Guitarist Grant Green was one of the early birds on this: turning Beatles tunes into soulful jazz workouts, with his I Want to Hold Your Hand (Blue Note, 1965), featuring Hammond organ master Larry ...
The Winters are a band of brothers from the rolling hills of Tennessee. Grant, Henry, and Blair Winters set out to make music ...
It sounds like the new-wave of jazz that's being surfed by musicians around the world isn't going to crash onto the rocks any time soon – it’s here to stay, and it’s as diverse and free-spirited as ...
Soulful jazz great Les McCann, whose work was sampled by hundreds of hip-hop artists including Notorious B.I.G. and Dr. Dre, died Friday in the Los Angeles area. He was 88. The musician, who released ...
As a jazz subgenre, soul-jazz began to flourish in the early 1960s. A groove-oriented style built from the bottom up, soul-jazz usually begins with the bass player: You take a strong bass line, ...
(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 ...
It sounds like the new-wave of jazz that's being surfed by musicians around the world isn't going to crash onto the rocks any time soon – it’s here to stay, and it’s as diverse and free-spirited as ...