Milanese masters of cinematic jazz-funk, Calibro 35, have returned with a brand new album, 'Exploration', indebted to the influence of composer Piero Umiliani ...

Roy Ayers, the "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" jazz-funk virtuoso who paved the way for neo-soul, has died at age 84 ...

In 1996, on The Art of the Trio, Vol. 1, an album that otherwise consists of original pieces and jazz standards, he strung out an adventurous, sprightly cover of “Blackbird.” ...

Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist and musician known for songs like “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and his unparalleled influence ...

CARMICHAEL: On the cover of his new album, Kamasi stands tall, ... James Brown definitely loved jazz. And so we use the word funk for his music, but we could've used the word jazz.

Big Something just released their seventh studio album, “Headspace,” on Nov. 17, and they’ve just embarked on a 40-city, seven-month national tour.

“We started doing these more jazz-funk style albums, and we thought of it as kind of like a Steely Dan thing, where it’s two guys that do all the writing and arranging, and then we bring in ...

A beast on the bass, the jaguar of jazz fusion, a feline fashion icon—music superstar Thundercat is all these things. But beneath that funk-tastic image is a complex human who fell hard and fast.

The Funky Freqs came up playing the post-Corea jazz-rock style known as free funk — music with fewer complicated melodies and more earthy grooving. Their new album is Hymn of the Third Galaxy.

Werth said the album’s recording process was an unusual journey. “In the summer of 2019, we were in between tours,” he said. “One of my friends has a home studio and a place where we can ...

That album and the follow-up, Dig This, were slick and somewhat smooth jazz-funk, and included covers of songs by Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, the Temptations and Carole King.