CAMERA SOUL is a powerful jazz-funk ensemble, produced by Mr. Marco Rossi of Azzurra Music (Verona) and released and marketed in the Americas by Kathryn Ballard Shut of TIMKAT Entertainment (Denver, ...

When soul jazz was born in the late 1950s/early 1960s, it provided a pathway for the funky, window-rattling grooves of contemporary soul and R&B to infuse the muscular hard bop of the day. For the ...

*For this holiday single Kenya had the honor of working with an amazing young and emerging producer named Estuardo Galeno Stapleton based in Nashville, TN. The musicians on the song include Dre ...

FORT LAUDERDALE: A jazz festival on the sand doesn’t normally strike fear in people. But when the Oceans of Soul Jazz Festival came before commissioners for approval, neighborhood leader Bill Brown ...

The consistency of impressive quality in the worlds of jazz and blues in Nashville allows fans to enjoy great music year-round. The amount of noteworthy events makes it impossible to cite everything ...

Australian R&B singer Boy Soda has unleashed his debut album, SOULSTAR, via Warner Music. The 13-track ensemble lavishes in live instrumentation, pulling from influences from R&B, soul, jazz and funk.

Technically, the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival exists within the confines of the Fair Grounds. But in reality, the festival sparks music in venues all across town. Local favorites and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) George Benson’s music has a way of wrapping around you — like a smooth breeze on a late summer evening or the sound of someone you trust speaking truth with melody. Whether he’s ...

A 19-year-old Labor Day tradition for Charleston is just around the corner. For almost two decades, the Lowcountry Jazz Festival has delivered some of the biggest soul-jazz and smooth-jazz performers ...

Those who love going to R&B shows in Denver or hearing sultry neo-soul vocals at jazz clubs are witness to a blossoming local scene. The boundaries of R&B continue to shift as each wave of artists ...

Throughout the ‘60s, Blue Note pretty much held a monopoly on both of hard bop's children: modal jazz (of the Jackie McLean variety) and soul jazz (John Patton, Lou Donaldson and company). Of course, ...