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The Neville Family is considered by many to be one of the most gifted musical and creative families in America. Ivan Neville began absorbing the musical attitudes of his family at birth. Ivan learned to play keyboards, guitar, bass and drums and in his teens started playing with his father, Aaron, and his uncles, Art, Charles and Cyril in the Neville Brothers. Ivan moved to Los Angeles where he expanded his musical prowess and gained an overall no-nonsense attitude to his approach at writing, performing and recording music. It wasn't long before he became a pivotal member of Bonnie Raitt's band, Rufus, Keith Richards & the Xpensive Winos and the Spin Doctors

Article: The Jazz Life

A House Full of History with Leslie Blackshear Smith in New Orleans

by Thomas Cole
March 28, 2026

On the recommendation of more than one person, I sought an audience with another of the born and raised New Orleanians who have been indispensable to an education in the town's traditional music. Living a stone's throw from the river and the shadows of an imposing abandoned factory, I knocked on the peeling paint of a ...

Album

Triune

By Nicholas Payton

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Unconditional Love; Ultraviolet; Jazz Is a Four-Letter Word; Let It Ride; Gold Dust Black Magic; #bamisforthechildren; Feed the Fire.

Article: Live Review

Dumpstaphunk at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 16, 2025

Dumpstaphunk Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CAOctober 11, 2025 What if the beat were a social contract? That question lingered over a sold-out Saturday at Miner Auditorium, where Dumpstaphunk approached funk not as escapism but as a shared practice--an agreement to move, listen, and shape tension and release as a community. This ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ivan Neville on Dumpstaphunk’s Groove for a Divided Time

by Steven Roby
October 11, 2025

Episode Summary In this episode, Steve Roby sits down with keyboardist Ivan Neville of Dumpstaphunk for a deep dive into the band's New Orleans roots, their message of unity, and the making of their latest music. Ivan shares stories about the band's evolving lineup, the inspiration behind their single “Let's Do It," and the enduring power ...

Album

Soul Food: Cooking With Maceo

By Maceo Parker

Label: The Funk Garage
Released: 2020
Track listing: Cross the Track; Just Kissed My Baby; Yes We Can Can; M.A.C.E.O.; Hard Times; Rock Steady; Compared To What; Right Place Wrong Time; Other Side Of The Pillow; Grazing In The Grass.

Article: Album Review

Maceo Parker: Soul Food: Cooking With Maceo

Read "Soul Food: Cooking With Maceo" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
August 15, 2020

After a trio of albums with the WDR Big Band, funk legend Maceo Parker returns to the more familiar, small ensemble terrain. It can be a challenge for any artist whose natural turf is the live arena to reproduce the same electricity in a studio setting--and for almost six decades Parker has been a road animal ...

Article: Live Review

Denver Comes Alive 2020

by Geoff Anderson
February 15, 2020

Oteil & Friends / Poppa Funk and the Night Tripper / Ghost Live / Star Kitchen Mission Ballroom Denver Comes Alive Denver, CO January 31, 2020 The first European settlers arrived in the Denver area in 1858. Since then, it's been (nearly) non-stop growth flooding the plains with humanity and ...

Article: Live Review

Jamey Johnson, with Kelsey Waldon and Chris Hennessee, at The Paramount

by Mike Perciaccante
April 20, 2019

Jamey Johnson with Kelsey Waldon and Chris Hennessee The Paramount Huntington, NY April 7, 2019 Jamey Johnson is a guitarist and songwriter who personifies the Americana musical genre. His music is a powerful mélange of blues, folk, pop, southern rock and, of course, country. Simply put: it is Americana, with ...

Article: Interview

Jessica Lurie: In It For The Long Haul

by Paul Rauch
January 9, 2018

Jazz music, in all its forms, spread throughout world culture, is deeply embedded in the American experience. It is a culture based phenomena uniquely reflecting that experience in such a personal and expressive way as to embrace the myriad of crosscurrents that express new interpretations of the form. It is deep as the physicality ...