Soulive & Amel Larrieux

A funky instrumental trio, Soulive are all about danceable, organ-driven groove jazz. Their sound is a result of fusing the soul-jazz of the past with a modern hip-hop feel. Brothers Alan and Neal Evans, on drums and Hammond B-3 organ, respectively, form two-thirds of the trio. Rounding out the group is Eric Krasno on guitar. Krasno's spidery yet very direct guitar lines recall Grant Green, while the group's rhythmic concepts date back to those learned from artists such as James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Sly Stone. The band was formed in Buffalo, New York, in the late '90s w...