When Vallejo rapper Dak Sauce took the stage Wednesday night at Blue Note Napa, it felt like a dream realized. It was his first time performing at the city’s best-known live music venue — and his ...

After almost 10 years of bringing “world-class live music to the heart of downtown Napa,” the Blue Note Napa club at the Napa Valley Opera House will close Dec. 31. The last Blue Note show at 1030 ...

R&B legend El DeBarge will ring in 2026 at Blue Note Hollywood's first New Year's Eve show, performing with a half-band in ...

Moody made untold records over 63 years of recording, and really excelled as a live performer. 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note is a recording made on his 80th birthday in 2005. This is FRESH AIR ...

Robert Glasper will reprise his artist-in-residence role at Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience when it returns Aug. 29-31 to Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, Ca. The event will also ...

Danny Bensusan opened the Blue Note in Greenwich Village in 1981 and helped it quickly became home to some of the biggest names in jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson and Lionel ...

“Who would’ve thought? Well, we’re here now,” Robert Glasper yelled to the crowd as he sat behind the keys. “This is the first public audience to be in here. Thank you for coming out and supporting… I ...

And so, Blue Note arrives with a role to play as well as brand mystique (Dizzy, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, those live albums). It’s got the pull to land A-list acts, which instantly positions the ...

Blue Note Jazz Club, one of the world’s best-known venues for jazz and genre-blending performance, will open a Los Angeles location this summer. The new club opens Aug. 14 in Hollywood with a week of ...