Talib Kweli & Madlib and the Whiskey Boyz
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Black Radio Stage - 3:45pm

01. // Best Year Ever
02. Nat Turner
03. Whenimondamic [Lootpack] (with Wildchild & MED)
04. Raid [Madvilliany]
05. Raw Shit [Jaylib]
06. Accordion [Madvilliany]
07. The Official [Jaylib] (with Niko Is)
08. Fall In Love [Slum Village] (with Jessica Care Moore & Bilal) 
09. All That I Am (with Bilal)
10. I Try
11. Wait For You (inc. band solos & hip hop medley)
12. Get Em High
13. Get By
14. The Soul Rebels (pre-set walk out music) at Footprints Stage

Talib Kweli - MC
Madlib - DJ
DJ Spintelect - DJ
Brady Watt - bass
Camau Klutch Bernstine - drums
Matthias Pedals Loescher - guitar
Chris Rob - keyboards & vocals
Mario Castro - saxophone
Maurice "Mobetta" Brown - trumpet

Guests:
Wildchild - MC
MED - MC
Niko Is - MC
Jessica Care Moore - vocals/poetry
Bilal - vocals

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Notes: This recording is the missing the first song of the set, maybe two songs since this recording starts at 3:52pm.

Talib Kweli & Madlib 7/29/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Adam Blackstone
Friday, July 28, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Footprints Stage - 12:45pm

01. Brother J ("This Is Blue Note")
02. The Storm Will Pass
03. Lovely Day [Bill Withers] > Sir Duke [Stevie Wonder] (coda)
04. This Is The Day (with Lena Byrd Miles)
05. You Brought My Sunshine [The Clark Sisters] (with Lena Byrd Miles)
06. Just The Two of Us [Bill Withers] (inc. What You Won't Do For Love [Bobby Caldwell]) (with Dixon)
07. Untitled (How Does It Feel) [D'Angelo] (with Dixon) //

Adam Blackstone - bass & vocals
Troy James Nalls Jr. - drums
Justin Gilbert - keyboards
Leon Silva - saxophone
Sean Erick - trumpet

Guests:
Lena Byrd Miles - vocals
Dixon - vocals

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Notes: This set started 20 minutes late and was scheduled for 1 hour. This recording is the first 32 minutes of the set, from 1:05pm to 1:37pm, and is missing the end of the set. I'm not sure how much is missing. I walked down the hill to see Ghost-Note but they were still soundchecking so I walked back up for Big Freedia. When I got back up 20 minutes later, Big Freedia was already playing so this recording can't be missing more than 15 minutes, maybe less.

Adam Blackstone 7/28/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

The Yussef Dayes Experience
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Blue Note Stage - 5:15pm

01. ???
02. Raisins Under The Sun
03. Tidal Wave
04. For My Ladies
05. Strings of Light
06. Odyssey
07. Tioga Pass //

Yussef Dayes - drums
Rocco Palladino - bass
Malik "Venna" Venner - saxophone
Elijah Fox - keyboards
Alex "Alexander Tha Great" Bourt - percussion

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Notes: This recording starts with the end of Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time's "West African Drum & Dance Experience" as I walk over to The Yussef Dayes Experience, who started a little early. This recording runs from from 5:09pm to 5:42pm and is missing the last ~33 minutes of the set.

The Yussef Dayes  Experience 7/29/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Terrace Martin
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Blue Note Stage - 3pm

01. // ???
02. ??? (inc. Just The Two of Us [Bill Withers] coda) 
03. introductions
Valdez off Crenshaw [Donny Hathaway] (NOT RECORDED)

Terrace Martin - saxophone
Keyon Harrold - trumpet
Robert "Sput" Searight - drums
Pat Bianchi - organ
Arin Ray - vocals

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Notes: This recording is only 15 minutes of their 1 hour set, from 3:30pm to 3:45pm.

Terrace Martin 7/29/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Ghost-Note
Friday, July 28, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Blue Note Stage

01. // ???
02. ???
03. ???

