February 2025

In the spring of 1990, after visiting the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, Jazz 966 CEO Sam Pinn and Arnold Freeman had a vision. They believed that the same caliber of talent and passionate audience they witnessed in Manhattan could thrive on Fulton Street in Brooklyn — specifically at 966 Fulton Street.

Ever push open a door without thinking twice about it? Well, here's something that might make you pause the next time: the doorknob, a simple yet ingenious device we use countless times each day, was invented by a Black inventor named Osbourn Dorsey. Before his breakthrough in 1878, people relied on crude pull handles made of bronze or iron to open their doors - imagine that!