*The Hollywood Bowl hosted the 2026 Blue Note Jazz Festival presented by LA Phil. The legacy of the Playboy Jazz Festival ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 year marks the eighty-fifth anniversary of legendary record label Blue Note, which, over the years, has been home for some of the greatest jazz artists. Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny ...