I need some funk jazz suggestions

[ATLbassist]

For a more modern take, how about Snarky Puppy? There's jazz, funk, gospel, prog... they pretty much absorb anything.







And more on the fusion side of things...

 

[Jim Dedrick]

great classic stuff. I am loving it. Not sure if I missed the more modern stuff. Was there anything that is newer say since 2000?

 

[Bassman Spliff]

This might work for you too; its how I find new music lots of times. Go to Pandora (www.pandora.com) and start a station with those tracks/artists you mentioned. Pandora will do the rest. Then if you hear something you like off to Spotify to listen to a whole album.

{edit} Check out Medeski, Martin, & Wood all of it is good, but I especially enjoy End of the World Party

 

[ONYX]

Got to add these:

Stanley Clarke: School Days & Modern Man

Frank Zappa (yes, that Frank Zappa): Grand Wazoo

 

[JRA]

great thread! really enjoying the music suggestions! thanks all.

 

[bass12]

 

[MrMyopia]

I'm a huge fan of Rhodes trios. Bill Evans, Bob James, etc.

Check out Baron Von Ohlen

 

[drewphishesp]

newer stuff:

Galactic
Soulive (no bass he plays it on the keys but still dope)
Lettuce
greyboy allstars
karl densons tiny universe
medeski martin and wood
THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS
JOHN SCOFIELD UBERJAM

 

[sawzalot]

Tower of Power. Rocco Prestia was a big influence on Jaco IIRC.

 

[stringthrough]

Here's one of the funkiest bass tracks I've ever heard.



Then there's this sick funk groove.



And finally there's Paul Jackson (Headhunters) who's so funky he can raise the dead.

 

[Pbassmanca]

I'm looking for medium funk (that's the term used on the sheet music usually). Maybe some fusion elements as well. Here's what kind I'm looking for. My taste is too limited and I want to explore it further.






Remember, jazz funk, not full out funk.

Impress me

Definitely check out "Stepping into tommorow", by Donald Byrd. In my opinion one the funkiest, sultriest, jazz albums ever. It's not on YouTube so you'll have to stream or purchase but it is worth it! The bass is laid down by the inimitable Chuck Rainey with Harvey Mason on drums and the very tasty David T. Walker on guitar. One of my favorite albums.

 

[TL23NC]

great thread! really enjoying the music suggestions! thanks all.

+1
Is very interesting to me how so much of the best funk music is from the mid-seventies. I played quite a bit of this stuff when in college, in the big band and a smaller group. It's not gotten much better since then, IMHO.

 

[Altitude]

The old Billy Cobham stuff is aging well. Start with the "Stratus" album.

Spotify has a few good compilations also, with varying titles like "Jazz/Funk", "Jazz/Rock" and similar. They're all Cobham compilations and there is some overlap on song content.

Edit: here's a ~2002 recording of Stratus. It's Stefan Rademacher on bass:



And Red Baron, same group, Rademacher takes a good solo at about 2:20:



And, bonus round - also Red Baron, this time by Fina Dupa in Denver in about 2006. I take a slightly less good solo at 3:08:

 

[morgansterne]

I've been digging Chuck Mangione since I was about 3 years old. This song has a beastly bassline.

hide and seek

I can't listen to this version where I'm at, but if the sound quality isn't good, the studio version is easy to find too.

 

[jmattis]

Vulfpeck. Start here-



and here-

 

[CapnSev]

great classic stuff. I am loving it. Not sure if I missed the more modern stuff. Was there anything that is newer say since 2000?

Lots mentioned: Vulfpeck, New Mastersounds, Butcher Brown, Lettuce, Medeski Martin and Wood, Scofeld, etc.

 

[brutuscheezcake]

mandrill

mandrill

mandrill

headhunters

then more mandrill

 

[2cooltoolz]

 

[Felken]

Weather Report is not funk, and Heavy Weather is definitely not their funkiest offering. I'd take a listen to James Brown, or Parliament/Funkadelic.

Weather Report is not funk, and Heavy Weather is definitely not their funkiest offering. I'd take a listen to James Brown, or Parliament/Funkadelic.

I don't want funk. I want jazz. Medium funk. Songs like The Chicken, who are officially classified as medium funk. Big band stuff, not funk.

 

[Felken]

A classic Tune, boy have I heard it many times