Thousands of Hours of Live Jam, Funk & Jazz Streams in One Place

CouchConcert.com has positioned itself as the dedicated destination for fans of live music culture, bringing together ...
AllHipHop

Sampling the Soul: How Hip-Hop Borrowed from Jazz & Funk

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...
Jazz

Feeling Good (Funk, Soul & Deep Jazz Gems: The Supreme Sound Of Producer Bob Shad)

House Of The Rising Funk; Blue Mitchell; Magical Connection; Soulsides; Mask; Never Did I Stop Loving You; Abscretions; Right On; Scatbird; Red Clay; Rum And Mumbles; I Ain't Got Much (But Whatever I ...
Jazz

Herbie Hancock: Jazz to Funk

Aussie label AIM's motives might need to be called into question with the release of the new Herbie Hancock set Jazz to Funk. It features the reissues of two obscure sessions from the '60s, both of ...
The Boston Globe

A triple-header awaits fans of funk, jazz, soul, and their hybrids

For those partial to music rooted in vintage soul and its allied forms, next week will seem like Christmas. On Tuesday, Seth Applebaum and his Ghost Funk Orchestra hit town, nine members strong, on a ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How The Bamboos brought deep funk to the Australian scene

When The Bamboos started gigging in the early 2000s, they were a fledgling funk and soul band in a niche underground scene. With an indefatigable work ethic and uncompromising artistic spirit, they ...
BBC

Jazz funk

Jazz funk is a style of music that grew out of jazz, but brings in elements of soul music and rhythm and blues. While jazz often features a swing beat, jazz funk is backed by a groove rhythm that is ...