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 ...
When it was released in spring 2023, The Rumble’s album “Live at the Maple Leaf” was a chance for the Black Masking Indian-fronted funk band to build a bridge between its past and future. Recorded ...
If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...