Jazz & Funk Archives • MUSICFESTNEWS

The funky jazz spigot is wide open at Color Red Music, and another dandy collaboration was spilled out. This time it’s the Color Red All-Stars … Continued

We know for certain that “Space is the Place,” because Sun Ra first declared it. Sun Ra, who returned to his home planet in 1993 … Continued

The newest supergroup melds several rising jazz stars with hip hop sensibilities as we get to hear the first single from an upcoming album from … Continued

JoJo Hermann, keyboard master for Widespread Panic, will livestream another episode of his Shut Up and Play series tonight, June 25, at 8 p.m. EDT, … Continued

It’s a safe bet we all wish we could hop into a time machine and either jet ahead or jet back to forget — however … Continued

The Colorado music cup runneth over with love, jam, and old-school funk, especially as it pertains to Magic Beans, the Boulder quartet who have just … Continued

Bill Frisell, the 2020 Jazz Journalists Association guitarist of the year, has a new album due out in August titled Valentine. Frisell has recorded more … Continued

Live For Live Music is joining forces with Nugs.TV, PLUS1 for Black Lives Fund and more than 50 artists for a one-day, monster marathon of … Continued

Michelle Obama and her voter registration organization, When We All Vote, will be partnering with The Roots to take the13th Annual Roots Picnic virtual. Set … Continued

One of Britain’s best-kept secrets, pianist and composer Keith Tippett, died Sunday, June 14, at the age of 72. He was born Keith Tippetts but … Continued