About
Liner Note is a daily jazz listening game. Every day there's one classic recording to name, and you start with just one second of it.
Press the record to hear the opening of today's track, then type the name of the tune. You get six tries. Each miss or skip plays a longer clip (1, 2, 4, 7, 11 and then 16 seconds) and reveals one line of the liner note: the year, the label, what the leader plays, and a detail about the session.
Everyone gets the same record on the same day, and a new one arrives at midnight your time. When you finish, you can share your score with friends without giving away the answer.
The puzzles cover jazz recordings from the 1920s through the 1970s, from Louis Armstrong's Hot Five to Weather Report. Some are standards everyone knows by ear, and some reward people who read the back of the album. There's a steady Kansas City thread, because that's where this game is made.
Every tune has a story page with the history of the record, what to listen for, and who's playing on it. A new story unlocks each day along with its puzzle. Read the stories so far.
Liner Note doesn't host any audio. The clips are the 30-second previews Apple Music provides for each recording, played straight from Apple. After each puzzle there's a link to hear the full track on Apple Music.
Spotted a mistake in a clue, have a tune you'd love to see, or just want to talk jazz? Email hello@liner-note.com.