Robert "Sput" Searight - drums
Nate Werth - percussion
Justin "Jay McK" McKinney - bass
Peter Knudsen - guitar
Dominique Xavier Taplin - organ, keyboards & vocals
Jonathan Mones - alto saxophone
Danny Wytanis - trombone
Michael Jelani Brooks - tenor saxophone
Sylvester Onyejiaka - baritone saxophone
MacKenzie - vocals

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Notes: This set was scheduled for 1 hour from 1:15pm to 2:15pm, but they took a very long time to soundcheck and started late. This recording is the last 17 minutes of their set, from 2:27pm to 2:43pm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axM97A0CaEw

Ghost-Note 7/28/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

MonoNeon
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Blue Note Stage - 5:30pm

01. Hot Cheetos >
02. Slipping On A Banana Peel (On Capitol Hill)
03. Am I Trippin'? (Overthinkoverlove) >
04. Basquiat & Skittles //

Dwayne "MonoNeon" Thomas Jr. - bass & vocals
Devin "Funkmaster" Way - drums
Peter Knudsen – guitar & vocals
Xavier Lynn - guitar & vocals
Dominique Xavier Taplin – keyboards & vocals
Charlie Brown - keyboards
Jonathan Mones – alto saxophone
Michael Jelani Brooks - saxophone

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
except first 5 minutes from Sony ECM-MS908C > Roland R07
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Notes: This recording is missing the last 34 minutes of the set. The first 5 minutes are from my Sony ECM-MS908C source, which was clamped under a table for the Madlib set before this. The rest is from my Shure MV88 source.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXLD7Nc8VUo

MonoNeon 7/30/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Footprints Stage - 1:00pm-1:45pm & In The Backyard 4:45pm-5:15pm

01. // ???
02. Sackodougou
03. Send For Me (dedicated to Daniel Jones)

Weedie Braimah - djembe
Shea Pierre - keyboards
Courtney J'mell Smith - keyboards
Cheikh Ndoye - bass
Luke Quaranta - dun-dun
Munir Zakee - drums
Raja Kassis - guitar
Sam Dickey - guitar
Talise Campbell - dance

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ2Eh2_-scs

Weedie Braimah 7/29/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time - West African Drum & Dance Experience
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - The Backyard 4:45pm-5:15pm

01. // ???
02. ???
03. dance instructions
04. ???
05. dance instructions
06. ???
07. call and response instructions
08. ??? //

Talise Campbell - dance
Weedie Braimah - djembe
Courtney J'mell Smith - keyboards
Luke Quaranta - percussion
Munir Zakee - dun-dun
Raja Kassis - guitar
Sam Dickey - guitar
Robert "Sput" Searight - percussion

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ2Eh2_-scs

Weedie Braimah - West African Drum & Dance Experience 7/29/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Taylor McFerrin & Marcus Gilmore with special guests Bobby McFerrin & Madison McFerrin
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Blue Note Stage - 2:00pm

01. Introduction
02. Improvisation? >
03. Postpartum
04. Improvisation (Taylor & Bobby duet)
05. Chance To Say My Piece >
06. Improvisation?
07. Sightless Bird (with Madison McFerrin)
08. Twice [Little Dragon] (with Madison McFerrin, without Bobby)
09. Improvisation? (Taylor & Marcus duet)

Taylor McFerrin - vocals, keyboards, samplers, etc
Marcus Gilmore - drums
Bobby McFerrin - vocals
Madison McFerrin - vocals

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOk6OJd2Mfc

Taylor McFerrin 7/30/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa (with Bobby McFerrin)

Nicholas Payton & Sasha Masakowski
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Blue Note Stage - 12:45pm

01. Freedom Is No Fear (dedicated to Nina Simone)
02. Feed The Fire (dedicated to Geri Allen) //

Nicholas Payton - keyboards, trumpet & bass
Sasha Masakowski - samplers and loopers

Notes: This recording is the first 32 minute of their 1 hour set. I had to go up the hill to catch part of Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time, who only had a 45 minute set.

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCpbeZexko

Nicholas Payton 7/29/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

BJ The Chicago Kid
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Footprints Stage - 7:30pm

01. Intro Jam
02. Time Today
03. Get Away
04. Church
05. Love Inside //
06. // Prototype [Andre 3000]
07. Untitled (How Does It Feel) [D'Angelo]
08. Close
09. Smooth
10. Good Luv'n
11. What A Wonderful World [Louis Armstrong] (just BJ & Jairus)
12. Turnin' Me Up
13. Feel The Vibe

BJ The Chicago Kid - vocals
Maurice "Mobetta" Brown - trumpet
Steve ??? - drums
Eric Ingram - bass
Aaron ??? - keyboards
Jairus Mozee - guitar

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

BJ The Chicago Kid 7/29/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Cory Henry
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Footprints Stage - 1pm

01. // Lead Ya
02. Happy Days
03. Something New
04. Spain [Chick Corea] (solo keyboard intro) > Ecstacy
05. Switch
06. The Fool
07. The Line
08. Holy Ghost

