Half Note Records

[A Lark Ascending]

Anyone know the current state of play with this label? It appears to be connected with the Blue Note Jazz Club in NY.

I've been trying to track down this release from last year:

It's showing as not available already - though there are some expensive copies knocking around.

Checking the label website gets the 'Website Coming Soon' window:

http://www.halfnote.net/

Is it undergoing some sort of reorganisation? Or is it a dead parrot?

[CJ Shearn]

I have three releases from them, the Elvin Jones, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and the McCoy Tyner Quartet (on his own label but distributed by Half Note) and I like them a lot. The Tain album remains my fav. album of his in the 11 years since it was released. The Elvin has some great Michael Brecker if you haven't heard it.

Edited March 29, 2015 by CJ Shearn

[kh1958]

I believe the label is still around; they had the CDs for sale at the club gift shop, last time I was there.

In fact, you can order them from the club's website:

http://www.bluenote.net/giftshop/list.cgi?25

I don't see the CD you are looking for on the list, though.

Edited March 29, 2015 by kh1958

[A Lark Ascending]

Thanks. Does seem odd. Maybe they had to withdraw it. Licencing problems, maybe?

[clifford_thornton]

Amazon lists it as temporarily out of stock. I remember there being a lot of press when this thing came out.

[A Lark Ascending]

Thanks for the help.

I've e-mailed the Blue Note store direct to see if they know more.

When you get reviews like this you'd have thought you'd want to stay in print a whole:

Latin Side

Edited March 31, 2015 by A Lark Ascending