"Raveille" is a pumped-up electro house jam that samples the U.S. Army's very famous wake-up call. By Kat Bein Good morning, America, and happy Independence Day to you. As you roll out of bed and get ...

Ziggy Elman became widely recognized for blending jazz trumpet with Eastern European musical influences. His lively solos and ...

From the time he took to the road as an 18 year old performing in front of 25,000 fans with Con Funk Shun, to sold out gigs with Huey Lewis & The News, to four-star productions like “Book of Mormon” ...

Randy Brecker's latest recordings are only mainstream because they are generously laced with R&B soul and multifaceted Latin funk. In all other aspects, Brecker, who performs with his younger brother ...

Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, and proto-rap group The Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer ...

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 ...