For the soul and Funk in you.. mega post of my favorite..

bubinga5 · #1 12-03-2010, 02:34 PM

i have been fascinated with the music from America for a long long time....as im sure people are around the world.. im possibly in the dark but where is American jazz funk, is it alive..i know urban gospel, soul, jazz, and funk...but where is the jazzfunk which was from the US..is it unfashionable? seems to thrive in the UK...maybe were catching up..

anyway, what is the Jazz Soul Funk scene is like in the USA..? i know a few but are they like this..? i know alot of Bluey's influences are from the US as you can poss tell... but....
do you think this is a very british sound? some say they are the founders of British Jazz Funk...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYV0lVUe03o

this is totally awsome...

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...n+the+air&aq=f

Jacobs Ladder..i met the bassist Julian Crampton...he a wonderful person and a monster bassist.. check this double bass line out.. oh it was recorded on an F Bass he told me..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGF2yyj8vJM

BigOldHarry · #2 12-03-2010, 02:39 PM

Jazz & funk do not get the love here in the US they way they do elsewhere. The US is driven by fads and TV ads. Behold Justin Beiber.

bubinga5 · #3 12-03-2010, 02:54 PM

the love is not on the level of commercialism..like the wonderful Justin...its always people who love this sort of music and go to the Jazz Cafe in London etc... does it exist in the US? i mean in an original sense?

Dr. Cheese · #4 12-03-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BigOldHarry

Jazz & funk do not get the love here in the US they way they do elsewhere. The US is driven by fads and TV ads. Behold Justin Beiber.

Spend some time in the UK if you think it is above fads. Funk has its followers in the USA, it is just not the main music of the youth anymore.

Dr. Cheese · #5 12-03-2010, 05:05 PM

Much of what Incognito does is like a punchier version of Smooth Jazz, a genre that is very popular in the US. I love Incognito. They are clearly American influenced, by they have their own sound, and they have had some success on Smooth Jazz and R&B radio in the USA.

ebozzz · #6 12-03-2010, 05:22 PM

@OP

All of the stuff in your URLs that you provided is from Incognito. That group gets a LOT of love here in the US in my opinion. There are also quite a few other artists that might fall into that Jazz-Funk category that are well received here in the states.

Here's a few tracks that I happened to have on my phone, old to more recent...

Caldera, 1976

Coastin'

Bassist: Dean Cortez

Joe Sample, 1989

Seven Years Of Good Luck

Bassist: Marcus Miller

Brian Culbertson, 2005

Hookin' Up

Bassist: Alex Al

bass12 · #7 12-03-2010, 05:26 PM

There has long been a fascination with American music in Britain (look at all of the blues influenced British stuff from the 60s and 70s). Soul was especially popular within the mod scene and Northern Soul very much kept the spirit of American "black" popular music alive in the U.K. House, techno and acid house (all U.S. styles) flourished in the U.K. (as did rap and go-go) long before such styles caught on globally. I used to flip out when I'd read the Jazz Café listings at the back of Straight No Chaser. You'd never get those sorts of line-ups around here (granted, I live in Montreal, not the U.S, but still...). A lot of my favourite music has come out of the U.K. There's also the BBC, which has done some great work promoting and chronicling music in general. I mean, Soul Deep (a documentary on the history of "black" popular music)? Wow. Has there even been a documentary of such a kind made in the U.S.?

ebozzz · #8 12-03-2010, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bass12

I mean, Soul Deep (a documentary on the history of "black" popular music)? Wow. Has there even been a documentary of such a kind made in the U.S.?

That Ken Burns 10 disc set, Jazz, is pretty good....

bass12 · #9 12-03-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ebozzz

That Ken Burns 10 disc set, Jazz, is pretty good....

I'm aware of that series (I actually own it and haven't gotten around to watching it) but, as I understand it, Jazz limits itself to just that - jazz (please correct me if I'm wrong).

bass12 · #10 12-03-2010, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ebozzz

@OP

All of the stuff in your URLs that you provided is from Incognito. That group gets a LOT of love here in the US in my opinion. There are also quite a few other artists that might fall into that Jazz-Funk category that are well received here in the states.

Here's a few tracks that I happened to have on my phone, old to more recent...

Caldera, 1976

Coastin'

Bassist: Dean Cortez

Joe Sample, 1989

Seven Years Of Good Luck

Bassist: Marcus Miller

Brian Culbertson, 2005

Hookin' Up

Bassist: Alex Al

To add to this, there are a bunch of bands on the scene in the U.S. that I would classify as Jazz-funk: Soulive, Lettuce and Snarky Puppy being just a few.

m.oreilly · #11 12-03-2010, 09:00 PM

hey bub, thanks for the links. made my evening

ebozzz · #12 12-03-2010, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bass12

I'm aware of that series (I actually own it and haven't gotten around to watching it) but, as I understand it, Jazz limits itself to just that - jazz (please correct me if I'm wrong).

For the most part, you are exactly right. Great documentary. You NEED to watch it. Would you believe that I got my set for $30.00 total on eBay?