John Patton – Freedom Jazz Dance
When we talk of Soul Jazz, there is one man who’s name who always arises. It’s John Patton. Jazz lovers know his silky smooth flow on the organ, and although […]
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Karriem Riggins: The Intersection of Hip Hop & Jazz
From early on, it seemed that Karriem Riggins was destined for greatness. Playing instruments in the studio with his father Emmanuel, a musician with the Jazz legend Grant Green, he […]
R.I.P. Marva Whitney
It seems once again we have lost one of the greats. If the death of Soul Brother Number One, James Brown, who died on Christmas Day in 2006 wasn’t a […]
Too Future: A Live Mix
Entering my third week of the December residency at the Ace Hotel in NYC, I was very surprised to see that a few days ago, Josh Davis aka DJ Shadow […]
Augustus Pablo – Pablo Style
Today I bring you some Jamaican goodness from one Horace Swaby aka Augustus Pablo. Keyboard player, producer, record label owner, and master of the melodica, Pablo has put out a […]
Alpman: Instrumental Spychedelic Funk
The great collector/DJ/ music historian Pat James Longo said to me recently: “Young people always are in awe of older people’s record collections. Do you know why? Because we were […]
Quincy & Marvin – What’s Going On
I thought it fitting this morning, in light of the terrible tragedy on Friday to lay out these two records for FMF today. As a father, I am absolutely saddened […]
Introducing Scratchandsniff
Everyone loves the remix. In Hip Hop, who didn’t love the reworking of the original “Scenario” from ATCQ? The “Soul Vibrations” sample was off the hook and although a different […]
Olympic Cyclone Band – Little Drummer Boy
From Jalapeno Records comes one of the funkiest records this holiday season. You thought Bing and The Thin White Duke were getting down on this holiday classic? Time to give […]
Big Daddy Kane – Set It Off (Freqnik & WDRE Remix)
Fresh off the heels of their Favela B Boy Funk 7″, Freqnik & WDRE Remix are back with a 45 that dropped yesterday. The Strong Island duo have been re-rubbing […]
Flea Market Funk 