The name Blue Note Records calls to mind a once-regnant sound in jazz: the hard-bop of the 1950s and ’60s, with its springy four-beat swing rhythm, its spare-but-lush horn harmonies, its flinty, ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a Sunset Boulevard debut this summer and a blockbuster 2025-2026 calendar, Blue Note is redefining west coast cool in Los Angeles. When Blue Note throws a club launch, it really goes all out. The ...

Tired of hearing the same holiday jazz playlist every December? This year, Jazz Night in America is doing Christmas differently. We're handing the reins to the ultimate crate-digger: Don Was, ...

New York’s legendary Blue Note Jazz Club is expanding to Los Angeles with a location in Hollywood, opening August 14 in the Cinerama Dome complex. The jazz club takes over the former Stella Barra on ...

The Blue Note Entertainment Group announced the participating artists in its 14th annual Blue Note Jazz Festival New York on Tuesday morning (April 1). Among the dozens of top name artists ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When the Hollywood location of the Blue Note first opened, it was during difficult times. Like almost all of L.A., ...

After nearly a decade of bringing quality music to the wine country, Blue Note Napa is set to close its doors at the end of 2025. The final Blue Note Napa concert is set for Dec. 31, when the club ...

The mission to re-open Hollywood’s ArcLight Cinemas and the historic Cinerama Dome continues. On Thursday morning, Los Angeles’ Office of Zoning Administration held a public hearing regarding both the ...

Pull open the door to the Blue Note Grill in Durham, and you’re likely to be met with wailing blues and the rich smell of barbecue. And friends. Some you know and some you’ve yet to meet, in a crowd ...