In the jazz up and comers of today the hallmarks of improvisation, musicality, humanity and depth are very much present. From ...

Tracks like 'Fallin’ Like Dominoes' are simultaneously smooth and hard-edged, setting the tone for the imminent arrival of disco. The album ... and funk while still remaining a jazz artist.

Saxophonist Kevin Pike returns to his jazz/funk roots on FUNK 204. The album features 8 original compositions by Pike, who is backed by an all-star lineup including Chase Campan-Thornburg on drums, ...

Guitarists would use complex jazz chords ... to influence new popular genres. Many early disco songs leaned on the same rhythmic phrasings as funk, and hip hop was spawned through middle sections ...

Jazz-funk supergroup Nitecap has released its debut album, Things of That Nature, a 10-track set of original compositions that harkens on the contemporary synth-laden soul with jazz-funk and ...

Meanwhile, its shimmering rhythmic elements found their way into many of the songs that ... from Shaft,” disco’s early tracks were a syncretic blend of soul, funk, pop and jazz.