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01-30-2006, 07:20 PM
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So I'm playing a gig this Thursday, and the owners of the pub asked to play more funky stuff. I'm looking for some good funk tunes that might be in the Real Books, or Standards that work well as Funks. I'm playing Moose The Mooch as a funk and Take the A-Train. Any Other Ideas?
PS. If anyone cares, the gig is at the Cashmere Cricket in Cuyahoga Falls, OH, if anyone is close. Heres Directions: http://maps.google.com/maps?sll=37.0...24983298826923
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01-30-2006, 08:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | tunes with more angular melodies usually work well as funks, as do modal tunes...
some suggestions:
bemsha swing
evidence (ok, so i'm a monk junkie)
impressions/so what
yes or no (watch out for the 14 bar A section)
inner urge (works really well if you have a horn player that can hang)
nostalgia in times square (think of like a half time shuffle-funk groove)
passion dance
freedom jazz dance
get creative...make sure your drummer has a bunch of pocket!
then there are actual funk tunes/groove oriented tunes:
red clay
tell me a bedtime story (a nice mellow tune with a subtle underlying groove)
best of luck
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01-30-2006, 08:44 PM
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Summertime
Lonnie's Lament
Chameleon (duh)
Bemsha Swing
Caravan
Footprints
Maiden Voyage
Little Sunflower
God Bless The Child
Those are just a few of the ones I do. Just go through some fake books and try playing some tunes with a backbeat and see which ones work. |
01-30-2006, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by lowendforlife get creative...make sure your drummer has a bunch of pocket! | Hey Billy,
I will be playing with Steve Renko on this gig. It should be fun I haven't played with him in quite a while.
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01-30-2006, 09:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: SE Wisconsin | | | The Real Book tune we always fall back on for funk is "Tough Talk" by the Crusaders. Basically an F blues.
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02-07-2006, 05:12 PM
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02-07-2006, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by FredH
Funk????????? | Funk 12/8 ballad? Eh? It could work. |
02-07-2006, 07:25 PM
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02-07-2006, 08:39 PM
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Funk 12/8 ballad? Eh? It could work.
| I'll give it a try, let you know how it flys
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02-08-2006, 02:48 AM
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The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
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02-08-2006, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard | Man. I totally just played that tune at a jazz/hiphop gig this past weekend. Went over huge.
We also did a funky version of So What/Impressions. I think most modal tunes can work really well. |
02-08-2006, 11:41 AM
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02-08-2006, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Farin So I'm playing a gig this Thursday, and the owners of the pub asked to play more funky stuff. I'm looking for some good funk tunes that might be in the Real Books, or Standards that work well as Funks. I'm playing Moose The Mooch as a funk and Take the A-Train. Any Other Ideas?
[/url] | I'm curious, is there a reason that you're limiting yourself to real book tunes? |
02-08-2006, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Farin So I'm playing a gig this Thursday, and the owners of the pub asked to play more funky stuff. I'm looking for some good funk tunes that might be in the Real Books, or Standards that work well as Funks. I'm playing Moose The Mooch as a funk and Take the A-Train. Any Other Ideas? | Farin,
Horace Sliver wrote a lot of tunes that can get real funky.
i.e.
The Jody Grind (check out Tyrone Davis on the tenor Sax Solo)
it's easy and it probably defined funk, back in the day
The Preacher (yeah, I know it's a shuffle, but what the heck!)
Gregory Is Here (it's latin but it will adapt to the Funk)
Sack O' Woe by Cannonball Adderley ( just don't swing the bridge)
oh yeah and Listen Here by Eddie Harris
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02-08-2006, 05:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brooklyn | | | Remembered another one...
Cissy Strut by the Meters is a funk tune that works well, plus it's rediculously easy to learn.
Also, if you're ambitious enough, transcribe some Medeski Martin & Wood or John Scofield (particularly from Uberjam).
Oh yeah! Syeeda's Song Flute and Well You Needn't. They sound good with a backbeat. |
02-08-2006, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrix Remembered another one...
Also, if you're ambitious enough, transcribe some Medeski Martin & Wood or John Scofield (particularly from Uberjam).
| MMW and Scofield is right on. We do Green Tea and Hot 'n Tot from A Go Go. |
02-16-2006, 03:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Orange | | | dude, some skunk funk is in the real book...its a little involved, though |
02-18-2006, 07:33 PM
| | | | Check out the album Hip Bop Essence. All the tunes are pretty funky but still jazzy. Ron Carter plays bass. |
02-19-2006, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ric Vice Farin,
Horace Sliver wrote a lot of tunes that can get real funky.
i.e.
The Jody Grind (check out Tyrone Davis on the tenor Sax Solo)
it's easy and it probably defined funk, back in the day
The Preacher (yeah, I know it's a shuffle, but what the heck!)
Gregory Is Here (it's latin but it will adapt to the Funk)
Sack O' Woe by Cannonball Adderley ( just don't swing the bridge)
oh yeah and Listen Here by Eddie Harris
Ric | ....and of course "Opus de Funk" |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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