Ironically, fusion was, on the one hand, largely a concern for jazz participants and observers even though they largely denied its value or any valid connection to "real jazz." On the other hand, ...

Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was 75. Sample died of complications due ...

For years, it was the subgenre that dare not speak its name. Once considered the cutting edge of modern jazz, fusion brought a new sense of commercial vitality to the music. As epitomized by such ...

The six-piece ensemble Audio Angel & Her Good Intentions play a blend of original songs and re-imagined classics with a style that she has dubbed “the live mixtape.” ...

The trombonist, composer and co-founder of the Jazz Crusaders, Wayne Henderson lived up to his “Big Daddy” nickname through five and a half decades in music. Not only could his sound be as big and ...

NEW YORK — Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders and a pioneer of the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, died of complications due to lung cancer ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was 75. Sample died of ...