Looking for good fusion/jazz/ or just plain funky

www.alteredjazz.com

 

Pretty much any Matt Garrison, Adam Nitti....

 

Go to www.live365.com, set up a free new account, and type in a search for funk. You will probably get a couple of hundred stations to listen to free.

 

yellowjackets
brand new heavies
herbie hancock 'thrust'

 

alain caron, john scofield, sly and the family stone, biggy smalls

 

I've really been into the Christian McBride Band lately. I picked up their three disc live CD "Live at Tonic". Great stuff!

 

Dave Grossman's band Unpronounceable.
Miles Davis' Panagea

I fully believe that Panagea is the best fusion album ever.

 

Billy Cobham - Crosswinds
Allan Holdsworth - Road Games
Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire

 

Blue Matter-John Scofield MAYBE THE FUNKIEST RYTHM SECTION EVER!
Soul Vaccination Live-Tower of Power
Live (Import)-Donnie Hathaway
Gratitude-Earth Wind and Fire
Hard Grove-The RH factor (Roy Hargrove)
Layin in the Cut-James Carter
Aja-Steely Dan
Peace Beyond Passion-Me'Shell Ndegeocello
Wired- Jeff Beck

Those ought to help, along with some other great suggestions here

 

SpyroGyra is a neat blend of jazz and "near funk". Scott is a Great bassist.

 

Uh,
What is Hip...Rocco TOP
Infectious Grooves...R. Trujillo

 

Gary Willis-
Tribal Tech's albums
Willis' solo albums, No Sweat & Bent

Fima Ephron-
Screaming Headless Torsos' debut album & Live In NYC. Bonus points for the 2-DVD set.
Ephron's solo disc, Soul Machine...Klezmer-Jazz-Funk
Ephron's other bands-
Lost Tribe...'90s Fusion
Hasidic New Wave...IMO, they can souynd a bit like early Weather Report meets Bitches Brew-era meets Hendrix.

Oteil Burbridge-
His debut solo disc, Love Of A Lifetime

Jimmy Haslip-
The early Yellowjackets' albums, on a whole, may be more 'Fusion-y' & 'funky' than the later releases.
Also Haslip's recent trio thing, Jing-Chi.

Alphonso Johnson's early solo albums from the '70s Fusion era have been re-issued domestically.

There's also Jeff Berlin's solo discs + the stuff he did with Kazumi Watanbe (the '80s Spice Of Life band with Bill Bruford).

Tommy Kennedy-
The trio stuff w/ Billy Connors & the later stuff with Dave Weckl.

Jimmy Johnson's stuff with Alan Holdsworth's I.O.U. band (Metal Fatigue or IOU Live) or Chad Wackerman's two solo releases.

 

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152571

 

+1 , great picks burk


i would also add

for funk

average white band - self-titled (also known as white album), soul searching, cut the cake
jamiroquai - return of the space cowboy, emergency on planet earth
brand new heavies - brother sister
herbie hancock - head hunters, thrust, secrets, flood
the ohio players - honey, fire, skin tight
funkadelic - one nation under a groove, maggot brain
parliament - mothership connection, chocolate city, up for the down stroke
pleasure - future now


for fusion

return to forever - where have i known you before, romantic warrior, hymn of the seventh galaxy
weather report - black market, heavy weather, mr. gone, 8:30
billy cobham - spectrum, live on tour in europe
jeff beck - blow by blow, there and back, live with jan hammer group
pat metheny group - self-titled
stanley clarke - school days
santana - moonflower

 

Jean-Luc Ponty is the man. If you want some more funky type JLP, check out his first album, Upon the Wings of Music. Great playing on bass and just about every instrument.

If you're looking for some crazy wankage fusion, check out his album Enigmatic Ocean.

 

Dexter Wansel - Life on Mars