Cal Performances | Jazz | Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary

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Blue Note Records
70th Anniversary — On Tour
Bill Charlap, musical director & piano
Peter Bernstein, guitar
Ravi Coltrane, tenor & soprano saxophone
Lewis Nash, drums
Nicholas Payton, trumpet
Peter Washington, bass
Steve Wilson, alto saxophone

Blue Note Records, jazz's premier recording label, was launched in 1939 by the legendary Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, who together, for decades, recorded the greatest artists in the genre—Bud Powell, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, and many, many others. Blue Note's unsurpassed catalog features an astonishing array of performances and a core list of "must-have" releases that indelibly marked the history of jazz. Celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Blue Note legacy with an all-star band featuring some of the finest jazz musicians performing today.

Patron Sponsors Nadine Tang and Bruce Smith

Program Notes
Program notes are available online. [PDF]

Audio Clips
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Jubilee (Bill Charlap) *

Variations III (Ravi Coltrane) *

Just A Thought (Peter Bernstein) *

Fela 2 (Nicholas Payton) *, **

Reasons (Steve Wilson) *

* Clips listed here are representative of the artists, but may be different than what are being played as part of the Cal Performances program
** From the 2004 Grammy Award-nominated album for Best Contemporary Jazz, Sonic Trance