NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - The City University of New York The Center for the Humanities 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 Blue Note Records at 70 JOE LOVANO, BRUCE LUNDVALL & GARY GIDDINS in Conversation May 7th 2009, Thursday, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Elebash Recital Hall Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Smith, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Betty Carter, Cecil Taylor, Cassandra Wilson, Jason Moran - the history of Blue Note Records is the history of jazz. Now, on the 70th anniversary of the label's first recording, Gary Giddins brings together Blue Note's current president, Bruce Lundvall, and one of its brightest talents, world-renowned saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano, for a conversation about the history of jazz and the label's unparalleled success and legacy, including Lovano's latest Blue Note recording Folk Art with his new band Us Five.
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