Chuck Mangione is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter, and composer, best known for his smooth jazz sound and crossover success in the 1970s. He was born on November 29, 1940, in Rochester ...

That’s the thing about jazz fusion: it sounds ridiculous, and the central nervous system of any sentient creature will immediately recognize this. I can’t remember what the song was.

The instrumentation seemed to connect Kneebody to the Southern California jazz/rock fusion legacy of bands like the Yellowjackets, “but our references are different. The music we fell in love ...

Legendary musician Wayne Shorter co-founded the American jazz fusion band Weather Report. AFP via Getty Images. Shorter was a dynamic saxophonist who originally began his career playing tenor, but ...

Take a crash course in jazz-rock fusion guitar with Italian maestro Luca Mantovanelli. Luca Mantovanelli. Wed, August 14, 2024 at 9:31 AM UTC. 3 min read.

By any measure, Randy Brecker is one of jazz’s greatest trumpeters. Since hitting New York City in the late 1960s he’s been in the thick of the action, playing hard bop with Horace Silver ...

The return of the seminal “jazz fusion” sounds of the ’70s and ’80s are a national trend, and newly-formed quintet “Actual Proof” is riding the wave. The Jazz Central theater serves as ...

Jazz fusion legend Roy Ayers, who wrote the song “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” has died at 84 after a long illness. “It is with great sadness that the family of legendary vibraphonist ...

Jazz, funk, Caribbean rhythms, and auteur theater: these are the main ingredients of 'Musica al Castello', scheduled from ...