About
About The Blue Hour
An independent jazz listening guide — curated roster, late-set mood, no label ownership claims.
What this is
The Blue Hour is a quiet, editorial guide to jazz artists and listening. We curate an A–Z roster (126 artists), point to official media and festival sources, and sell a short listening guide when ready. Aesthetic inspiration from mid-century club dusk — not a label catalog dump.
Disclaimer
The Blue Hour is an independent educational project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Blue Note Records or its owners. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Affiliate disclosure
We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through Amazon Associate links. Bandcamp links are outbound for direct artist support.
Data sources & attribution
When used: Wikidata (CC0), MusicBrainz (CC0 core; supplemental licenses apply), Discogs monthly dumps (CC0) with required notices if API Content is shown. Bios will be paraphrased and cited — never Wikipedia or Discogs profile dumps.
Artist portraits (when shown) are free-license files from Wikimedia Commons / Wikipedia only (CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0, or Public Domain), resized for the site. Per-image author, license, and Commons URL appear on the artist card and in the Artists · Portrait credits section. No commercial publicity stills scraped from Discogs, Blue Note marketing, Google Images, or Instagram.
Logo
Studio Cue Light mark locked 2026-10-01 PT — navy disc, amber ON AIR tally, cream session arc. Header/favicon: logo-studio.svg / favicon-studio.svg.