Half Note Records is a jazz record label founded by the

Blue Note Jazz Club Blue Note Jazz Club is a jazz club and restaurant located at 131 West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on September 30, 1981, by owner and founder Danny Bensusan, with the Nat Adderley Quintet being the featured ...

in 1998. Although it began releasing live recordings from the club, the label expanded to produce studio albums. Half Note has received critical acclaim for many of its releases. Paquito D'Rivera's album '' Live at the Blue Note'' won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2001. Several other releases have received Grammy nominations, including Gil Goldstein's ''Under Rousseau's Moon'';

Conrad Herwig Lee Conrad Herwig III (born 1959) is an American jazz trombonist from New York City. Biography Herwig began his career in Clark Terry's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson Sextet, Tom Harrell's Septet and ...

's ''The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter'' and ''Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis''; and the Omar Sosa Sextet's ''Across the Divide: A Tale of Rhythm & Ancestry''. Half Note has released albums by Will Calhoun, James Carter, Avishai Cohen, the

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...

All-Star Big Band, Donald Harrison, Elvin Jones, John Medeski, Francisco Mela, Brian Lynch,

Odean Pope Odean Pope (born October 24, 1938) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Pope was raised in Philadelphia, where he learned from Ray Bryant while young. Early in his career, at Philadelphia's Uptown Theater, Pope played behind a numbe ...

, Arturo Sandoval, Omar Sosa, Mary Stallings, Grady Tate,

Charles Tolliver Charles Tolliver (born 1942) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and co-founder of Strata East Records. Biography Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942 and moved with his family to New York City when he was 10. During his chi ...

, McCoy Tyner, Tony Vacca, Roseanna Vitro, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Kenny Werner.

Partial discography

* 4516: Kenny Werner Trio – ''Peace'' (3/16/2004) * 4517:

Nonet – ''Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis'' (3/16/2004) * 4518: Jeff "Tain" Watts Quintet – ''Detained at the Blue Note'' (9/14/2004) * 4519: Elvin Jones Jazz Machine – '' The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note'' (10/12/2004) * 4520: James Carter Organ Trio – '' Out of Nowhere'' (6/28/2005) * 4521: Mary Stallings – ''Remember Love'' (5/24/2005) * 4522: Arturo Sandoval – ''Live at the Blue Note'' (CD/DVD) (5/24/2004) * 4523: Arturo Sandoval – ''Live at the Blue Note'' (DVD) (5/24/2004) * 4524: Will Calhoun – ''Native Lands'' (6/28/2005) * 4525: Donald Harrison – ''New York Cool'' (6/25/2005) * 4526:

Saxophone Choir – ''Locked & Loaded'' (3/14/2006) * 4527: Gil Goldstein – ''Under Rousseau's Moon'' (8/29/2006) * 4528: Kenny Werner – ''Democracy'' (8/29/2006) * 4529: Grady Tate – ''From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note'' (10/7/2006) * 4530:

& Brian Lynch – ''Sketches of Spain y Mas: The Latin Side of Miles Davis'' (10/7/2006) * 4531: Avishai Cohen – ''As Is...Live at the Blue Note'' (CD/DVD) (4/24/2007) * 4532: Avishai Cohen – ''As Is...Live at the Blue Note'' (DVD) (4/24/2007) * 4533: McCoy Tyner – ''

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'' (9/11/2007) * 4534: Kenny Werner & Roseanna Vitro – ''The Delirium Blues Project'' (3/25/2008) * 4535: Conrad Herwig – ''The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter'' (5/20/2008) * 4536: Francisco Mela – ''Cirio'' (9/23/2008) * 4537: McCoy Tyner – ''

Guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

'' (9/23/2008) * 4538: Omar Sosa Sextet – ''Across the Divide: A Tale of Rhythm & Ancestry'' (3/24/2009) * 4539:

Big Band – ''Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note'' (3/24/2009) * 4540:

All–Star Big Band – ''I'm BeBoppin' Too'' (6/30/2009) * 4541: McCoy Tyner – '' Solo: Live from San Francisco'' (8/25/2009) * 4542: James Carter & John Medeski – '' Heaven on Earth'' (8/25/2009) * 4543: Kenny Werner – ''No Beginning, No End'' (8/17/2010) * 4544: Conrad Herwig – ''The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock'' (8/17/2010) * 4546: Kenny Werner – ''Balloons'' (3/15/2011) * 4548: Kenny Werner and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra – ''Institute of Higher Learning'' (12-7-8/2010) * 4549: Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari – ''Tree of Life'' * 4550: Donald Harrison – ''This Is Jazz'' * 4551: Maya Azucena – ''Cry Love'' * 4552:

Lee Konitz Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz ...

, Bill Frisell,

Gary Peacock Gary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist. He recorded a dozen albums under his own name, and also performed and recorded with major jazz figures such as avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler, pianist ...

and Joey Baron – ''Enfants Terribles'' *

References

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