Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	1939; 85 years ago (1939)
Founder	Alfred Lion, Max Margulis, Francis Wolff
Distributor(s)	Capitol Music Group (United States) Decca Records (United Kingdom) Universal Music Group (International)
Genre	Jazz
Country of origin	United States
Location	Los Angeles
Official website	www.bluenote.com

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group.^[1] Established in 1939 by German-Jewish emigrants Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz around 1947. From there, Blue Note grew to become one of the most prolific, influential and respected jazz labels of the mid-20th century, noted for its role in facilitating the development of hard bop, post-bop and avant-garde jazz, as well as for its iconic modernist art direction.