James Brown had layers, and the funk never stops ... the moment-to-moment electricity that only Brown could conjure on a live stage. Brown had an innate sense of pacing, knowing when to shout ...

Famously, Live At The Apollo was the product of tremendous self-belief. Brown was forced ... his cohorts sketched funk's blueprint on "Night Train." "Mr Nathan said, 'James, how are you going ...

“Funk, and Black.” The Gist: “What’s undeniable, and consistently so in James Brown ... in unprecedented ways. Live at the Apollo (1963) was that album, and Brown financed it himself.

With albums such as "Live at the Apollo", Mr. Brown captured the ... Brown's jazz album requires quite a stretch of the imagination, ... James Brown initially invented step and repeatae funk with ...

James Brown set the standard for dynamic live performance in American music ... writing hit songs calling for Black pride. As a progenitor of funk music, Brown with his band created a stripped-down, ...

The track, released today through HIGH IQ/EMPIRE, bridges the gap between classic funk and ... with a live band and, notably, includes never-before-seen footage of James Brown in the post-credits ...

Unfortunately, for a lot of the world's greatest legends, like funk musician James Brown ... from complications of pneumonia, Brown would not live long enough to witness Cincinnati, the city ...

Listening to James Brown’s live album, Love, Power ... That’s what I love about the funk: Things just happen, and you have to grab them. Does it bother you when people steal your look or ...

His precise, catchy brass riffs and solo performances were core elements on songs by some of funk’s most prominent architects, from James Brown to Parliament-Funkadelic bandleader George Clinton.

If you want to tighten up your funk rhythm chops, you’ll need to get down with the ‘chanking’ strumming technique, as used famously by James Brown guitarist Jimmy Nolen, who employed it as ...