To mark the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, the premiere recording label in jazz music, an all-star band featuring some of the finest musicians of today will travel the world celebrating the label’s rich catalog of music. Led by Blue Note Records artist and pianist Bill Charlap, the group will explore classic tunes by Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock and many others. Blue Note’s catalog of music features an impressive array of legendary performances and a core list of “must-have” releases that indelibly marked the history of jazz. A few musicians included in this year’s tour will be Ravi Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Peter Bernstein (guitar), Nicholas Payton (trumpet), Steve Wilson (alto saxophone), Peter Washington (bass) and Lewis Nash (drums). A new CD will be released in conjunction with the commencement of the tour in January 2009.