In the first half of the ’90s, the Bay Area nurtured a burgeoning acid jazz scene, a creative cauldron fueled by vinylphiles rediscovering 1960s organ-driven jazz funk. One of its key players, ...

One of the most popular jazz-funk bands regularly visiting the Bay Area, saxophonist Karl Denson and his Tiny Universe are celebrating the musicians birthday with a pair of shows at the Fillmore ...

Ayers was recognized for his trailblazing jazz-funk music that opened doors to acid jazz and neo-soul. The Los Angeles native, known as the Godfather of Neo-Soul, released the album “Everybody ...

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

Jazz, blues, classical, funk, pop, soul, bossa nova, gospel, rock, Afrobeat, disco and country. These are just some of the styles of music that tenor saxophone great Houston Person has performed ...

Meet the Biological Misfits, which perform "The Jam," a mix of soul, funk, hip-hop and acid jazz, the first Thursday of every month at Buteco in Grant ...

Roy Ayers, Jazz-Funk Musician Behind ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine,’ Dies at 84. The vibraphonist's hits have been sampled by Mary J. Blige, Common, Tyler, the Creator and Kanye West.

The funk-jazz-soul-everything-else supergroup Dinner Party is serving as this year’s de facto Jazz Fest anchor, with three of its four core members — pianist Robert Glasper, multi ...

Vibraphonist Roy Ayers, an influential band leader and pioneering composer and producer of jazz, funk, soul and R&B, has died. Ayers, who is known for the celebrated song “Everybody Loves the ...