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 ...

The story goes that the lyrics to “Black and Blue,” the jazz standard popularized by Louis Armstrong, were written at gunpoint. In 1929, the songwriter Andy Rafaz (born Andriamanantena Paul ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Neil Diamond-themed music drama Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, ...

There are 8 sheet music pages scattered throughout the house, each one found in a specific room. They are always in the same rooms each time the day passes, so don’t worry if you forget to take notes ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Robert Glasper and more from the Blue Note catalog.

Sounds of the past live on in the mind and quite often all it takes is a hint of what used to be for the memories to supplant the present. Musically speaking, this is the process enabling groups to ...