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'70s funk and jazz icon Dee Dee Bridgewater celebrates 76th birthday while still touring worldwide

Dee Dee Bridgewater turns 76 as the Grammy-winning jazz and funk icon continues touring, mentoring artists and releasing ...
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L.A. Concert Tribute to Legends: The Mizell Brothers – Reviewed by A. Scott Galloway

*Larry & Alphonso “Fonce” Mizell enjoyed an out-of-nowhere run in the `70s as producers of loosely arranged musical nuggets that felt good, painted in broad strokes lyrically, and became bedrock ...
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Roy Ayers, Pioneer Of The Jazz-Funk Movement Of The 70s Performs At NJPAC, November 16

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Vibraphonist and vocalist Roy Ayers to Newark on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Roy Ayers was put on this earth to bring music to the people. The ...
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Sampling the Soul: How Hip-Hop Borrowed from Jazz & Funk

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...
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Why psychedelic funk still grooves today

Born from the collision of funk’s irresistible grooves and psychedelic rock’s mind-expanding textures, psychedelic funk reshaped music in the late ’60s and ’70s. Acts like Parliament-Funkadelic turned ...