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixO04AejAbY

Cory Henry 7/30/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Derrick Hodge
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Black Radio Stage - 12:15pm

01. The Cost
02. Not Right Now
03. Fall [Wayne Shorter]
04. banter
05. Color of Noize
06. 19 > ?jam?
07. Angels

Derrick Hodge - bass & keyboards
Maison Guidry - drums
Simon Martinez - guitar
Mike Aaberg - keyboards

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DY-R8mev0

Derrick Hodge 7/30/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Friday, July 28, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Footprints Stage - 7:30pm

01. Pole Power > 
02. Baby Like Fonkin' It Up >
03. Meow Meow > 
04. Get Low
05. Flashlight
06. (Not Just) Knee Deep
07. Jump Around [House of Pain] >
08. Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) >
09. Atomic Dog > ??? outro/riff
10. Up For The Down Stroke

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic 7/28/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Robert Glasper with special guest De La Soul (hosted by Dave Chappelle)
Friday, July 28, 2022
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Black Radio Stage - 5:45pm

01. Can I Kick It? [ATCQ] (with Dave Chappelle) 
02. bluesy improvisation (with Dave Chappelle)
03. Back to the Future [D'Angelo] (with Dave Chappelle)
04. toast & national anthem - Lift Evry Voice and Sing [James Wheldon]  (with Dave Chappelle)
05. Conant Gardens [Slum Village] x Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box [Radiohead]
06. Dreamy [J Dilla]
07. bass solo > Endangered Black Woman > Strange Fruit [Billie Holiday] (with Andra Day)
08. Chris & Robert banter / Rock With You [JR Robinson / Michael Jackson] / 777-9311 [Prince]
09. Verbal Clap (with De La Soul & James Poyser)
10. Love Ballad [L.T.D.] > Much More (with De La Soul, Yummy Bingham & James Poyser)
11. Rock Co.Kane Flow (with De La Soul & James Poyser)
12. Stakes Is High (with De La Soul, Talib Kweli & James Poyser)
13. Fantastic [Slum Village] (with De La Soul, Talib Kweli & James Poyser) *
14. 'Round Midnight [Thelonious Monk] (performed by Dave Chappelle)
15. I Am I Be (with Terrace Martin, De La Soul & James Poyser)
16. The Grind Date (with De La Soul & James Poyser)
17. Oooh (with De La Soul & James Poyser)
18. Buddy (with De La Soul, Talib Kweli & James Poyser)
19. Me Myself and I (with George Clinton, De La Soul, Talib Kweli & James Poyser)
20. Breakadawn (with De La Soul, Yummy Bingham, Talib Kweli & James Poyser)

Robert Glasper - piano & keyboards
Isaiah Sharkey - guitar
Derrick Hodge - bass
Chris Dave - drums
DJ Jahi Sundance - turntables

Guests:
Dave Chappelle - host/MC
Andra Day - vocals
James Poyser - keyboards
Kelvin Mercer aka Posdnous - MC 
Vincent Lamont Mason Jr. aka Maseo - MC
Yummy Bingham - vocals
Talib Kweli - MC
Terrace Martin - soprano saxophone
George Clinton - vocals

* contains unknown Talib Kweli verse, Posdnuos' Vocabulary Spills verse & Maseo's Words & Verbs verse.

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Photo by Estefany Gonzalez

Robert Glasper (with De La Soul) 7/28/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Robert Glasper with special guests Lalah Hathaway & Terrace Martin (hosted by Dave Chappelle)
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Black Radio Stage - 5:45pm

01. Introductions (with Dave Chappelle)
02. No One Like You >
03. Persevere (inc. Tell Me If You Still Care [The S.O.S. Band], In The Air Tonight [Phil Collins] & Smells Like Teen Spirit [Nirvana])
04. Straight No Chaser [Thelonious Monk] (with Keyon Harrold) >
05. How Much A Dollar Cost? [Kendrick Lamar] (with Keyon Harrold & J. Ivy) *
06. banter (with Dave Chappelle)
07. Sleepless Nights (with Arin Ray)
08. Cherish The Day [Sade] (with Lalah Hathaway, Nicholas Payton, Tank Ball & James Poyser)
09. The Way [Jill Scott] (inc. Calls coda) (with Lalah Hathaway & James Poyser)
10. bass solo > Jesus Children of America [Stevie Wonder] (with Lalah Hathaway & James Poyser)
11. Everybody Wants To Rule The World [Tears For Fears] (with Lalah Hathaway, Affion Crockett & James Poyser)

Robert Glasper - piano & keyboards
Isaiah Sharkey - guitar
Burniss Earl Travis II - bass - bass
Justin Tyson - drums
DJ Jahi Sundance - turntables
Terrace Martin - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, keyboards & vocoder

Guests:
Dave Chappelle - host/MC
Keyon Harrold - trumpet
J. Ivy - vocals / poetry
Arin Ray - vocals
James Poyser - keyboards
Nicholas Payton - trumpet
Lalah Hathaway - vocals
Tank Ball - vocals / poetry
Affion Crockett - MC

* contained unknown J. Ivy verse and Never Let Me Down.

