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 ...

This article was first published at All About Jazz in April 2001. Since 1995, Blue Note has been pleasing hardcore fans with a special reissue series that sports a very simple premise: w'll print up ...

R&B legend El DeBarge will ring in 2026 at Blue Note Hollywood's first New Year's Eve show, performing with a half-band in ...

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 ...

The Blue Note Jazz Fest has announced its 2025 edition which runs May 27 – July 2 at various venues around NYC. Tickets for Blue Note Jazz Fest 2025 shows go on sale Friday, April 4 at 10 AM. Check ...

Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin at the 2022 Grammys (photo: Johnny Nunez / Getty Images for The Recording Academy). Robert Glasper will open the Los Angeles incarnation of the legendary Blue Note ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Once upon a time, Macy Gray, the Grammy Award-winning singer of the song “I Try,” once “cursed me out” while I was working backstage at the Blue Note in downtown Napa. It was April of 2022, and I had ...

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 ...