As historians will attest, people tend to view the past in terms of the present. What we see as important historical events — major discoveries, landmark decisions, social breakthroughs — are ...
One of my favourite funk bands to come out of the '70s was a collection of musicians directed by George Clinton. Originally known as Parliament (although often seeming to exist simultaneously under ...
The Cuban masters delivered a vibrant set that mixed intense big-band jazz, funk, rock, ritual percussion and vocals Irakere may be Grammy-winning legends of Cuban music, but they don’t bring on ...
Between the mid-'60s and the mid-'70s, James Brown's music was propelled by a triumvirate of drummers without whom funk's legacy would have been very different. These three highly influential players ...
On Wednesday, Medeski, Martin and Wood laid down some of the fattest grooves ever heard at the Michigan Theater. MMW is in its own world of jazz-funk. The instrumental trio combines three of the most ...
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