From before bebop to the present day, some of the best jazz albums of all time have been issued by Blue Note Records. The label celebrates its... Blue Note Records Celebrates 70 Years Of Jazz Blue ...

After his father, Danny Bensusan founded the first Blue Note club in 1981, Blue Note President Steven Bensusan grew up in the world of jazz legends, from Chick Corea to McCoyTyner. So even as the ...

The Napa Valley offshoot of the Blue Note Jazz Festival won’t be held in Napa County this year, at least in the same form as the past two years. Instead, Blue Note producers are putting on The Black ...

Danny Bensusan opened the Blue Note in Greenwich Village in 1981 and helped it quickly became home to some of the biggest names in jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson and Lionel ...

A great record label is about more than music. Yes, it’s about the quality of that music, the character of that music, the sound of that music. Yet it’s also about things beyond what’s heard. A great ...

American jazz composer and guitarist John Scofield performs with his Combo 66 band with Gerald Clayton on piano and Hammond B3 organ and Vicente Archer on upright acoustic bass at the Blue Note Jazz ...

For those of us who can't erase from our minds the haunting photography of Francis Wolff, Universe Publishing offers solace in the form of Blue Note Jazz Photography Of Francis Wolff. The 1995 book, ...

When Vallejo rapper Dak Sauce took the stage Wednesday night at Blue Note Napa, it felt like a dream realized. It was his first time performing at the city’s best-known live music venue — and his ...

The Blue Note Jazz Festival returns to Wine Country for its second year July 28-30 at Silverado Resort in Napa. But don't let the name fool you into thinking this is a single-genre festival. With ...

This article was first published at All About Jazz in September 2002 under the old Combing the Blue Note Catalog column. The Rascals knew all about it. They expressed it perfectly in one of their ...

“Who would’ve thought? Well, we’re here now,” Robert Glasper yelled to the crowd as he sat behind the keys. “This is the first public audience to be in here. Thank you for coming out and supporting… I ...