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Legendary Jazz/Funk Group The Headhunters Perform At The Hamilton Live With Fiery Funk/Blues Act Sol Roots Opening
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9th Floor Music
On September 11th, the legendary jazz/funk group The Headhunters will perform at The Hamilton in Washington, D.C., with the brilliant funk/blues guitarist Sol Roots as the opening act.
The Headhunters The Headhunters, the legendary jazz-funk ensemble co-led by percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Mike Clark with NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison on alto saxophone, celebrated the band’s 50th anniversary in 2023, having formed around Herbie Hancock's seminal 1970s albums: Head Hunters, Thrust, and Man-Child. The band continued without Mr. Hancock ...
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Brooklyn Funk Essentials Releases Re-Recorded Classic Songs 'Blow Your Brains Out' And 'Brooklyn Recycles' From Pivotal Debut Record 'Cool And Steady And Easy'
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Peter Quinn
Celebrating 30 years to the date since the release of their pivotal debut album Cool And Steady And Easy, cult acid-jazz ensemble Brooklyn Funk Essentials are back today with the release of a new double-single comprised of reimagined versions of two classic songs from the Arthur Baker-produced record: “Blow Your Brains Out" and “Brooklyn Recycles". Listen here via Dorado Records. “This f**ker's nine minutes long?!" “Yeah, just long enough to blow your brains out!" This was the recorded exchange between ...
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Perfection: Quincy Jones - Funk Junction
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On December 7, 1954, Quincy Jones was conducting a band playing his arrangements backing vocalese artist King Pleasure. During the session for Prestige, two Jones instrumentals were slipped in—"You're Crying" and “Funk Junction." The additions were either needed to complete the album because there weren't enough King Pleasure tracks—or there was time remaining on the session and Jones figured he'd use the spare minutes to squeeze out B-sides for King Pleasure's A-sidees for jukeboxes. Or both assumptions may have be ...
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Irish Jazz Funk Band Chief Keegan 'The Piles High Club' Drops March 29th!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Ireland’s Ground Breaking Jazz/Funk/Groove Ensemble Releases Debut Album! The innovative Irish band featuring organist/pianist Luke Dunford, with guitarist Mark Dudley, bassist Alan Elliott and drummers Cian Hanley and Tommy Gray unleash a straight fire album of soul dripping jams. “Think The Meters and Orgone had a baby and moved to Dublin." Chief Keegan are a musically skilled, multitalented instrumental funk band from Dublin, Ireland. Some of their musical influences include bands such as Vulfpeck, The Meters, Lettuce and Galactic amongst ...
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Bite-Sized Cinematic Chunks Of Jazz, Funk, And Hip-Hop
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Gold Note Records
Rewind back to 1973. Then fast forward to 2036. Then rewind back to 1982. Then fast forward ahead to 2009. Then rewind back to 1991. Then come home to 2023. Then go back to the first track of Alan Goldsher's latest musical collage, “A Soundtrack in Search of a Movie," and do it all again. On his seventh album, the bassist / keyboardist / producer delivers a 19-track collection unlike anything in his extensive, diverse discography. This jazzy, funky, hip-hoppy, ...
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NYC Drummer Graham Doby 'Weathered Crown' New Release! Straight-Ahead To Funk!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Graham Doby is a NYC-based drummer and composer. His sound has been described as “tremendously agile," with poly-rhythmic jazz fluidity grounded in funk and rock four-on-the-floor groove sensibility. Doby has shared the stage with The Impressions, George Clinton, Trombone Shorty, Thank You Scientist, and Antibalas. A drummer for over 20 years, Doby has cultivated his own diverse creative community that shares resources and networks in addition to talents and styles. Doby's new album Weathered Crown features a changing cast of ...
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Cult Funk Group Brooklyn Funk Essentials New Single ‘Scream!’ Out Now
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Press Junkie PR
The cult funk ensemble Brooklyn Funk Essentials have released their exciting new single “Scream!" today (13th July 2022). “Scream!" is taken from the group’s hotly anticipated seventh studio album Intuition, which will come out in November 2022 on Dorado Records, the original label who first signed the band in 1994. “Scream!" is an infectious and uplifting funk and afrobeat jam, a syncopated groove wrapped by powerful Tower Of Power style horns and percussion, with lyrics that make a shout for ...
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Bill Warfield & The Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra At Keystone Korner Baltimore On Nov 21 - Live & Streaming!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
On November 21st, 2021, Bill Warfield and the Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra return to Baltimore for the Thanksgiving Holidays performing an exciting program of tunes by Bill as well as James Brown, Joe Zawinul, Smokey Robinson, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock as well as Movie and T.V. themes and Hard Bop favorites. We will be virtual (for 72 hours) and in person. Come join us for great food, atmosphere provided by your host, NEA Jazz Master, Todd Barkan, music ...
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Bill Warfield And The Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra At The Keystone Korner Baltimore On March 28!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
The Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra is a group of New York City Jazz and Studio musicians who aim to produce a brand of music that defies boundaries. The HKFO accomplishes just that on the new Planet Arts Network release Smile. Bill Warfield & The Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra are swinging into Keystone Korner Baltimore to celebrate the release of their new album this March 28th, 2021. 72-Hour, $10 Streaming Fee Bill Warfield: leader, arranger, trumpet, flugelhorn Jane Stuart: Vocals ...
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Sarah And The Swinging Richards Jam With Jazz, Funk, And '90s Alternative On New Album
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Christine King
Florida-based Sarah and the Swinging Richards is a band with a unique twist and an innovative approach to their music. What makes their sound quite special is the fact that it creates a clever dualism between the feel of the “golden age” and the fresh impact of the “new school.” When listening to the songs that are featured on the band’s new album, Rollercoaster, you might immediately think of great names of the past. Some comparisons include Fleetwood Mac, Dire ...
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