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How to Read a Prestige Label: A Collector's Guide to Dating Pressings
The yellow fireworks label everyone pictures was never one object. From the New York 446 address through Bergenfield to the blue trident and the Fantasy green, here is how to read a Prestige label and date any copy in your hands.
How to Read a Prestige Label: A Collector's Guide to Dating Pressings
The yellow fireworks label everyone pictures was never one object. From the New York 446 address through Bergenfield to the blue trident and the Fantasy green, here is how to read a Prestige label and date any copy in your hands.
Three Blind Mice: Japan's Blue Note
In the mid-1970s you could not walk through Akihabara without hearing Misty or Blow Up. Takeshi Fujii and the engineer Yoshihiko Kannari built Three Blind Mice to record Japanese jazz as it sounded in the room, and the nickname everyone gives the label is only half right.
Three Blind Mice: Japan's Blue Note
In the mid-1970s you could not walk through Akihabara without hearing Misty or Blow Up. Takeshi Fujii and the engineer Yoshihiko Kannari built Three Blind Mice to record Japanese jazz as it sounded in the room, and the nickname everyone gives the label is only half right.
The 20 Best Bill Evans Albums
Bill Evans left more great records than any single list can hold. Here are twenty that matter, grouped across the five eras of his career, from the first great trio with Scott LaFaro to the albums that only surfaced after his death.
The 20 Best Bill Evans Albums
Bill Evans left more great records than any single list can hold. Here are twenty that matter, grouped across the five eras of his career, from the first great trio with Scott LaFaro to the albums that only surfaced after his death.
Top 10 Most Valuable Japanese Jazz Records on Vinyl: A Collector's Guide
Hiroshi Suzuki's Cat, Mabumi Yamaguchi's Leeward and Ryo Fukui's Scenery lead a market that barely existed twenty years ago. Here are the ten most valuable Japanese jazz records on vinyl, ranked on what copies have actually sold for, with the pressing details and reissues that matter.
Top 10 Most Valuable Japanese Jazz Records on Vinyl: A Collector's Guide
Hiroshi Suzuki's Cat, Mabumi Yamaguchi's Leeward and Ryo Fukui's Scenery lead a market that barely existed twenty years ago. Here are the ten most valuable Japanese jazz records on vinyl, ranked on what copies have actually sold for, with the pressing details and reissues that matter.
The Best New Jazz Releases and Reissues: September 2026
A bass-led Chicago record with Isaiah Collier on tenor and a Japan-only Dollar Brand and Don Cherry live set finally released to the world. Here's what mattered in jazz this September.
The Best New Jazz Releases and Reissues: September 2026
A bass-led Chicago record with Isaiah Collier on tenor and a Japan-only Dollar Brand and Don Cherry live set finally released to the world. Here's what mattered in jazz this September.
Reid Miles: The Designer Who Created The Blue Note Look
He preferred classical music, worked from spoken descriptions, and fought Francis Wolff over every inch. Reid Miles still made the most recognisable covers in jazz. A look at the designer behind Blue Note's iconic sleeves, and the covers that made the look.
Reid Miles: The Designer Who Created The Blue Note Look
He preferred classical music, worked from spoken descriptions, and fought Francis Wolff over every inch. Reid Miles still made the most recognisable covers in jazz. A look at the designer behind Blue Note's iconic sleeves, and the covers that made the look.