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Photo by Estefany Gonzalez

Robert Glasper (with Lalah Hathaway & Terrace Martin)  7/29/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Robert Glasper with special guest Bilal (hosted by Dave Chappelle)
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Black Radio Stage - 6pm

01. Jahi Sundance DJ set
02. Robert Glasper introductions
03. Black Superhero (inc. Candy Rain [Soul For Real], Happy [Surface], Feenin' [Jodeci], Livin' on a Prayer [Bon Jovi], In The Air Tonight [Phil Collins]) (with BJ The Chicago Kid, Vic Mensa & Hannibal Buress) >
04. Smells Like Teen Spirit [Nirvana] (inc. Never Would Have Made It [Marvin Sapp] tease) >
05. Never Too Much [Luther Vandross]
06. 777-9311 [Prince]
07. Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.) (inc. Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing [Stevie Wonder] tease) (with Chanté Moore)
08. Expectations (with Baby Rose & Amir Sulaiman)
09. Happy Birthday (to Robert's 3 year old daughter)
10. Can't Hide Love [Earth Wind & Fire] (with Bilal, Philip Bailey & Lalah Hathaway)
11. Something to Hold on To (inc. Am I Wrong & Lockdown) (with Bilal, James Poyser, Terrace Martin & Anderson .Paak)
12. Reminisce (inc. Love Language [Talib Kweli]) (with Bilal, James Poyser, Terrace Martin & Talib Kweli) >
13. Let The Rhythm Hit Em > Eric B. Is President > Follow The Leader > Know The Ledge (with Rakim & Dave Chappelle) >
14. Can I Kick It? [ATCQ] (with Chance The Rapper, Talib Kweli) >
15. Vic Mensa verse > That Thing [Lauryn Hill] (with Posdnuos, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Talib Kweli & Keyon Harrold) > 
16. All Falls Down [Kanye West] > Get Em High (with Chance The Rapper, Talib Kweli, Vic Mensa, Posdnuos & Keyon Harrold) > 
17. Juicy [Mtume / Notorious B.I.G.] (with Posdnuos, Maseo, Talib Kweli, Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper, Keyon Harrold & Lalah Hathaway)
18. Paid In Full > Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) (with Rakim, Talib Kweli, Dave Chappelle, De La Soul, Hannibal Buress & Frédéric Yonnet)

Robert Glasper - piano & keyboards
Isaiah Sharkey - guitar
Derrick Hodge - bass
Chris Dave - drums
DJ Jahi Sundance - turntables

Guests:
BJ The Chicago Kid - vocals
Vic Mensa - MC
Hannibal Buress - MC
Dave Chappelle - host/MC
Chanté Moore - vocals
Baby Rose - vocals
Amir Sulaiman - vocals/poetry
Bilal - vocals
Philip Bailey - vocals
Lalah Hathaway - vocals
James Poyser - keyboards
Terrace Martin - soprano saxophone
Talib Kweli - MC
Rakim - MC
Chance The Rapper - MC
Vic Mensa - MC
Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer aka Posdnuos - MC 
Vincent Lamont Mason Jr. aka Maseo - MC
Keyon Harrold - trumpet
Frédéric Yonnet - harmonica
PJ Morton - keyboards
Cory Henry - keyboards

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Robert Glasper (with Bilal, Philip Bailey, Rakim, De La Soul) 7/30/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

Taylor McFerrin & Marcus Gilmore with Madison McFerrin
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Napa, CA @ Silverado Resort - Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa - Blue Note Stage - 2:00pm

Twice [Little Dragon] (with Madison McFerrin, without Bobby)

Taylor McFerrin - vocals, keyboards, samplers, etc
Marcus Gilmore - drums
Bobby McFerrin - vocals
Madison McFerrin - vocals

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC (24/48)
Recorded by Funk It Blog

Taylor McFerrin - Twice [Little Dragon cover] 7/30/23 Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa

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