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 ...

“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 ...

Los Angeles, a city with a rich musical history and a reputation for blending cultures, is about to welcome one of the most iconic names in jazz: Blue Note Jazz Club. Known worldwide for its intimate ...

Blue Note Records, along with other pivotal labels such as Impulse and Verve, helped jazz come alive for a wide audience in the 1950s and ’60s. Established in 1939, Blue Note has become known as the ...

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 ...

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 ...