Massive injection of funk & soul combined with jazz, surf & klezmer With a solid backbone in jazz, funk and soul, incorporating influences from surf, klezmer, rock and hip-hop, Very Cool People have ...

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

Even if you don’t know psychedelic French jazz-funk legends Cortex by name, you have probably know have probably heard elements of their 1975 album Troupeau Bleu. Tracks from it have been sampled by ...

Jamiroquai blended 70s soul, funk, and Stevie Wonder’s influence to pioneer 90s acid jazz and reshape the sound of modern ...

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“It’s gonna be unapologetic funk. And it’s gonna be energetic. And it’s gonna be a wild ride, lots of high-energy solos and cool ensemble work.” That’s how percussionist Nate Worth describes funk-jazz ...

The NOLA Funk Fest 2023 is gearing up for a three-day event from October 20-22 at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The festival is set to showcase 18 of the city’s best local funk acts performing across ...

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 ...

Multifaceted Seattle-bred drummer/producer Kassa Overall has only come into prominence as a solo artist over the last few years, but he's been involved with some heavy hitters since 2007. After moving ...