The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble is a 9-piece heavy, instrumental funk band from San Diego, CA. Their influences are vast and ...

In between, on Wednesday, four-piece funk and soul-jazz powerhouse the New Mastersounds ... The album is bookended by two instrumentals, “Check In” and “Check Out”; in between, each ...

It was an instrumental album – an instrumental ... it’s really more of a jazz-funk fusion effort. I was influenced by Larry Graham’s Graham Central Station… I played George [Martin ...

Jazz funk is a style of music that grew out of jazz, but brings in elements of soul music and rhythm and blues. While jazz often features a swing beat, jazz funk is backed by a groove rhythm that ...

A celebration of Roy’s life will be forthcoming.” Ayers was one of the primary pioneers of the jazz-funk movement. He is most known for his hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” with his ...