This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

Big Sam’s Funky Nation will perform Saturday, Sept. 30. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Jazz'SAlive Big Sam’s Funky Nation is bringing its raucous, brass-fueled funk to San Antonio as a headliner for the ...

The Miami based jazz/funk trio just released their second album Soulful Days. It became an instant Open Air favorite.

There are two dominant aspects to the musical style of the persuasive, hard swinging saxophonist and composer Ian Hendrickson-Smith. One comes via soul and funk jazz, a bluesy approach he calls "dirty ...

Charlotte has a rich history of funk music. Back in 1965, the "Grandmaster of Funk" himself Mr. James Brown recorded his single “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” right here in the Queen City. As one of ...

Kendrick Lamar’s much-praised 2012 major label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, is a shotgun ride through the gang-, gun-, and drug-infested city of fallen angels alongside Denzel Washington’s ...

Corey Paul’s dream of leading a live funky jazz ensemble that nodded to the intergalactic noir-western series “Cowboy Bebop” seemed like a far-out fantasy. Now it’s a reality, and the show’s hitting ...

Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, and proto-rap group The Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer ...

The inevitable result of a talent-soaked soul and jazz community, The Funky Knuckles are taking the sound of Dallas to an entirely different level. They have been together six years and have held a ...

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 ...

The Montclair Jazz Fest brought community resources and nearly 12 hours of non-stop music to North Jersey audiences.