This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

This week, for our first hour, we'll present a free-from 45 format. Spinning singles from this box of mini platters I have right here. Reading the recently released book titled "In with the In crowd, ...

Guitarist Vernon Reid, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and drummer G. Calvin Weston are Free Form Funky Freqs. Their debut, Urban Mythology: Volume One, is an impromptu session unveiling new possibilities ...

Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground was quite a fan of jazz. In fact, he enjoyed the unique perspective of jazz and its freedom. Free-form jazz, specifically, could have easily inspired unique (and ...

The Royal Albert Hall’s Late Night Jazz series is set to return to the venue’s Elgar Room this month, with five shows covering a range of sub-genres, from swing, jive and funk to Latin, Indian and ...