The Chicago house music scene is mourning the loss of an iconic figure. Charles Chambers, known as DJ Funk, died of cancer this week. He was 54. Jonas Adams, who's a producer at ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, ...

DJ Funk, aka Charles Chambers, was a ghetto house producer. His passing was confirmed via an email sent to People Magazine by his fellow collaborator, DJ Slugo, who wrote: "He was one of the pioneers ...

DJ Funk, a Chicago-born musician and producer who coined the “ghetto house,” has died at age 54. Funk, whose real name was Charles Chambers, had been “bravely” battling stage 4 cancer ...

Chicago Symphony audiences expected to hear the American composer’s clarinet concerto ... as students at the Eastman School of Music; in the intervening years, they cajoled one another about ...

Roy Ayers, who has died aged 84, was a pioneer of jazz-funk in the 1970s, the uplifting groove and messages of his music exemplified by his best-known track, Everybody Loves the Sunshine; although ...

The GoFundMe, which described DJ Funk as “a talented artist who has brought so much joy and inspiration to so many through his music.” Has raised over $32,000 as of publishing time. Born Charles ...

describing him as “highly influential and sought after as a music collaborator.” Ayers was a pioneer of the jazz-funk movement, and he was well-known for neo-soul, acid jazz and rhythm and ...