Ironically, fusion was, on the one hand, largely a concern for jazz participants and observers even though they largely denied its value or any valid connection to "real jazz." On the other hand, ...

Stop if you’ve heard this before. Some refugees from bands join together to form an ad hoc “super group” that sounds pretty much like the outfits they came from. OK, so WRD’s model is as clichéd as ...

What started as a group of students who met in the Pittsburg State University Jazz Band quickly evolved into a popular local ...

St. Philip’s Friends of Music is wrapping up its concert series, “Summer Sizzlers: Cool Hot Jazz for the Summer,” over the next few weeks. First up on Sunday, Aug. 20, is the high-octane fusion of ...

If you look up "funk" in the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, you get the following definition: "A style of black American popular music which developed in the mid-1960s out of soul music. It is ...

Anthony Jackson, one of the most versatile recorded bassists in music history and creator of the “contrabass guitar,” died in Staten Island.

War is an American funk-rock band formed in 1969, known for its fusion of rock, jazz, Latin, R&B, and reggae influences. With hits like Low Rider, Why Can’t We Be Friends?, and Spill the Wine, War ...

In the 1970s, vibraphonist Roy Ayers began mixing funky elements of rhythm and blues with jazz, and almost single-handedly created a "fusion" style of music that caught the ear of the post-hippie ...

Kendrick Lamar’s much-praised 2012 major label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, is a shotgun ride through the gang-, gun-, and drug-infested city of fallen angels alongside Denzel Washington’s ...

Philadelphia's Best Of The Bass, Part 1 includes WRTI's 8 favorite bebop and hard bop players. The list of some of the most impactful bass players to have come out of Philadelphia continues with this ...

The jazz-meets-funk musician inspired Pharrell Williams, Dr. Dre, and Kanye West. Reporter Jazz fusion legend Roy Ayers, who wrote the song “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” has died at 84 after a long ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...