Celebrating 30 years to the date since the release of their pivotal debut album Cool And Steady And Easy, cult acid-jazz ensemble Brooklyn Funk Essentials are back today with the release of a new ...

Rose says that first meeting felt special, and that the musicians quickly bonded over a shared interest in acid jazz and pushing beyond jazz convention. ... Natsukashii Soul plays a mix of ...

Earlier this week, something really rather weird happened. A band derided for years for their overblown acid jazz-funk fusion and their frontman’s propensity for ludicrous hats announced their ...

This double CD collection charts the growth and mutation of a genre that has little acid-ic about it, and whose links to jazz are usually by way of funk. The first disc, covering the years 1991-1996 ...

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 ...

One of the seminal modern jazz-funk bands to emerge during the early '90s "rare groove" revival, fiery quintet the Greyboy Allstars bring their potent grooves to the Bay Area for a pair of Noise ...

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 ...

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, ...