#Jazz Funk

25 de January de 2026
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Bernard “Pretty” Purdie: The Groove Architect

When you talk about drummers who shaped the very language of modern music, the name Bernard “Pretty” Purdie lands front and center. Born June 11, 1939, in Elkton, Maryland, Purdie grew up surrounded by rhythm. He built his chops on makeshift drum kits...
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7 de December de 2025
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Magnum — Fully Loaded (1974): The Funk Gem That Slipped Through the Cracks

There’s a certain electricity that runs through the best overlooked soul and funk records of the early ’70s, that raw, neighborhood-bred charge you only get from bands forged in community centers, high school talent shows, and back-alley rehearsals. Magnum — the L.A. funk outfit...
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11 de September de 2025
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When the Bass’s God Took It All Over

When Jaco Pastorius dropped his self-titled debut in 1976 he didn’t simply arrive — he insisted on a new grammar for the electric bass. Coming out of the stew of early-’70s jazz-fusion, funk and South Florida’s multicultural soundscape, this record landed at a moment when jazz was stretching toward rock, pop and world music and needed a player who could be both a melodic lead and a rhythmic engine.
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