This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

Mack the Knife [Funky Version]; Moanin'; Sidewinder; Mississippi Windows; Work Song; Mortat [Modern Bebop Version]; Blues March. Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and hit Composer Benny Golson and his ...

In the process, he introduced a new generation of listeners to the genres that made up the building blocks of rap music. For those feeling the hypnotizing musicianship and poetic prose on To Pimp, ...

The inevitable result of a talent-soaked soul and jazz community, The Funky Knuckles are taking the sound of Dallas to an entirely different level. They have been together six years and have held a ...

The 40th edition of the Syracuse International Jazz Festival is much like the past 39 editions: Fun, free and with a ...

The unmistakable sounds of New Orleans will resonate in Mexico City this month as the acclaimed documentary Make It Funky! takes center stage at a special screening hosted by Mexico’s Horizonte 107.9 ...

Hip-hop first emerged in the Bronx during the 1970s as a creative outlet for Black communities grappling with social and economic hardships. Born out of block parties and street corner cyphers, it ...

Expressive, versatile, and dripping in history - the fizzing frequencies of funk and the seductive sounds of soul are ever-alluring; and when all these sounds merge on a festival lineup, you can bet ...

There have been a lot of words to describe good funk music. Dirty. Gritty. Grimy. When done right, funk should make your face scrunch up, your head nod and your body move in ways even you might not ...