danny bensusan
Its owner, Danny Bensusan, has built a music empire over the past 20 years, including eight clubs (three in New York, four in Japan and one in Milan) and a jazz recording label, Blue Note Live, among other enterprises. [1]
Owner and founder Danny Bensusan had a vision to create a jazz club in Greenwich Village that would treat deserving artists with respect, while allowing patrons to see the world’s finest jazz musicians in a close, comfortable setting. [2]
Danny Bensusan, who is married to Lillie Prebul, is listed as the largest single creditor in the Prebul Auto Group bankruptcy filed Wednesday. [3]
Following the performance, Blue Note owner, Danny Bensusan hosted a presentation to B?sendorfer New York’s proprietors, Gerhard & Lisa Feldmann, commemorating the inauguration. [4]
Since its inception in 1981, Blue Note has become one of the premier jazz clubs in the world and a cultural institution in Greenwich Village. [2]
Bensusan, 58, says he started out in the jazz business with no musical education. [...] He is best known for the Blue Note, the jazz club he established 25 years ago. [1]
An article in Haaretz.com says Danny Bensusan over a quarter century built a “music empire” that includes the Highline Ballroom where Paul McCartney gave a 2007 performance as well as the famous Blue Note Jazz Club. [3]
The club receives rave reviews on a weekly basis in New York’s daily newspapers such as The New York Times and in international travel guides and magazines. [2]
The performance took place about six weeks ago in a new club in town, the Highline Ballroom. [...] NEW YORK - Paul McCartney’s recent performance in New York ahead of his new album “Memory Almost Full” was one of those events that many New Yorkers were dying to attend but only a few managed to get into. [...] Artists who could easily have appeared at Carnegie Hall.” [1]
“Ever since I first caught glimpse of the magnificent golden-pedaled, extra-keyed B?sendorfer when I was a young piano student (it was the instrument of choice at a Music Club I performed at regularly back then), I knew I was in love and would one day want to become a B?sendorfer Artist. [...] B?sendorfer’s are unsurpassed in quality, sound and design, and with the 225’s range and power it will be an immense experience to listen to artists like D.D. Jackson,” said Mr. Feldmann. [...] New York”, pianist and composer D.D. Jackson opened the evening by honoring the presence of the Blue Note’s brand new B?sendorfer 225 grand piano. [4]
Sources:
[1] The emperor of jazz from Jaffa - Haaretz - Israel News
[2] About the Blue Note
[3] 2/11/2009 - Prebul Brother-In-Law Apparently Helped Bring Him Down …
[4] Blue Note Launch