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 ...

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 ...

When SETI X—the San Francisco-based emcee and recipient of the Pharrell Williams-backed J Dilla Music Tech Grant—told me about a small brick-and-mortar he co-owned with Delrokz, a turntablist and ...

The Detroitwich Funk Machine brings 70s and 80s funk, jazz-funk and fusion classics to Worcester’s Marr’s Bar, January 22.

“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 ...

Iconic New Orleans funk pioneers The Meters will reunite for their first show in nearly a decade during Jazz Fest 2026.

North Sea Jazz Festival 2025 article by Giovanni Guadalupi, published on January 16, 2026 at All About Jazz. Find more Live Review articles ...

Funk vocalist Dawn Silva’s moniker as the “Funk Queen” didn’t come out of nowhere — her legendary stints with Sly & the Family Stone, Parliament/Funkadelic, the Gap Band and as the frontwoman of The ...

The 48th Annual Saratoga Jazz Festival, presented by GE Vernova will return for a full two-day and two-stage weekend experience on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29 at Saratoga Performing Arts ...