Blue Note Jazz Club (New York)
~club's official website
Since its inception in 1981, Blue Note has become one of the premier jazz clubs in the world and a cultural institution in Greenwich Village. Owner and founder Danny Bensusan had a vision to create a jazz club in Greenwich Village that would treat deserving artists with respect, while allowing patrons to see the world's finest jazz musicians in a close, comfortable setting. Artists who had stopped playing in jazz clubs decades before, such as Sarah Vaughn, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Tito Puente, soon called Blue Note home.
Jazz is undoubtedly America's music, and while Blue Note strives to preserve the history of jazz, the club is a place where progression and innovation - the foundations of jazz - are encouraged and practiced on a nightly basis. In addition to the main acts that feature the likes of Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, and Chris Botti, Blue Note has introduced the Monday Night Series and the bi-weekly Late Night Groove Series to showcase New York's up-and-coming jazz, soul, hip-hop, R&B and funk artists. Blue Note has been instrumental in encouraging the development of Greenwich Village's local musicians by giving them a chance to perform in one of the world's finest venues. Currently, there are four Blue Notes located in Japan and one in Milan, Italy.
Over the years, Blue Note has been an economic engine for Greenwich Village, bringing in jazz fans from all over the world. The club receives rave reviews on a weekly basis in New York's daily newspapers such as The New York Times and in international travel guides and magazines. What makes Blue Note so special is that on a given night, anything can happen. It is not uncommon to see the likes of Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Liza Minelli, and Quincy Jones get called up on stage from the audience to sit in. Blue Note gives artists the musical freedom they deserve, and jazz fans get a chance to see the most unlikely combination of stars night after night on the Blue Note stage.
After twenty-five years of success, Blue Note continues to carry the torch for jazz into the 21st century in the cultural heart of New York, Greenwich Village.
Located between 6th and McDougal St., Blue Note offers music every night at 8pm and 10:30pm. On Friday and Saturday nights, Blue Note has a Late Night Groove Series at 12:30am and offers a Sunday Brunch for $24.50 a person at 12:30pm and 2:30pm weekly.
Featured Performers ~wikipedia
Many of jazz's most prominent artists have performed at the Blue Note, including Keith Jarrett, Chet Baker, Bobby Caldwell, Kenny Barron, Tony Bennett, Paul Bley, Chris Botti, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ray Brown, Dave Brubeck, Gary Burton, Larry Carlton, Betty Carter, Ron Carter, Ray Charles, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Eckstine, Maynard Ferguson, Bill Frisell, Kenny Garrett, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Haden, Jim Hall, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Roy Haynes, Joe Henderson, Woody Herman, Earl Hines, Dave Holland, Freddie Hubbard, Milt Jackson, Ahmad Jamal, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Chaka Khan, Lee Konitz, Chuck Mangione, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Martino, Christian McBride, Bobby McFerrin, Jackie McLean, Carmen McRae, James Moody, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Lovano, Eddie Palmieri, Oscar Peterson, Tito Puente, Joshua Redman, Buddy Rich, Paquito D'Rivera, Max Roach, Kurt Rosenwinkel, David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, John Scofield, George Shearing, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Nina Simone, Zoot Sims, Billy Taylor, Clark Terry, Toots Thielemans, Stanley Turrentine, McCoy Tyner, Sarah Vaughan, Kenny Werner, Cassandra Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Michael Bublé, and Phil Woods.
Club Official Website: www.bluenote.net/newyork/
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