TODAY’S TRADEMARK – BLUES ALLEY JAZZ

Blues Alley is a jazz nightclub in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood that opened in 1965. Blues Alley also has a Blues Alley Jazz Society, a non-profit organization, dedicated to jazz learning and education for young local performers. Earl Hines spent a week in Blues Alley in 1975, during the afternoons when the club was closed, making an hourlong film for British television featuring Frank Hart, Blues Alley’s “clean-up man.” Eva Cassidy, Dizzy Gillespie (featuring local tenor saxophonist Ron Holloway), Ahmad Jamal, Ramsey Lewis, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Martino, Max Roach, Stanley Turrentine, and Grover Washington Jr. are among the musicians who have recorded a Live at Blues Alley album. Musicians who have performed at Blues Alley include John Abercrombie, Monty Alexander, Mose Allison, Tony Bennett, Ruby Braff, Gary Burton, Charlie Byrd, Eva Cassidy, Mel Clement and many more.

The trademark of this company was registered in USPTO bearing registration number 1393564
on May 13, 1986.