A new edition of Richard Havers’ lavishly illustrated history of Blue Note records is an occasion for recalling how that unsurpassed small jazz label was the brainchild of German Jewish refugees in ...

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 ...

Jazz was born in America, and helped create a new America. An upstart art, this revolutionary music didn’t come from old European capitals but from Southern cities and Northern slums. A hot, hip ...

The Blue Note Cup crowned its victors this past weekend, ending the Missouri youth hockey season on an incredible note. The Blue Note Cup is the finale of the Missouri Youth Hockey playoffs and is ...

The name Blue Note Records calls to mind a once-regnant sound in jazz: the hard-bop of the 1950s and ’60s, with its springy four-beat swing rhythm, its spare-but-lush horn harmonies, its flinty, ...

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 ...

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Los Angeles, a city with a rich musical history and a reputation for blending cultures, is about to welcome one of the most iconic names in jazz: Blue Note Jazz Club. Known worldwide for its intimate ...