Blue Note Records' Pop-Up Store returns to London
The one-stop-shop celebrating the iconic jazz label will run for one week only from Friday 11th November 2022
Last updated 10th Nov 2022
Legendary jazz label Blue Note Records will once again open a pop-up store at Coal Drops Yard - Kings Cross - to coincide with the start of EFG London Jazz Festival 2022, which is celebrating its 30th birthday this year.
The store will be open for one week only from 11th November and will sell an array of limited edition vinyl, merchandise, books, DVDs, and CDs.
Rising Blue Note star Joel Ross will be signing copies of his latest Blue Note album, The Parable of the Poet, in-store at 1630 on 14th November.
The store will open on the same day as the release of Bill Frisell’s upcoming album Four, with signed copies available to purchase along with signed copies of fellow Blue Note artist Immanuel Wilkins’ acclaimed album The 7th Hand.
There will also be a preview and first listen of Donald Byrd’s Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux, which is out later in the year, and will take place at various times throughout each day.
Additional events at the store will be announced across the week including exclusive screenings, album playbacks, talks from Blue Note artists and discussion panels.
Where is the Blue Note Pop-Up Store?
The Blue Note Pop-Up Store can be found at Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross, London.
The store is on Lower Stable Street - Kiosk 108.
When is the Blue Note Pop-Up Store until?
The Blue Note Pop-Up Store opens on the 11th of November 2022 and will remain open until 19th November 2022.
Blue Note Records Pop-up Store 2022 Opening times:
Friday 11th November | 1100-2000
Saturday 12th November | 1100-1800
Sunday 13th November | 1200-1800
Monday 14th November | 1100-1800
Tuesday 15th November | 1100-1800
Wednesday 16th November | 1100-1800
Thursday 17th November | 1100-2000
Friday 18th November | 1100-2000
Saturday 19th November | 1100-1800
About Blue Note Records:
In 1939, two jazz artists, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis entered a rented studio in New York to make a recording for a German-Jewish immigrant; Alfred Lion. The recordings were funded by an American artist, music teacher and writer named Max Margulis, and with the help of Lion’s childhood friend Francis Wolff, the three of them established one of the most important record labels in jazz history - Blue Note Records.
Today, Blue Note is regarded as one of the most iconic jazz record labels in the world and its music legacy has paved the way not just in jazz, but for music and culture in general. The unique and striking album cover art that the LPs display is often imitated but never equalled. The highly respected and much-loved artists that have recorded for Blue Note over the past eight decades include John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Cannonball Adderley, Dexter Gordon, and hundreds of others. The label is still going strong under the watchful eyes and ears of its President Don Was, who still maintains the label’s 83-year-old philosophy of allowing artistic freedom for the musicians that record for the company.
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