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Tracks like 'Fallin’ Like Dominoes' are simultaneously smooth and hard-edged, setting the tone for the imminent arrival of disco. The album ... and funk while still remaining a jazz artist.
Saxophonist Kevin Pike returns to his jazz/funk roots on FUNK 204. The album features 8 original compositions by Pike, who is backed by an all-star lineup including Chase Campan-Thornburg on drums, ...
If you’re looking to understand why Roy Ayers remains a pivotal figure in jazz-funk, here are 10 songs that showcase ... was ...
Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia, offers 15 '80s-era songs from ... loads of funk and Moroder-adjacent ...
Photo by Brittany Teuber Jazz-funk supergroup Nitecap has released its debut album, Things of That Nature, a 10-track set of original compositions that ...
Guitarists would use complex jazz chords ... to influence new popular genres. Many early disco songs leaned on the same rhythmic phrasings as funk, and hip hop was spawned through middle sections ...