Jazz Funk Soul in Baltimore

Jazz Funk Soul is an American contemporary-jazz supergroup formed in 2014 by keyboardist Jeff Lorber, saxophonist Everette Harp and guitarist Chuck Loeb. The group plays instrumental jazz-funk and smooth jazz, and established its recorded identity through the albums Jazz Funk Soul and More Serious Business. The original trio performed its album material in concert until Loeb’s death in 2017. Guitarist Marc Antoine subsequently joined the touring and recording lineup, preserving the group’s three-part format: Lorber on keyboards, Harp on saxophone and Antoine on guitar.

Jeff Lorber is an American keyboardist, composer and producer who formed Jeff Lorber Fusion in Portland, Oregon, in 1977. His melodic jazz-funk and contemporary fusion became known through records including Wizard Island and Galaxian, as well as the composition “Rain Dance.” Jeff Lorber Fusion later won a Grammy Award for the album Prototype. Jeff Lorber Fusion has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and, decades later, at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta. Touring lineups in the group’s revived era have included bassist Jimmy Haslip and saxophonist Eric Marienthal, both established collaborators on its recordings. Jeff Lorber leads the electric ensemble from keyboards, supported by saxophone, bass and drums. In Seattle he has played Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, while his Tokyo engagements have included Blue Note Tokyo.