Cleveland’s story as an early torchbearer of rhythm and blues begins in the late 1940s when this new genre of pulsating, ...

Performers such as BB King and Howlin' Wolf played with a full band and the music became known as rhythm and blues. When elements of R&B became integrated with white country music it became rock ...

Jazz funk is a style of music that grew out of jazz, but brings in elements of soul music and rhythm and blues. While jazz ... Jazz funk adds electric instruments and effects to more traditional ...