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16th Note Finger Funkers?

#7
I'm doubtful - similarly with Paul Jackson - both very funky players - but I'm not sure they're known for fast 16th note grooves - I suppose you can have very slow funk where the bar is subdivided to get the funk "feel" - but when I saw the title of this thread I was thinking of stuff ike Jaco's "Come on Come on Over"...?
 
#8
Bruce Lindfield said:
I'm doubtful - similarly with Paul Jackson - both very funky players - but I'm not sure they're known for fast 16th note grooves - I suppose you can have very slow funk where the bar is subdivided to get the funk "feel" - but when I saw the title of this thread I was thinking of stuff ike Jaco's "Come on Come on Over"...?
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I'm doubtful about your being familiar with Paul Jacksons work. If you listen to Herbie Hancocks "Thrust" I am pretty sure you will agree that he has a very pronounced 16th note feel when playing uptempo numbers.
With all respect. :hmm:
 
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NJL said:
add:

Oteil Burbridge
John Patitucci
Jamerson, DUH!
Andrew Gouche
Pete Perez
Richard Bona
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I would say that James Jamerson is was definitely not a 16th funk player. The guy only used one finger, and while he could play impressively fast, he would have never been able to play a consistant string of 16th notes like Rocco, Jaco, Jeff Berlin, or any of the other guys people have mentioned. More importantly, even if he could, it wasn't his style of playing.
 
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Jacob Bartfield said:
I would say that James Jamerson is was definitely not a 16th funk player. The guy only used one finger, and while he could play impressively fast, he would have never been able to play a consistant string of 16th notes like Rocco, Jaco, Jeff Berlin, or any of the other guys people have mentioned. More importantly, even if he could, it wasn't his style of playing.
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to each his own
 
#17
Jacob Bartfield said:
I would say that James Jamerson is was definitely not a 16th funk player. The guy only used one finger, and while he could play impressively fast, he would have never been able to play a consistant string of 16th notes like Rocco, Jaco, Jeff Berlin, or any of the other guys people have mentioned. More importantly, even if he could, it wasn't his style of playing.
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IMO Jamerson may have been the first:D

No, he didn't play in a constant unwavering 16th note style but he did play 16ths and he was indeed funky.

Yes, he used one finger... doesn't mean he couldn't or didn't play 16ths. He did, very well.
 
#18
ebozzz said:
If Randy makes it in so should "Pops". I hear a lot of The Crusaders influence in Incognito's music.
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When I think of the signature Crusaders pieces Pops played on, it's mainly slapping. OTOH Wilton Felder was a finger funk player, both with the early Crusaders and other artists like the Jackson 5.
 
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Brad Johnson said:
When I think of the signature Crusaders pieces Pops played on, it's mainly slapping. OTOH Wilton Felder was a finger funk player, both with the early Crusaders and other artists like the Jackson 5.
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That's true Brad but on Images & Those Southern Nights he does a little of both. A good example IMO is Spiral.
 

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