Sitar virtuoso and composer Purbayan Chatterjee has joined hands with five-time Grammy Award-winning guitarist Mark Lettieri ...

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 ...

Dee Dee Bridgewater turns 76 as the Grammy-winning jazz and funk icon continues touring, mentoring artists and releasing ...

He’s worked with Solange, Frank Ocean, Harry Styles and more – and his own music is wondrously fun and spiritual. The LA artist explains why it sounds like butterflies and mountain lions Amid the ...

Get into the groove and get ready to dance the night away with this fun, jazz-funk class from dance choreographer Frank Soares. Assisted by Mina Huynh and Suzie Elias, this highly energetic video ...

ROYAL OAK, MICH (WXYZ) — Royal Oak Live! is a two day free music festival featuring the finest local and national jazz, funk and R & B performers. The music ...

Aussie label AIM's motives might need to be called into question with the release of the new Herbie Hancock set Jazz to Funk. It features the reissues of two obscure sessions from the '60s, both of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. From a music theory perspective, jazz, gospel and funk are probably the most technically advanced ...

From his Afrocentric jazz with Miles Davis and Lonnie Liston Smith to his chart hits for Roberta Flack and Stephanie Mills, we celebrate the best of the late musician The biological son of saxophonist ...

Legendary jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers has died, aged 84. Ayers death was confirmed via an announcement from his team through Ayers’ Facebook account. The post, which notes he died from a “long illness ...

We remember Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer behind "Everybody Loves the Sunshine." He died Tuesday at the age of 84. Jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers died earlier this week ...

Brooklyn Funk Essentials have been presenting their unique brand of eclectic funk to elated audiences around the world since the early nineties. Originally conceived as a studio jam-project by ...