Taking pleasure to an extreme is something of a tradition in New Orleans, but even by the Big Easy's intemperate standards Will Bernard has been doing more funking than is wise for any mortal man. By ...

Herbie Hancock began in the true funk style, but over the years he turned to commercial music, as we saw. Chick Corea belongs to the same class, but he took a different jazz-rock route via Latin ...

For 20 years, keyboardist John “Papa” Gros has exported New Orleans music to Japan, first with the late Snooks Eaglin, then with George Porter Jr. and his own band, Papa Grows Funk. This week, he’s ...