CELEBRATING BLUE NOTE RECORDS / NIELS LAN DOKY /  Poster Design

THE STANDARD JAZZ CLUB

Claus Meyer (founding father of the Nordic Cuisine movement and co-owner of Noma) and Niels Lan Doky (Danish jazz legend and internationally acclaimed pianist and producer), have teamed up to transform the historic Custom House Building at 44 Havnegade in downtown Copenhagen into The Jazz Club « The Standard ».

Niels Lan Doky asked Danish Pastry Design to make the poster for the « Celebrating Blue Note Records » event, taking place November 3 – 15 2015.

The American jazz record label BLUE NOTE, founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion, Francis Wolff and Max Margulis has become perhaps the most iconic of all jazz labels and certainly one of jazz history’s most legendary institutions. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, from 1947 the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz. Historically, Blue Note has principally been associated with the “hard bop” style of jazz (mixing bebop with other forms of music including soul, blues, rhythm and blues and gospel), but also recorded essential albums in the avant-garde and free styles of jazz. Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Grant Green, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, and Jackie McLean were among the label’s leading artists. During its heyday, the 1950s and 60s, the photography and graphic art of Reid Miles created a series of iconic album covers, often incorporating session photos by Francis Wolff, which added to Blue Note’s artistic reputation.