Around January of 1956 Francis Wolff met Reid Miles, a comercial artist who was a devout classical music fan. They established a rapport. Beginning with Blue Note's ninth 12-inch album, Reid miles became the designer for the label for the next eleven jears. He relied on Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff to discribe the mood and intent of each album and then created wonderful graphic covers that were different from each other, but still maintained an indefinable Blue Note look.