Need some funky bands here - Page 2

VIHBASS · #21 01-24-2002, 05:29 PM

Tower of power-Anthology Album
You got to Funkifize

DaveBeny · #22 01-25-2002, 11:08 AM

There was a 2-CD Bootsy Collins 'Anthology' out last summer. It has its moments.

Does Curtis Mayfield count as funk?

What about Isaac Hayes? 'Theme from Shaft' is F-U-N-K-Y. A track with a similar feel is The Temptations' 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone'

I think of some Barry White songs as funky.

Also

At the jazzier end of funk:

Miles Davis: 'Agharta'
Herbie Hancock's 'Headhunters' and 'Thrust'.
Gil Scott-Heron: I don't know much of his music, but 'The Bottle' is my all-time favourite jazz-funk song.

MM · #23 01-25-2002, 01:28 PM

Along with the James Brown and Meters get some Booker T. and the M.G.'s for some of the Memphis sound.

cassanova · #24 01-26-2002, 01:51 AM

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Originally posted by Brad Johnson

On the Mandrill tip, check out "Peck Ya Neck"... it's the later Mandrill lineup (late 70's) and they're playing kazoos. I let a friend hear it tonight, somehow he missed it back in the day.

Also the 40th Anniversary James Brown CD set.

I still cant find that one.

Another good mandrill tune IMO is Fence Walk

I also recomend that you add some Tower of Power to your list of funkology

Drake · #25 01-26-2002, 02:01 AM

I wholeheartedly second any of the funkier Herbie Hancock selections...

That is some of the best there is... And look into The Stevie Wonder funk. Like "I Wish", "Superstitious", and "Higher Ground"

later,

Drake....

stratfreak · #26 01-30-2002, 01:13 PM

Didn't see them mentioned. Most everything else has been mentioned already, but here's my shortlist:

P-Funk
Isley Brothers
Earth Wind & Fire
Stevie Wonder
Sly & The Family Stone
LTD
Rick James

danqi · #27 02-01-2002, 02:17 AM

I planned on buying some James Brown stuff. But at the store they had like 200 JB CDs and about 150 of them were Best-Offs (a little exaggerated maybe

). I know from experience that most Best-Off CDs suck, so I did not buy anything.
Any good James Brown recommendations (Best-Off or not)?

Brad Johnson · #28 02-02-2002, 09:10 AM

There's a 40th anniversary compilation... that's the one.

td1368 · #29 02-08-2002, 09:59 AM

All the selections mentioned are excellernt. If you like the Meters give the John Scofield Band "Uberjam" a try. It's new and tasty, kind of jazzy, kind of funky.

Also John Scofield A Go-Go with Martin Medeski and Wood has a killer groove.

I'm listening to a compilation of Miles Davis from the early Seventies called Panthalassa. Sounds like the music from Dirty Harry.

JohnL · #30 02-08-2002, 11:41 AM

From the basement of the obscure:

Mother's Finest
Rhythm Heritage (you've heard the theme from "SWAT", but they had some other good stuff going in the '70's)
Brothers Johnson (Besides Larry Graham, Louis Johnson is the other pioneering slap-meister)

Did we miss mentioning Earth, Wind, & Fire?

JimK · #31 02-08-2002, 12:51 PM

Panthalassa is actually a Bill Laswell '90s(?) remix of some selected Miles' electric output from the '70s(contains segments from In A Silent Way, On The Corner, etc).
There are two versions of this disc out there-
...one is instrumental, the other has various DJs rapping over the music, I opted for the former.

Laswell has also remixed Santana's Illuminations...this was also '70s release; Santana is 'backed up' by the likes of Alice Coltrane, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, etc.

As far as EW&F goes-
...I'm really impressed with their debut album(only got it this past Dec); I've been doing a little research into their origins-
Apparently, they were heavy into Sun Ra & other elements of the Chicago AG scene. I think it's their 2nd release which opens with a somewhat extended 'free' jam...definitely different from their later Pop/Soul vibe.