coming soon

Pull up a stool.
The records are on.

Every record as it first came out, every session behind it, and everyone who was in the room. Follow a drummer from Hackensack on Sunday to another label's date on Wednesday.

97 records · 124 sessions · 157 players

On the turntable behind the counterBLP 1501 · 1955Miles Davis Volume 1Miles DavisMiles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Jackie McLean, Gil Coggins, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke

The Blue Note 1500 series

The twelve-inch run that made the label's name, 1955 to 1958: Reid Miles sleeves, Frank Wolff photos, Rudy Van Gelder's room.

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Miles Davis – Miles Davis Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1501)

BLP 1501 · 1955Miles Davis Volume 1Miles Davis

Miles Davis – Miles Davis Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP 1502)

BLP 1502 · 1956Miles Davis Volume 2Miles Davis

Bud Powell – The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1503)

BLP 1503 · 1955The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1Bud Powell

Bud Powell – The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP 1504)

BLP 1504 · 1956The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2Bud Powell

J.J. Johnson – The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1505)

BLP 1505 · 1956The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson – The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP 1506)

BLP 1506 · 1956The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2J.J. Johnson

The Jazz Messengers – At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1507)

BLP 1507 · 1956At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1The Jazz Messengers

The Jazz Messengers – At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP 1508)

BLP 1508 · 1956At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 2The Jazz Messengers

Milt Jackson – Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1509)

BLP 1509 · 1956Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk QuintetMilt Jackson

Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1510)

BLP 1510 · 1956Genius of Modern Music Volume 1Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP 1511)

BLP 1511 · 1956Genius of Modern Music Volume 2Thelonious Monk

Jimmy Smith – A New Sound, A New Star Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1512)

BLP 1512 · 1956A New Sound, A New Star Volume 1Jimmy Smith

Thad Jones – Detroit-New York Junction (Blue Note BLP 1513)

BLP 1513 · 1956Detroit-New York JunctionThad Jones

Jimmy Smith – A New Sound, A New Star Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP 1514)

BLP 1514 · 1956A New Sound, A New Star Volume 2Jimmy Smith

Jutta Hipp – At the Hickory House Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1515)

BLP 1515 · 1956At the Hickory House Volume 1Jutta Hipp

Jutta Hipp – At the Hickory House Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP 1516)

BLP 1516 · 1957At the Hickory House Volume 2Jutta Hipp

Gil Mellé – Patterns in Jazz (Blue Note BLP 1517)

BLP 1517 · 1956Patterns in JazzGil Mellé

Horace Silver – Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note BLP 1518)

BLP 1518 · 1956Horace Silver and the Jazz MessengersHorace Silver

Next on the turntable

The Blue Note 1500 series is in, every record and session. These series are next, with the same depth: the sessions, who played, and where they went next, across labels.

On the wayBlue NoteThe 4000 series1958 onward: Moanin', Soul Station, Speak No Evil, Maiden Voyage
On the wayBlue NoteThe ten-inch LPs and the 78s1939–1956: where the label started, from boogie-woogie to Monk and Bud Powell
On the wayPrestigeThe 7000 seriesMiles, Rollins, Monk and Coltrane, many of them cut at Van Gelder's too
On the wayRiversideThe 12-200 seriesMonk's Brilliant Corners, Bill Evans, Cannonball, Wes Montgomery

Pull up a stool.
The records are on.

The Blue Note 1500 series

Next on the turntable

Most in the room

Where they made them

Pull up a stool.The records are on.

Most in the room

Where they made them

Pull up a stool.
The records are on.