Considered one of the earliest urban lifestyle festivals of its kind, FunkJazz Kafe was the pre-eminent cultural experience in Atlanta for over a decade. In recent years, lower corporate sponsorship ...

“We pulled off something that nobody else has done on this planet,” Jason Orr says. Coming from most people, that might sound like a statement of eye-rolling arrogance. But Orr, in his white linen ...

The film was directed by FunkJazz Kafé founder and creative director Jason Orr, and features the likes of Cornell West, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Dallas Austin, Common and Chuck D. Following the ...

The house Jason Orr built 20 years ago, FunkJazz Kafé Arts & Music Festival, continues to highlight black excellence. Orr never announces any performers, and that’s by design. Acts like Jill Scott, ...

After receiving national acclaim for their multi-award-winning documentary film, “FunkJazz Kafé : Diary Of A Decade,” which explores Black music and the rise of Atlanta’s music scene of the early 90’s ...

Tomorrow (Sept. 19), FunkJazz Kafe Founder and Creative Director Jason Orr will visit St. Louis to present “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary of a Decade.” The documentary explores Atlanta’s FunkJazz Kafé Arts & ...

7 p.m. Thursday. $15. Porter Sanford Arts Center, 3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur. 404-687-2731, www.eventbrite.com. 8 p.m. Saturday. $29.99-$75. The Tabernacle, 152 ...

Jason Orr directed this documentary tracing the evolution of black music and culture from the late 1980s to the present. Narrated by Chuck D; with Cornel West, Dick Gregory, Jill Scott, Cee Lo Green, ...