 Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City, December 2016 | |
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| Address | 131 West 3rd Street United States |
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| Location | New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°43′51″N74°0′4″W / 40.73083°N 74.00111°W /40.73083; -74.00111 |
| Type | Jazz club |
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| Opened | September 30, 1981 (1981-09-30) |
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TheBlue Note Jazz Club is ajazz club and restaurant located at 131 West 3rd Street inGreenwich Village,New York City.[1] The club's performance schedule features shows every evening at 8:00 pm and 10:30 pm and a Sunday jazz brunch. The club has locations across the globe inNew York, NY;Waikiki, Hawaii;Napa, CA;Tokyo, Japan;Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;São Paulo, Brazil;Milan, Italy;Beijing andShanghai, China.
The club was opened on September 30, 1981, by owner and founder Danny Bensusan, with theNat Adderley Quintet being the featured performers for the night. Bensusan's belief was "that if he brought big acts into a comfortable environment with great food, he could pack the house night after night."[2] The Blue Note was soon established as New York City's premier jazz club, withDizzy Gillespie,Sarah Vaughan,Carmen McRae,Lionel Hampton,Oscar Peterson and theModern Jazz Quartet among prestigious regular performers there.[3] Bensusan bookedRay Charles for a full week every year.[2] The Blue Note is still considered one of the world's most famous jazz venues and one of the best known and most expensive in New York.[4]Chick Corea,Keith Jarrett,Oscar Peterson,Dizzy Gillespie, andJames Carter have all recorded live albums at the Blue Note.[5]
Half Note Records is the Blue Note's live record label, founded in 2001.[6] Numerous musicians have recorded live albums at the Blue Note and released them on this label, includingJames Carter,Avishai Cohen,Elvin Jones,Odean Pope,Charles Tolliver,Jeff "Tain" Watts,Kenny Werner,Arturo Sandoval,Kenny Garrett and others. Since its founding in 1998, the label has also expanded its scope to include studio releases, includingMcCoy Tyner's 2008 albumGuitars and Kenny Werner's 2010 release,No Beginning, No End.
TheBlue Note Jazz Festival began in New York City in 2011. Since then it has expanded to encompass the Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley, The Blue Note Jazz Festival "Black Radio Experience" and Blue Note Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl.
The Black Radio Experience, presented byBlue Note Jazz Festival is hosted yearly on Labor Day Weekend at The Meritage Resort and Spa inNapa County, California.
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