Blue Note (jazz clubs)

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For the music venue of the same name, see The Blue Note (Missouri).

Blue Note is a chain of jazz clubs with restaurants. The first Blue Note opened in New York City's Greenwich Village in 1981, and is now considered one of the world's most famous jazz venues.[1] Other clubs in the chain are located in: Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan; Milan, Italy; and Seoul, South Korea.

Various musicians have recorded live albums at Blue Note locations, including The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note, Arturo Sandoval's Live at the Blue Note, Jose Feliciano - Live at the Blue Note, Mingus Big Band - Live at the Blue Note in Tokyo, and Live at the Blue Note by Stéphane Grappelli,

Jazz musicians refer to touring the Blue Note clubs in Japan as "playing the Blue Note circuit".[2]

The chain is not affiliated with the Blue Note Records label.

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  1. ^ New York City info. Global Hotel Index. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. “The most famous club is Blue Note...”
  2. ^ Stephan Orberhoff. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. “In 1996, Brenda and I began touring through Japan (Blue note circuit)”

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