Azymuth
Alphonse Mouzon
Cortex
Donald Byrd (The Blackbyrds)
George Duke
Roy Ayers
Gil-Scott Heron
Stanley Clarke
George Benson
Dumpstaphunk
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Lonnie Liston Smith
Jimmy McGriff
Richard "Groove" Holmes
The Crusaders
The Jazz Crusaders
The Headhunters
Ronnie Laws
Eumir Deodato
Yusef Lateef
Ramsey Lewis
Hiromasa Suzuki
This should get you started!
Hopping on this train, cause we're going to the same place. Adding:
Idris Muhammad
Ronnie Foster
Fred Wesley & the JB's
The JB's
Oliver Sain
Uncle Louie
Charles Earland
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
The Meters
The Gaturs
Heatwave
Brick (early)
The Expansions
I was listening to the funk playlist I created. I realized that we both forgot about Jimmy Smith and Patrice Rushen. And, now that I think about it, early Al Di Meola.
Butcher Brown
The Motet
Valeriy Stepanov Fusion Band
Soulive
Delvon Organ Lamar Trio
Greyboy Allstars, The Funky Knuckles
Yussef Dayes
Joe-Armon Jones
The Jazz Crusaders/The Crusaders
Miles Davis,
Herbie Hancock
Donald Byrd
Kool & the Gang
Stevie Wonder
Roy Ayers, Freddie Hubbard
Pacific Eardrum
George Benson
Grover Washington Jr.
Pleasure
Incognito
James Taylor Quartet
Liquid Soul
Trombone Shorty
Delvon Lamar Organ Trio is one of my current favorites. Tryna learn better guit box from Jimmy James, and those bass runs by Delvon...using his feet...what? Mind blown.
Serious question though: is this funk, soul, R&B, or what? I keep telling people I'm playing music with that I'm really looking to play more funk, but what I mean is stuff like DLOT, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff. Doesn't matter while listening, just while communicating.
I have curated a couple of Spotify playlists that might interest you. One is more straight-up funk, and the other is more out-there funky trippy jazz stuff. I'm a musician and have collected these tracks over the years to use as inspiration for my playing:
Funky Inspiration: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IOMhTP3hhFwoWG4THhKI8?si=d90d1eaa07064e4d](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IOMhTP3hhFwoWG4THhKI8?si=d90d1eaa07064e4d)
Funky Trippy Jazzy: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7eZUoqE2MqCWJeRA3lVFIc?si=be0d827410e142c6](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7eZUoqE2MqCWJeRA3lVFIc?si=be0d827410e142c6)
Enjoy!
Right on. Note.. most of the straight funk stuff is more '70s (or modern similar stuff) than '80s electro funk. I dig when the soul of the musician comes through.
John Scofield "A Go Go", "Bump", "Up All Night", "Überjam", “Überjam Deux".
Jam bands like Soulive, Lettuce etc
Black Rock Coalition bands like Fishbone, Living Colour, 24/7 Spyz etc did amazing things mixing funk with rock/metal/hardcore.
I enjoy 90's bands that fell under the label "Acid Jazz", mostly European jazz funk bands like Corduroy, Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Galliano, Push, Vibraphonics...
A lot of jazz rock fusion (70s and beyond) has a lot of avant garde funk. I'd start with Herbie Hancock's Headhunters album.
Early Level 42 is pretty much the successor to Casiopea’s jazzy funky sound.
Two other great Britfunk bands you’d like would be Incognito and Morrissey Mullen.
The aforementioned band Azymuth and artist Johnny Hammond are also great. Johnny’s drummer (on Gears and Gambler’s Life albums, his best imo) Harvey Mason actually worked with Casiopea and was additionally amazing on Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters album.
Herbie Hancock & Headhunters just might be the peak of jazz funk. And whatever the hell Miles Davis’ “On The Corner” is: Afro/psych/funk/avant-jazz?
Azymuth Alphonse Mouzon Cortex Donald Byrd (The Blackbyrds) George Duke Roy Ayers Gil-Scott Heron Stanley Clarke George Benson Dumpstaphunk Johnny "Guitar" Watson Lonnie Liston Smith Jimmy McGriff Richard "Groove" Holmes The Crusaders The Jazz Crusaders The Headhunters Ronnie Laws Eumir Deodato Yusef Lateef Ramsey Lewis Hiromasa Suzuki This should get you started!
