Blending jazz and rock styles showed that rock could be smart and sophisticated while remaining fun, energetic, and popular.

I ended the first part of this series with the question that prompted these articles: "Why is there so little music that genuinely fuses two styles together and does so in a way that maintains the ...

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Jazz left an indelible mark on rock music. Take Van Morrison’s “Moondance," a jazz waltz turned pop hit, complete with swing ...

To appreciate how varied and experimental early prog rock truly was, you only have to look at the albums that came out in ...

While the Allman Brothers successfully recorded fresh arrangements of blues standards such as “Statesboro Blues,” “One Way Out” and “Trouble No More,” it’s doubtful the band would’ve rocketed to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s ...

A couple great duet records were recently reissued by Craft Recordings as part of its ongoing series of Latin reissues. Especially exciting is the debut by Panamanian singer/songwriter Ruben Blades, ...

With Living Colour currently off the road, guitarist Vernon Reid has assembled a jazz-rock/fusion supergroup called Spectrum Road; the group will release a self-titled LP on June 5th through Palmetto ...

Back in the early 1980s, Alex Skolnick was pretty much like any other teenager. He loved electric guitar players like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and George Lynch. “I was caught up in the whole ...