If you’re looking to understand why Roy Ayers remains a pivotal figure in jazz-funk, here are 10 songs that showcase ... in ...

Vernon Reid played guitar in Ronald Shannon Jackson's great '80s unit Decoding Society ... they're heedless of category, blending jazz, funk, R&B, rock and a little space music.

During the1970s and 80s he came to change his focus and becameone of the leading figures in R&B and jazz/funk. The 1990shas once again brought ... greatest innovators of theacid jazz movement. His ...

The 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ... LeTrainiump Richard infuses his music with ’80s synths and ’90s R&B vocals to create an energetic, funk-infused pop sound that’s carefree ...

Cultivating a smooth signature sound that wove lush soul, elastic jazz, and tight funk, Ayers emphasized rhythm ... Over the years, Ayers’ music was sampled by Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, A Tribe ...

“In fact, it was fun! In the case of P-Funk, if you listen to some of their music, the horns play jazz and the rhythm section plays funk. There are no walls of constriction there. Both bands are ...