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, ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The jazz-meets-funk musician inspired Pharrell Williams, Dr. Dre, and Kanye West. David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images Jazz fusion legend Roy Ayers, who wrote ...

During the politically and culturally turbulent late 1960s and '70s, many jazz musicians attempted to appeal to a younger and more diverse audience that grew up listening to artists such as James ...

When Sonny Rollins released his Way Out West album in 1957, the cover featured the tall tenor saxophonist standing out in the desert between a bleached cow skull and a multi-armed cactus. In the ...

Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, died Sept. 12 at a hospital in Houston. He was 75. The ...

With the 2016 release of Yussef Kamaal’s Black Focus, the duo of drummer Yussef Dayes and keyboardist Kamaal Williams (nee Henry Wu) showed themselves to be of the same caliber and mind of fellow ...

Wong: Thank you, that means a lot, I appreciate that. Q: Are you doing an East Coast leg of that “Power Station” tour soon? Wong: Yes, my East Coast tour starts in two weeks. I’m doing St. Louis, ...

Bluebird and RCA Victor dig deep into the vaults of the landmark Flying Dutchman label to issue this perfect introduction to the jazz-funk-soul hybrid heyday. By Billboard Staff Bluebird and RCA ...

HOUSTON - Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was 75. Sample died of ...

From rock and metal crossovers to jazz-funk virtuosos, the best funk supergroups brought serious musical talent and propulsive grooves.

NEW YORK — Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders and a pioneer of the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, died of complications due to lung cancer ...