Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

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 ...

Con Funk Shun, the legendary funk ensemble, is set to take the stage on Friday, April 12th, and Saturday, April 13th, promising two nights of electrifying performances. 33,623 people played the daily ...

Bassist and producer and Blue Note President Don Was had a “transcendent moment” at the recent Rock Hall induction ceremony that took place earlier this year in Los Angeles. At the event, he performed ...

American jazz composer and guitarist John Scofield performs with his Combo 66 band with Gerald Clayton on piano and Hammond B3 organ and Vicente Archer on upright acoustic bass at the Blue Note Jazz ...

There are benefits to giant festivals like Coachella or Outside Lands, where you can see a year’s worth of performances in a single weekend. But there’s also something to be said for a more niche, ...

The Blue Note Jazz Festival returns to Wine Country for its second year July 28-30 at Silverado Resort in Napa. But don't let the name fool you into thinking this is a single-genre festival. With ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Robert Glasper and more from the Blue Note catalog.

Grammy award-winner George Clinton and his Parliament Funkadelic team, which scored more than 40 R&B hit singles and three platinum albums in the 1970s, are set to perform here for the first time ever ...

The genre is in a state of diffusion and streaming dominates listening habits. But Blue Note is still dedicated to influencing the music’s path forward. By Giovanni Russonello The name Blue Note ...