Beginner trio

[iniurith]

Hello

Could someone plese recommend some easy to learn funky/jazzy songs for a beginner trio? Lineup: guitar, bass, drums. We´d like to start but have no idea how and need some songs witch are cool to play with this lineup.

Thanx in advance!

[Deacon_Blues]

You're looking for instrumental songs, right? In that case:

Try some of Herbie Hancock's repertoire, e.g. Chameleon, Watermelon Man, Cantaloupe Island.

Another one is "Stratus" by Billy Cobham (to me, this song represents the Ultimate Groove). Just skip the 4-minute intro...

Then try "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by Cannonball Adderley.

That's some songs to start with.

[iniurith]

Thanx for the suggestions! We will try to play these.

Are there maybe some songs written exactly for our linep too? Because we´d really like to learn some songs exactly as on the recordings to set some limitations for the start(that´s actually what we´re looking for, otherwise things always end up in a jam).