Jazz-funk
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Jazz-funk is a sub-genre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat, electrified sounds., the presence of the first electronic analog synthesizers. The integration of funk, soul, and R&B music and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a genre whose spectrum is indeed quite wide and ranges from strong jazz improvisation to soul, funk or disco with jazz arrangements, jazz riffs, and jazz solos, and sometimes soul vocals. Jazz-funk is a mostly American genre, where it was popular throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s, but it also achieved noted appeal on the club-circuit in England during the mid 1970s. Other possible names for this genre include soul jazz and jazz fusion, but neither entirely overlap with jazz-funk.
Examples of artists that explored Jazz-funk, soul-jazz, or jazz-fusion are David Axelrod, Roy Ayers, Azymuth, Gary Bartz, George Benson, The Brecker Bros., Tom Browne, Billy Cobham, Lou Marini, The Crusaders, Deodato, Ned Doherty, George Duke, Charles Earland, Funkanova, Roger Glenn, Johnny Hammond, Gene Harris, Eddie Henderson, Bobbi Humphrey, Bob James, Kool & The Gang, Ronnie Laws, Mass Production, Francine McGee, Jaco Pastorius, Pleasure, Patrice Rushen, Lee Ritenour, Lonnie Liston Smith, Bill Summers, The Tower of Power, Miroslav Vitous, Dexter Wansel, & Leon Ware.
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Notable musicians and albums
In alphabetical order by last name or first non-article.
Musicians/Ensembles/Producers
- Haircut 100
- John Scofield
- Nils Landgren
- Brian Culbertson
- 3 Pieces
- Grover Washington, Jr.
- Roy Ayers
- Banda Black Rio
- Gary Bartz
- The Blackbyrds
- Donald Byrd
- California Flight
- The Crusaders
- Stanley Clarke
- Miles Davis
- George Duke
- Charles Earland
- Fattburger
- Ronnie Foster
- Greyboy Allstars
- Galactic
- Groove Collective
- Herbie Hancock
- Gene Harris
- Soulive
- Level 42
- Freddie Hubbard
- Bobbi Humphrey
- Akari Kaida
- Ronnie Laws
- Bobby Lyle
- Harvey Mason
- Marcus Miller
- Medeski, Martin, and Wood
- The Mizell Brothers
- Alphonse Mouzon
- Patrice Rushen
- Oliver Sain
- Anthony Smith
- Johnny Smith
- Lonnie Smith
- Wayman Tisdale
- Victor Wooten
- Dexter Wansel
- The Jazz Funk Collective
- David Cain & Senses
- Jaco Pastorius
- Santana
Albums
- Funky Serenity by Ramsey Lewis
- Alive! by Grant Green
- Instant Death by Eddie Harris
- Pure Cane Sugar by Sugarman Three
- Living Black by Charles Earland
- Funk Inc. & Chicken by Funk Inc.
- Live At Club Mozambique by Dr. Lonnie Smith
- Out Louder by Medeski Martin & Wood
- Wildflowers by Connie Price & the Keystones
- 102% by The New Mastersounds
- No Place Like Soul by Soulive
- The Budos Band by The Budos Band
- Step It Up by The Bamboos (funk band)
- Hit the Floor by Breakestra
- The Origin Of Captain Hammond by Captain Hammond
- In The Raw by The Whitefield Brothers
- Soul Strike by Calypso King & the Soul Investigators
- Hutspot by Lefties Soul Connection
- Destination Get Down! by The Diplomats of Solid Sound
- Sahara Swing by Karl Hector & The Malcouns
- Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
- Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd
- School Days by Stanley Clarke
- Fat Albert Rotunda by Herbie Hancock
- Back to Back by The Brecker Brothers
- Need Want by David Cain & Senses
- Bringing Back the Funk by Brian Culbertson
- California Flight Project II by Jerry J
- Gambler's Life by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
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