Six Months In, How Blue Note Los Angeles Is Becoming a ‘Sanctuary for Artists’ Under the Influence of Jazz

How Blue Note Los Angeles evolved into an artist-driven sanctuary through intimate shows, jazz influence and a unique creative atmosphere.
Forbes

Q&A: Behind The Blue Note Brand And Rich Legacy Of Great Jazz

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Can Blue Note become the new hot spot for L.A. jazz?

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 ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Blue Note Jazz Festival takes on new form in Napa this year. Here’s why

The Napa Valley offshoot of the Blue Note Jazz Festival won’t be held in Napa County this year, at least in the same form as the past two years. Instead, Blue Note producers are putting on The Black ...
The Macomb Daily

Blue Note Quintet tops the metro area’s music weekend

Blue Note Records started releasing jazz records 85 years ago this month when German-Jewish immigrant Alfred Lion held the first recording sessions for the label in New York City. Much has changed ...
The Boston Globe

Seeing the sound of Blue Note

A great record label is about more than music. Yes, it’s about the quality of that music, the character of that music, the sound of that music. Yet it’s also about things beyond what’s heard. A great ...
Jazz

Blue Note Series of Rare Summer Grooves

This article was first published at All About Jazz in September 2002 under the old Combing the Blue Note Catalog column. The Rascals knew all about it. They expressed it perfectly in one of their ...