The arrival of these two compilations of 1970s jazz/funk begs one simple question: what took RCA so long? The fact that the mini-revival known as acid jazz peaked about five years ago puts these ...

Vibraphonist, singer and producer Roy Ayers is a master of many musical styles and genres, from acid-jazz, jazz-funk to romantic ballads and dance tracks. While many of his contemporaries seemed to ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something magical about George Duke’s music that’s hard to put into words—but you feel it. Whether he’s laying down a slick funk groove or caressing a melody on the piano, ...

Baton Rouge's Captain Green already proved it has the funk. On its new release, the band is stretching into another one of its favorite genres — jazz. Captain Green is known for its virtuoso playing ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- 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 ...