Most DVD reissues of previously released VHS presentations are simply cleaned up and repackaged. This disc of the “historic all-star reunion concert” that re-launched the Blue Note label in 1985 goes ...
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 is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When the Hollywood location of the Blue Note first opened, it was during difficult times. Like almost all of L.A., ...
“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 ...
The desire for a new jazz age is a wish for a new national identity as glamorous and unassailable as old Hollywood.