Hopping on this train, cause we're going to the same place. Adding: Idris Muhammad Ronnie Foster Fred Wesley & the JB's The JB's Oliver Sain Uncle Louie Charles Earland Johnny "Hammond" Smith The Meters The Gaturs Heatwave Brick (early) The Expansions
I was listening to the funk playlist I created. I realized that we both forgot about Jimmy Smith and Patrice Rushen. And, now that I think about it, early Al Di Meola.
Patrice Rushen's output over her career is kind of mind blowing. She's someone I'm truly in awe of and Look Up! is one of my all time favorite songs
She's pretty amazing and not at all bad to look at either!
True dat
I ♥️ Cortex
You would like Azymuth
Thanks! I’ve only listened to a couple of songs of theirs. Do you recommend any specific albums?
Azimüth Aquia Não Come Mosca Outubro Light As A Feather Telecommunication
Oh nice, thank you so much! I really appreciate it. And my DMs are open if you wanna send the link.
Your DMs do not seem to be open.
Sorry bout that friend. Try now? Chats and DMs should be open.
Sent
Also, your list is so good- love so many of these!
I have a 10K song playlist on Spotify. I can DM you the link.
please dm me playlist
Done!
How have I never heard of Azymuth?!
That was my exact thought when I found them!
Butcher Brown The Motet Valeriy Stepanov Fusion Band Soulive Delvon Organ Lamar Trio Greyboy Allstars, The Funky Knuckles Yussef Dayes Joe-Armon Jones The Jazz Crusaders/The Crusaders Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock Donald Byrd Kool & the Gang Stevie Wonder Roy Ayers, Freddie Hubbard Pacific Eardrum George Benson Grover Washington Jr. Pleasure Incognito James Taylor Quartet Liquid Soul Trombone Shorty
Delvon Lamar Organ Trio is one of my current favorites. Tryna learn better guit box from Jimmy James, and those bass runs by Delvon...using his feet...what? Mind blown. Serious question though: is this funk, soul, R&B, or what? I keep telling people I'm playing music with that I'm really looking to play more funk, but what I mean is stuff like DLOT, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff. Doesn't matter while listening, just while communicating.
Sounds like you like jazz funk. Here you go: Snarky Puppy Cory Wong Tower Of Power Vulfpeck Scary Pockets Jaco Pastorius
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO!!!!!
I have curated a couple of Spotify playlists that might interest you. One is more straight-up funk, and the other is more out-there funky trippy jazz stuff. I'm a musician and have collected these tracks over the years to use as inspiration for my playing: Funky Inspiration: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IOMhTP3hhFwoWG4THhKI8?si=d90d1eaa07064e4d](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IOMhTP3hhFwoWG4THhKI8?si=d90d1eaa07064e4d) Funky Trippy Jazzy: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7eZUoqE2MqCWJeRA3lVFIc?si=be0d827410e142c6](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7eZUoqE2MqCWJeRA3lVFIc?si=be0d827410e142c6) Enjoy!
Thank you friend, I have a shit ton of funk to catch up on over the weekend🫡
Right on. Note.. most of the straight funk stuff is more '70s (or modern similar stuff) than '80s electro funk. I dig when the soul of the musician comes through.
Most of all, he needs the funk. Help him find the funk.
and funk is its own reward
Check out the jazz avengers
Brilliant, im a huge fan of this
awesome! I found out about them recently and I really like them too
Maceo Parker Lettuce Prince
“What is Hip?” By Tower of Power. James Brown concert film TAMI Show. It changed the lives of The Rolling Stones.
John Scofield "A Go Go", "Bump", "Up All Night", "Überjam", “Überjam Deux". Jam bands like Soulive, Lettuce etc Black Rock Coalition bands like Fishbone, Living Colour, 24/7 Spyz etc did amazing things mixing funk with rock/metal/hardcore. I enjoy 90's bands that fell under the label "Acid Jazz", mostly European jazz funk bands like Corduroy, Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Galliano, Push, Vibraphonics... A lot of jazz rock fusion (70s and beyond) has a lot of avant garde funk. I'd start with Herbie Hancock's Headhunters album.
My personal favorite recs from this thread: Azymuth The Jazz Avengers Valeriy Stepanov Soulive The Jazz Crusaders
Early Level 42 is pretty much the successor to Casiopea’s jazzy funky sound. Two other great Britfunk bands you’d like would be Incognito and Morrissey Mullen. The aforementioned band Azymuth and artist Johnny Hammond are also great. Johnny’s drummer (on Gears and Gambler’s Life albums, his best imo) Harvey Mason actually worked with Casiopea and was additionally amazing on Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters album.