Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour April 8, 2009

Eisenhower Auditorium

Featuring Bill Charlap, Peter Bernstein, Ravi Coltrane, Lewis Nash,
Nicholas Payton, Peter Washington, and Steve Wilson

Blue Note Records, a label synonymous with great jazz since 1939, celebrates its seventieth anniversary with some of today’s finest jazz musicians touring the world throughout 2009 performing music from the company’s incomparable catalog. Under the musical direction of Blue Note Records artist and pianist Bill Charlap, the group interprets classic tunes by Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, and many others. The touring artists are recording an album scheduled for release at the commencement of the anniversary tour in January 2009.

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