My absolute favorite mashup of musical styles is probably soul/jazz/funk. The take on this style is as arbitrary and varied as the practitioners of the sound. Here is one to check out. Crescent City Boogaloo, the band, it’s self is a mashup consisting of great individual artists and led, by the B3 master Dr. Lonnie Smith on organ. Donald Harrison, the masterfuly wonderful, New Orleans Sax player, once considered a “young lion” when he was paired with Terrence Blanchard back in the eighties. The master drummer Herlin Riley, also a native New Orleanian, who I first heard as part of the Wynton Marsalis Quartet. Peter Bernstein, the guitar virtuoso who has previously paired up with saxophonist Eric Alexander and also worked with another giant of the B3, the late Charles Earland.. Rounding out the group is the current young lion on the jazz scene the amazing Christian Scott, who has already garnered a Grammy nomination for his debut CD, Rewind That. I had the pleasure of hearing him live at a small club in Milwaukee and was quite honestly blow away..he is amazing.

From time to time the lineup varies a bit..probably depending on the members availability, but here is the core group..

Dr. Lonnie Smith (organ), Donald Harrison (alto saxophone), Peter Bernstein (guitar), Christian Scott (trumpet), and Herlin Riley (drums).

NPR Interview and Performance can be found here

about 30 minutes in length..