tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28844429683455065402009-12-16T06:06:15.447-08:00Since its inception in 1981, The Blue Note has become one of the premier jazz clubs in the world and a cultural institution in New York City. The Blue Note Blog gives an in depth and behind the scenes look at our world class artists through interviews, concert reviews, sound check reports, pictures, and other exclusive content. For tickets/reservations, please call 212-475-8592 or visit our website at www.bluenotejazz.comJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916307120287195451noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884442968345506540.post-33146243958870122312009-12-15T09:18:00.000-08:002009-12-15T09:20:24.521-08:00

Tonight, Chris Botti will begin his three-week run that will include Christmas and New Year's Eve. Botti considers the Blue Note to be his favorite tour stop of the year, and we're as excited to have him as you are to see him. There are still tickets available - act fast! See you soon and happy holidays!Check out this video of Chris Botti playing My Funny Valentine in the Golden Horns episode of

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RAMSEY LEWIS will be performing a CD Release show at BB King Blues Club & Grill located in Times Square in New York on November 28, 2009. Enter to win a chance to see him on Saturday with his stellar trio. Tickets will be awarded via email by noon on Friday, so make sure you check your email to see if you are a winner, and follow the instructions below:TO ENTER: 1. Email your name and phone

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SAVION GLOVER will be tap dancing with the jazz masters from November 17 - 22 at the Blue Note. Enter to win a chance to see him for 10:30pm sets only on Tuesday (with special guest McCoy Tyner), Wednesday (with special guest Roy Haynes), Thursday (with special guest Eddie Palmieri) or Sunday (with special guest Jack DeJohnette). Tickets will be awarded via email by noon on the day of the show,

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A LIMITED NUMBER OF FREE TICKET PAIRS are being offered for OMAR SOSA AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM featuring Marque Gilmore, Childo Tomas & Mola Sylla for one night only on Sunday, October 18. The contest will end on Friday, October 16, at 5:00pm ET. To win 2 free tickets to see Omar Sosa and his band at the Highline, follow the directions below. We will contact you via email if you are a winner:TO

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This video features one of jazz's greatest stylists, the one and only Frank Wess, performing "The Very Thought of You," one of the most beautiful ballads of all time."The Very Thought of You," composed by Ray Noble in 1934, was originally made a hit by Bing Crosby.Noble, born in 1903 in England, composed many jazz standards including: "Love is the Sweetest Thing," "Cherokee," and "The Touch of

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Last week marked what would have been the 83rd birthday of John Coltrane. As an avid reader of jazz writings on the internet, I saw how much publicity this event drew. While certainly a big occasion, I was shocked this morning when I discovered, via a Wikipedia browse, that last week also marked Bud Powell's birthday. While no one would argue against the influence Coltrane has had on jazz,

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A LIMITED NUMBER OF FREE TICKET PAIRS are being offered for HEAVEN ON EARTH's CD RELEASE SHOW AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM FEATURING JAMES CARTER, JOHN MEDESKI, ADAM ROGERS, JAMES GENUS & MATT WILSON for one night only on Wednesday, Steptember 30. The contest will end on Tuesday, September 29, at 5:00pm ET. To win 2 free tickets to see The Heaven On Earth band at the Highline, follow the directions

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Searching through the vast video archives of YouTube, I stumbled upon this gem.While piano duets are fairly common, it isn't often that piano duets feature pianists of different generations, especially pianists of these generations.While Hank Jones has teamed up with everyone from Kenny Barron to Brad Mehldau in recent years, it isn't often that Earl Hines teamed up with someone of a more modern

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September 10, 2009Music Review Overtone QuartetAn Experienced Leader Brings Out a Collectivist Spirit By NATE CHINENPhoto by Hiroyuki Ito, NY TimesThere are few musicians in jazz with a more untroubled sense of leadership than the bassist Dave Holland. Since the first recordings made under his name, in the early 1970s, Mr. Holland has expressed his point of view with gracious clarity, drawing

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KENDRA ROSS will be performing for One Night Only at the Blue Note on September 21. The contest will end on Friday, September 18 at 5pm ET. To win 2 free tickets to see Kendra Ross, follow the directions below. We will email you back if you are a winner:TO ENTER: 1. Email your name and phone number to contests@bluenote.net2. In the Subject Line, please title your email "BN BLOG CONTEST - KENDRA

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Legendary writer and jazz critic Nat Hentoff spent an hour interviewing Frank Sinatra Jr. just a few months ago at the Blue Note. The result is this very interesting article, published in today's Wall St. Journal.By NAT HENTOFF;(image by Ken Fallin)For years, I have been careful to follow the advice Duke Ellington gave me when I was in my early twenties: "Do not categorize music or ­

