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 ...
Devotees of ’70s funk band Parliament-Funkadelic’s music, or “P-Funk,” know the group wasn’t just a party band. While they are remembered for danceable hits such as “Flashlight,” “One Nation Under a ...