Editing Blue Note Records (section)

===Revival and ownership history===

[[File:Blue Note Advert 1969.png|thumb|1969 advertisement after Blue Note was acquired by [[Liberty Records]]|316x316px]]

In 1979, EMI purchased [[United Artists Records]], which had absorbed Liberty Records in 1971,<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=January 23, 1971|title=UA Corp Absorbs Lines; UA Records Sole Disk Co.|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-01-23.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-01-23.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|magazine=Billboard|pages=3}}</ref> and phased out the Blue Note label, which lay dormant until 1985, when it was relaunched as part of [[EMI Manhattan Records]] (both for re-issues and new recordings for which [[Bruce Lundvall]] was appointed).<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Some artists previously associated with Blue Note, such as [[McCoy Tyner]], made new recordings,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> while younger musicians such as [[Bennie Wallace]], [[Joe Lovano]], [[John Scofield]], [[Greg Osby]], [[Jason Moran (musician)|Jason Moran]] and arranger–composer [[Bob Belden]] have established notable reputations through their Blue Note albums. The label has also found great commercial success with the vocalist [[Norah Jones]], and released new albums by established artists on the fringes of jazz such as [[Van Morrison]], [[Al Green]], [[Anita Baker]] and newcomer [[Amos Lee]], sometimes referred to as the "male Norah Jones". Two of the leading trumpeters of the 1980s Jazz Resurgence, [[Wynton Marsalis]] and [[Terence Blanchard]] signed with the label in 2003. Hip-hop producer [[Madlib]] recorded ''[[Shades of Blue (Madlib album)|Shades of Blue]]'' in 2003, as a tribute to Blue Note, with samples from earlier records on the label.

Blue Note has pursued an active reissue program since the mid-1980s revival, and [[Michael Cuscuna]] has worked as freelance advisor and reissue producer.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Some of the original Blue Note's output has appeared in CD box sets issued by [[Mosaic Records]] (also involving Cuscuna).<ref name="GMJ" /> Blue Note Records became the flagship jazz label for [[Capitol Records]], and was the parent label for the Capitol Jazz, [[Pacific Jazz Records|Pacific Jazz]], [[Roulette Records|Roulette]] and other labels within Capitol's holdings which had possessed a jazz line.<ref name="GMJ" /> The "RVG series", Rudy Van Gelder remastering his own recordings from decades earlier began around 1998.

In 2006, EMI expanded Blue Note to create [[The Blue Note Label Group]] by moving its Narada group of labels to New York to join with Blue Note, centralizing EMI's approach to music for the adult market segment. The labels newly under the Blue Note umbrella are [[Angel Records]], [[EMI Classics]] and Virgin Classics (classical music), [[Narada Productions]] (contemporary jazz and world-influenced music, including exclusively licensed sub-label [[Real World Records]]), [[Back Porch Records]] (folk and Americana), [[Higher Octave Records]] (smooth jazz and [[New-age music]]), and Mosaic Records (devoted exclusively to reissuing jazz recordings in limited-edition boxed sets).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2006/07/emi_combines_bl.html |title=Label News: EMI Combines Blue Note & Narada. Sanctuary Ups Cahill To GM - hypebot |publisher=Hypebot.typepad.com |date=2006-07-19 |access-date=2015-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329102946/http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2006/07/emi_combines_bl.html |archive-date=March 29, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.universalmusic.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211095136/http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2006/press36.htm|url-status=dead|title=Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company &#124; Home Page|archive-date=February 11, 2010|website=Universalmusic.com|access-date=October 17, 2019}}</ref> As of June 2007, Bruce Lundvall, founder of [[Manhattan Records]], as President/CEO of the Blue Note Label Group, was at the time reporting directly to Eric Nicoli, then Chief Executive Officer of EMI Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.universalmusic.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220214921/http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press5.htm|url-status=dead|title=Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company &#124; Home Page|archive-date=February 20, 2010|website=Universalmusic.com|access-date=October 17, 2019}}</ref>

In 2008, [[the Blue Note 7]], a jazz [[septet]], was formed in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records. The group recorded an album in 2008, entitled ''[[Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records|Mosaic]]'', which was released in 2009 on Blue Note Records/[[EMI]], and toured the United States in promotion of the album from January until April 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=23494 |title=The Blue Note 7 Celebrates 70 Years of Blue Note Records With Album Release and 50+ City North American Tour |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |access-date=2015-05-20 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717083306/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=23494 |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The group consists of [[Peter Bernstein (guitarist)|Peter Bernstein]] (guitar), [[Bill Charlap]] (piano), [[Ravi Coltrane]] (tenor saxophone), [[Lewis Nash]] (drums), [[Nicholas Payton]] (trumpet), [[Peter Washington]] (bass), and [[Steve Wilson (jazz musician)|Steve Wilson]] (alto saxophone, flute). The group plays the music of Blue Note Records from various artists, with arrangements by members of the band and [[Renee Rosnes]].

Following the acquisition of EMI by Universal, [[Don Was]] became President of Blue Note in January 2012, after an appointment as CEO a few months earlier, in succession to Bruce Lundvall. Lundvall, who stood down in 2010, became Chairman Emeritus<ref>{{cite news |title=Exuberance Is Just One of His Skills|first=Nate|last=Chinen|date=May 2, 2012|access-date=May 4, 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/arts/music/don-was-tries-to-revive-blue-note-records.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In May 2013, Blue Note Records partnered with [[ArtistShare]] to form a label called "Blue Note/ArtistShare". The Blue Note/ArtistShare partnership was forged by ArtistShare founder [[Brian Camelio]], [[Bruce Lundvall]], and [[Don Was]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=May 8, 2013 |title=Blue Note to Partner With ArtistShare |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/blue-note-to-partner-with-artistshare/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=October 26, 2013}}</ref>

After [[Universal Music Group]] took over EMI, Blue Note Records is now operated under [[Capitol Music Group]],<ref name="umg">{{cite web|url=https://www.universalmusic.com/label/capitol-music-group/|title=Capitol Music Group |website=Universal Music Group |access-date=2017-07-21}}</ref> while [[Decca Records]] took over UK distribution of Blue Note.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://decca.com/ |title=Decca Records |website=Decca.com |access-date=2017-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/justin-seltzer-promoted-to-general-manager-of-blue-note-records/|title=Justin Seltzer promoted to General Manager of Blue Note Records|date=August 11, 2020|website=Musicbusinessworldwide.com|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref>