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 ...

Friday night, I had the honor of witnessing hip-hop history unfold as The Roots took over New York’s iconic Blue Note Jazz Club to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their second studio album, Do You ...

Tired of hearing the same holiday jazz playlist every December? This year, Jazz Night in America is doing Christmas differently. We're handing the reins to the ultimate crate-digger: Don Was, ...

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 ...