Ahhh, the 80s. Big hair, big synthesizer sounds and programmed beats. That didn't just happen with pop and rock, some of these trends seeped into contemporary jazz, too. This was the decade when much ...

This article was first published at All About Jazz in September 2002 under the old Combing the Blue Note Catalog column. The Rascals knew all about it. They expressed it perfectly in one of their ...

With inspirations from “Mario Kart” to Louis Cole, Super Groove Technology aims to bring heart to jazz fusion. “It (the band’s music) is like CASIOPEA meets Louis Cole meets Vulfpeck,” Blank said. “It ...

The former USSR might not be considered a musical hotbed, but a new compilation of rare music from the Soviet Union lifts the veil on the vibrant, dance-focused scene that existed there in the 1980s.

When faced with the prospect of replacing an irreplaceable member of the band, Kneebody found a singular solution to the conundrum. Over the past two decades the Grammy-nominated group established its ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in modern music embody the spirit of innovation quite like Herbie Hancock. From his formative years with Miles Davis to his own trailblazing solo career, Hancock has ...

Rick Laird, whose bass guitar skills graced a number of jazz rock’s most prominent fusion bands in the 1970s, died Sunday at age 80. No cause of death was given, but he recently had entered hospice ...

Grammy-nominated jazz fusion band Hiroshima will perform at Detroit’s Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre on July 23. The band, known for incorporating the Japanese koto, is returning after a two-year hiatus ...