Blue Note

On our list of the best live music venues in Los Angeles.

This outpost of New York's Blue Note, the first outside the city, opened on Sunset Boulevard in August 2025, capturing a classic jazz-club feel with waiters working a prix fixe menu between tightly packed tables. Chef Asaf Maoz of Carmel runs the kitchen, pairing dinner and weekend brunch service with jazz-era cocktails. A second room, the B-Side, holds about 100 and is set aside for developing acts, with saxophonists Terrace Martin and Kamasi Washington helping book the younger names. Robert Glasper opened the room with a four-show stand, followed by sets from Ben Folds and Esperanza Spalding.