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In the post-war years in Denmark, dance music and jazz music continued to be performed at either strictly commercial restaurants and/or nightclubs on the one hand, or at concert halls or school dances on the other hand.
Having experienced jazz clubs in London and Paris that were forging a new style that was in between those two approaches, T.U. and friends decided to try to introduce a new kind of jazz club in Denmark, where it was possible to pay an entrance fee and not be obliged to pay for anything more (food or drink) but could still dance. Povl Eriksen was director of the board, which also included Kurt Nielsen, Arnvid Meyer, Knud Thorning Hansen and T.U.
This club, called Blue Note, first opened its doors in October of 1952. It rented the second-floor party room above a Copenhagen restaurant called the Grand Cafe, at the corner of Kongensnytorv and Lille Kongensgade. It quickly expanded to fill more space and occupy more evenings there.
After some years, the club moved to the street Krystalgade, and a few years later to a shared space on Store Regnegade, a place that would become Jazzhus Montmartre.
Recollections on Blue Note years
Recollections on early years
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