It all came together in a matter of hours, according to Eugene musician Frank Visconti, trumpeter and manager with Natsukashii Soul, a brand-new jazz, R&B and funk quintet performing regularly in ...

For those partial to music rooted in vintage soul and its allied forms, next week will seem like Christmas. On Tuesday, Seth Applebaum and his Ghost Funk Orchestra hit town, nine members strong, on a ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tony Adamo Records with Funk Legends By Urbanzone Productions Tony Adamo, soul-jazz singer/songwriter will be in San Francisco’s Different Fur Recording Studio in late February ...

It's hot. Its summer. Let's ease into the night with some hard bop & soul jazz from the classic era—Lee Morgan, Ray Bryant, Bunky Green, Leo Wright and the Freedom Sounds. We'll then electrify the ...

Instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic and repetitive bass lines.

It’s arguably some of the hippest music around. Music from artists like Grant Green or Herbie Hancock, along with other musicians that made up the Bluenote Records roster of the mid to late1960s. File ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and loves. But not long after that article went live, I started ...

Boston's waterfront will be alive with soul, funk, and jazz when The GroovaLottos take the stage at Boston Jazz Fest on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at Maritime Park in the Seaport. The music kicks off ...

*“We each are responsible for three songs,” said Grammy nominated Everette Harp (Luther Vandross, Patti Labelle, George Duke), the legendary Contemporary Jazz saxophonist from Houston, Texas, about ...

While it is generally agreed that the birthplace of jazz is New Orleans and that it was first performed there in the early 1900s, it’s not the only music style to come out of the Crescent City.

Roy Ayers, the jazz vibraphonist whose smooth fusion planted the seeds of acid jazz and neo soul, died Wednesday at the age of 84. Ayers’ family confirmed his death on the musician’s Facebook page: ...

Ayers’ career spanned nearly six decades, including collaborations with contemporary artists such as Alicia Keys, Thundercat, and Tyler, The Creator. Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist, composer, ...