It's called Beats & Brass and is described as a one-of-a-kind benefit concert experience. It will feature music from a "high-voltage, global funk bank" called the Funk Junket, according to a press ...

After a six-month wait, the Smooth Jazz Festival is ready for a spring show at Riverwalk Amphitheater this weekend.

Attend a fundraiser with your dog, revisit an 80s comedy classic, be amazed by an illusionist, listen to a jazz-funk fusion ...

Many might think of jazz fusion as simply being jazz music's rockier mutated sibling, but these five albums prove that ...

Exploring five masterpiece albums from the world of bossa nova, the samba-inspired Brazilian sound that captivated audiences ...

A Grammy-nominated New Orleans funk band combining traditional Mardi Gras Indian music with modern funk and second-line ...

American record producer Roy Ayers, a pioneer of jazz-funk since the early 1960s, died on March 4, 2025, at the age of 84. What was his cause of death?

Vibraphonist behind "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" paved the way for neo-soul and became sampling fodder for hip-hop producers ...

Musicians have been paying tribute to the "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" icon, whose influence has shaped R&B, hip-hop and neo-soul.

Roy Ayers, the jazz-funk vibraphonist known for Everybody Loves The Sunshine and sampled ’round the music world, has died. He was 84. Ayers died in New York City Tuesday after a long illness ...

Greg Tardy started off as a clarinetist in New Orleans before transitioning to tenor saxophone. His music encompasses post-bop, free jazz and gospel; he’s collaborated with the likes of Elvin Jones, ...