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Jazz Funk Soul's original incarnation featured founder Jeff Lorber along with Drummer Everette Harp and Guitarist Chuck Loeb. After Loeb's untimely passing in 2016, Lorber re-grouped and asked Paul Jackson Jr. to join the group on guitar. Their latest record Life And Times(Shanachie Entertainment) pays tribute to Loeb, and features Smooth Jazz with an edge. 

Jeff Lorber's music has been featured on Atlanta's Jazz Station 91.9 WCLK from nearly our beginnings. His first release as Jeff Lorber Fusion came out in 1977, and he's been at it ever since. He's produced and played with most major figures in Contemporary Jazz. Whenever he comes through Atlanta he stops by WCLK to catch up. We're currently featuring Highline from his latest record Impact(Shanachie). The cut features Jimmy Haslip on bass, Andy Snitzker on tenor saxophone, Gary Novak on drums and Adam Hawley on guitar.

Keiko Matsui has released over 28 records in an enduring Jazz career. Atlanta's Jazz Station 91.9 WCLK has played her music from the beginning. Her latest record Echo(Shanachie Entertainment) features an A List of accompanyists including Marcus Miller, Gretchen Parlato, Kirk Whalum, Robben Ford and Kyle Eastwood. We're currently featuring the single Moon Over Gotham. You can catch Keiko Matsui live as part of the Low Country Jazz Festival in Charleston over Labor Day Weekend.

Atlanta Resident Norman Brown has been playing guitar since he was an eight year old in Shreveport, Louisiana. He has taken his early influences of Jimi Hendrix, The Isley Brothers and Wes Montgomery and fashioned a musical career that has generated number one chart hits, collaborations with Kirk Whalum and Rick Braun(BWB), and even bed music for the local forecasts on The Weather Channel. His latest release on Shanachie Entertainmment is called The Highest Act of Love, and drops this week.