Guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr., saxophonist Everette Harp and pianist Jeff Lorber are Jazz Funk Soul. *The latest project of the trio Jazz Funk Soul titled “Life and Times” (Shanachie) soars on ...

Detroit has long been a hub for many styles of music. With jazz, basement funk, blues, hip hop and Motown all tugging at local music lovers’ heartstrings, it’s no wonder the Motor City would ...

Roy Ayers, the pioneering jazz-funk vibraphonist, record producer and composer, whose warm grooves and sun-drenched melodies shaped generations of musicians, has died at the age of 84 following a ...