In June 2023, Colombian jazz pianist Jesús Molina walked onto the NCPA stage, mesmerised one and all with his music and walked straight into our hearts. Now two years later, he was back on the ...

In the ensuing years, he turned his passionate fandom of bands and routine attendance at ... performances and DJ sets courtesy of indie-rock, jazz, electronic, and experimental artists, as well ...

Was Sly and the Family Stone one of the great American funk bands? Rock bands? Pop bands? All of the above.

Frank Sinatra’s vintage crooning joins the hip-hop influenced large ensemble Snarky Puppy along with the vintage jazz funk of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters band. Jazz seemed to come naturally to Luna ...

The Blackbyrds’ City Life doesn’t just groove—it struts. Released in 1975 at the height of funk’s golden era, this album is a shining example of how jazz-trained musicians could infuse soul and R&B ...

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