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Art Blakey At The Café Bohemia

The nondescript brown brick building at 15 Barrow Street in Greenwich Village currently houses the Barrow Street Ale House, but drink at the former home of the Café Bohemia for long enough, and...

One And Done: 5 Artists' Sole Blue Note Albums

For many jazz musicians, recording for Blue Note is one of those things, like running a marathon or visiting Paris, that feels like the kind of goal you have to reach at least once in your life. For some...

Pete La Roca

Drummer Pete “La Roca” Sims, who passed away November 19 after a battle with lung cancer, was born April 7, 1938 in New York City. Early in his career, he played timbales with Latin bands,...

Sonny Rollins: 55 Years Later, It's Still Newk's Time

It's been 55 years since Sonny Rollins went into the studio to record Newk's Time, his third album for Blue Note, and though much has changed for the Saxophone Colossus during the past half-century, much...