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The Blue Note Jazz Club is now on Twitter. The page will feature more videos, interviews, giveaways, and up to date behind-the-scenes news from the Blue Note. Follow us here and don't forget to sign up!www.twitter.com/bluenotenyc

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A LIMITED NUMBER OF FREE TICKET PAIRS are being offered for CECIL TAYLOR'S SHOW AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM for one night only on Monday, August 31. The contest will end on Sunday, August 30, at 5:00pm ET. To win 2 free tickets to see Cecil Taylor at the Highline, follow the directions below and will contact you via email if you are a winner:TO ENTER: 1. Email your name and phone number to

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A LIMITED NUMBER OF FREE TICKET PAIRS are being offered for McCOY TYNER'S CD RELEASE SHOW AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM FEATURING GARY BARTZ for one night only on Sunday, August 23. The contest will end on Saturday, August 22, at 5:00pm ET. To win 2 free tickets to see McCoy Tyner at the Highline, follow the directions below. We will contact you via email if you are a winner:TO ENTER: 1. Email your

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Last night, Wall St. Journal rock and pop critic Jim Fusilli interviewed guitarist Kevin Eubanks, who will be playing at the Blue Note from tonight through Sunday. Check it out!Kevin Eubanks on Jazz, “The Jay Leno Show” and Playing in New YorkBy Jim Fusilli Getty Most people know Kevin Eubanks as the musical director for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” a position he held since 1995. But prior

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Kevin Eubanks returns to his old, premellow style at the Blue Note.Nate Chinen previewed Kevin Eubanks' upcoming performance in the New York Times' Sunday paper. The caption below the picture (above) prompted me to seek out some of Eubanks' less "mellow" performances.Here's some of that pre-mellow style:And this one, a personal favorite, with Pat Martino on Martino's '98 release "All Sides Now"

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By THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: August 13, 2009 Pop Nate ChinenIn just a few weeks KEVIN EUBANKS will be back on network television, five nights a week, as the musical sidekick to Jay Leno. It’s a job he has honed to perfection, but it showcases only one side of his talent. Before versatility, amiability and polish became his trademarks, Mr. Eubanks was known as an aggressively nimble postbop

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Dave Holland is bringing a brand new group called The Overtone Quartet to the Blue Note from September 8 - 13. I just had to post this amazingly deep and heartfelt solo bass version of Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. And below that is another favorite of mine...the great Chris Potter, who along with Holland, Jason Moran, and Eric Harland, make up the new Overtone Quartet.And here is Chris Potter at his

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INTERVIEW: MICHEL CAMILO by(Excerpt from Jazz Improv Magazine Volume 7, Number 3)JI: I remember in our last conversation we were talking about how you came to the U.S. and you were somewhat apprehensive because you didn’t have everything all lined up.MC: That’s it, exactly, but I think the last drop was when I was playing as the youngest member of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican

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McCoy Tyner Music/Half Note Records announce the August 25 release of two exciting new albums:Heaven On Earth - James Carter & John MedeskiSaxophonist James Carter and organist John Medeski (of the pioneering jam-band, Medeski, Martin & Wood) lead a supergroup featuring Christian McBride (bass), Adam Rogers (guitar) and Joey Baron (drums).Together they carve out a groove that captures the buzz

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Feast your eyes and ears on this gem. Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette; Four musical legends and modern jazz masters take on Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island." Certainly one of the funkiest songs of all time, this might possibly be it's funkiest version in existence. Enjoy!

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"THE GIG" - NY Times writer Nate Chinen's Arts BlogHaden and Iverson Not far into his second set with Ethan Iverson at the Blue Note on Tuesday, Charlie Haden took a moment to recall their first meeting. It was at a 2006 memorial service for the tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman. For his part in the program, Iverson sat at the piano to play “Broken Shadows,” a processional ballad

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For the full review and poll, please visit: http://lamentforastraightline.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/two-x-two/TWO X TWO = by Jim MacnieBop sometimes sounds wan without a drummer, but in the right hands, a percussion-less group can deliver the goods by stressing punctuation – which is pretty much the way Charlie Haden and Ethan Iverson got the job done last night at the Blue Note. The tune was Bird

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Listening to the recent BBC broadcast of pianist Ethan Iverson's interview with Keith Jarrett, I found many things very intriguing.The interview, which can be found here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lqyd1), found the often misunderstood jazz legend in a delightful mood, seemingly eager to share his thoughts. Where many past Jarrett interviews seem to find him drifting from the questions or

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On June 16, Michael Buble released a brand new CD/DVD titled Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden. The bonus footage includes a trip down memory lane to a jazz club in New York that once gave the man his start - you guessed it - at The Blue Note. Buble even says himself that playing the Blue Note was harder than playing Madison Square Garden (which he would do just days after shooting the

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