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For MLK Day, Living Jazz Celebrates Sly Stone and ‘Everyday People’

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Black and white photograph of nine Black men dressed in flamboyant 1970s suits and hats stand next to a wooden fence.

‘You Know It When You Feel It’: A New Documentary Explores Funk’s Roots

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Roy Ayers, Jazz Great Who Developed a Sun-Kissed Funk Sound, Dies at 84

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Tall Tee’s Sun-Drenched Summer Funk

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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 1971: (L-R) Fuzzy Haskins, Tawl Ross, Bernie Worrell, Tiki Fulwood, Grady Thomas, George Clinton, Ray Davis, Calvin Simon and seated Eddie Hazel and Billy "Bass" Nelson of the funk band Parliament-Funkadelic pose for a portrait in May 1971 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' At 50: R&B, Psychedelic Rock And A Black Guitarist's Cry

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San Jose Jazz Summer Fest: In the Pocket at 30

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The Meters' Zigaboo Modeliste, Funk Luminary, Celebrates 70 at Freight & Salvage

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'It's That Naughty Feeling': George Clinton on Funk's Enduring Appeal

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Monophonics Bring a Heavy Dose of Bay Area Funk to Outside Lands

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