This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Robert Glasper and more from the Blue Note catalog.
By KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING Dave Brubeck’s game-changing 1959 album Time Out is an American masterpiece of “west coast cool jazz” that resonates to this day. The odd time signatures, […] ...
One of jazz’s first significant saxophone soloists, New Orleans-born Bechet was 42 when he recorded for Blue Note in 1939, the label’s inaugural year. His 78-rpm single, “Summertime” – a ...
Saxophone musician Vanya Sax delivered a powerful ... "Nancy Curtis did a beautiful job singing our nation's anthem. She hit the high notes beautifully." ...
JAMES CITY — On any given warm winter afternoon along Olde Towne Road in James City County, you’re likely to see and hear Kenneth Piggott playing his saxophone. Piggott practices “on that ...
Ivan Glubish, better known by his stage name, Vanya Sax, was supposed to be playing a birthday party Sunday — at an Eagles tailgate, of course — but had to cancel after he got the call to play on a ...