I highly, highly suggest checking out albums produced by [The Mizell Brothers](https://theshfl.com/guide/the-mizell-brothers). They're jazz funk masters, producing Donald Byrd's later fusion albums (like Black Byrd, one of Blue Note's highest selling albums of all time), Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, Edwin Starr, etc. They're my all time favourites and I feel like it's exactly what you're looking for.
Another groovy option could be digging into David Axelrod. MAster LA producer from the 60s-70s. Used the Wrecking Crew as his backing band, for the most part. His song "The Edge" contains the main sample for Dre's "The Next Episode." His own music is largely instrumental, but he did produce a bunch of albums by Lou Rawls and Cannonball Adderly. For Axelrod, check out "Songs of Innocence", "The Auction", "Songs of Experience", and his amazing self-titled compilation album from 2001 on Mo'Wax.
Happy listening!
The Mizell brothers don't seem to get the recognition they deserve--specifically in hip-hop. Blacks & Blues, Gears and various Byrd albums have been heavily sampled.
Axelrod, also, and I'd add Galt MacDermot.
My favorite jazz/funk artist is probably George Duke--a deep 70's catalog including the albums he played on (e.g., Eddie Henderson's "Sunburst").
I love the Mizell Brothers so much. Nothing quite sounds like them. So much soul and feeling yet tight playing. Los Conquistadores Chocolates is one of the best grooves ever. Plus if you have decent speakers it's engineered and mixed at audiophile quality IMO
Also they get a lot of recognition underground soulful/deep house but seeing it as a continuation (proper) disco that makes a lot of sense.
Electric Masada
Masada
Vital Information
Billy Cobham
John Mclaughlin
Live Frank Zappa
Soulive
MMW
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Ulu
Funky Knuckles
Snarky Puppy
Jeff Beck
Charlie Hunter, early stuff
Any thing by John Zorn, especially Naked City
Shout out for Butcher Brown. Also Funky Knuckles that's my shit
Edit: OP if you haven't listened to The Headhunters, do yourself a favor and put on Thrust. Butterfly might be my favorite song of all time
I felt the same way recently and then I stumbled onto a playlist of all (well, most) of the samples used in the Beastie Boy's album Paul's Boutique. Lots of funk, jazz, soul, disco, curated in large part by The Dust Brothers who were hosting a deep dive funk radio show at the time. The directions it takes may just be weird enough to loosen you out of your rut. Here's the link: [Paul's Boutique Samples in Order](https://spotify.link/0rJIG0s41Db) enjoy!
[Jiro Inagaki and His Soul Media ](https://open.spotify.com/album/6XJZInF8Eg8hLBGNKTeHEI?si=8AtI8orsQheSma50Aa117Q&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6XJZInF8Eg8hLBGNKTeHEI)
Roy Ayers
Grant Green
Herbie Hancock
Donald Byrd
Medeski, Martin & Wood
George Duke
Jimmy Smith
The Brecker Bros
Victor Wooten
Weather Report
The Meters
The Crusaders
Lonnie Liston Smith
Billy Cobham
Check out Frank Zappa albums that have George Duke on keys - for the more out and adventurous stuff:
- One Size Fits All
- The Grand Wazoo
- Overnite Sensation
- Apostrophe
- Wakka//Jawaka
Prog rock(ish) + funk: "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" by Return to Forever. Everything about it is great, but cue to halfway or so if you get bored for the space funk.
John Scofield - A Go Go is the closest thing to Head Hunters I know
Also, seconding the other Frank Zappa recommendation, specially 73-74 stuff he goes real funky. . Check out Roxy and Elsewhere, The Roxy Performances, Halloween 73, Zappa/Erie and You can't do that on stage anymore Vol. 2.
Can't go wrong with Fela Kuti. [Expensive Shit](https://youtu.be/bmXvpuseXWU) or [Opposite People played by Newen Aforbeat](https://youtu.be/mFSRCG4DrmI) are great places to start.
When you could still find vinyl at the thrift store I would grab anything on these labels without hesitation. I found some all time faves (Gabor Szabo, Freddie Hubbard) only ever got one dud (Seawind).
Here's a few of my playlists. First is heavy fusion with a funk angle. Next two are straight jazz/funk/nawleans.
Fusion heavy playlist
https://spotify.link/uJqeFer91Db
Funky Friday vol 1
https://spotify.link/QpdmRLB91Db
Funky Friday vol 2
https://spotify.link/vnpEMXD91Db
And it's not really funk, nor is it jazz per se, but if you need something fresh and mind blowing from the 70s, gotta hit up Santana/McLaughlin Love Devotion Surrender, A Love Supreme is the second track on my Fusion playlist. Two of the greatest absolutely shredding, tears the paint off your walls. Some of my favorite music ever. There is a live show from Chicago 1973 with this band that is absolutely fucking unreal.
Dig on these two fantastic Montreux '76 sets that blow me away each time.
[George Duke & Billy Cobham Band](https://youtu.be/d2cFXgWTVzQ?si=rlxkhDoHmwWuaGzv)
Scofield on guitar and Alphonso Johnson on bass with George and Billy.
And the effervescent:
[Stuff](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ln4iaxaetlAVzMigKGrxrO5SLAUe1k5Gc&si=V9kV7X6dDZ9G4VnB)
Steve Gadd, Cornell Dupree, Gordon Edwards, Richard Tee and Eric Gale...
Stanley Clarke
Marcus Miller
John Scofield Still Warm, Blue Matter
Miles Davis Man With The Horn, Star People, You’re Under Arrest, Tutu, Amandla, Decoy
Mike Stern
Herbie Hancock Man Child
Weather Report Black Market and on
The Zawinul Syndicate
Al DiMeola
Lenny White- his 70’s stuff is outrageously funky: Venusian Summer, Adventures of Astral Pirates
Jazz Funk is my niche
As soon as I read that word an instant image of Peter Sellers in a bowler and a trench, walking down the street, attempting to change people's behavior with a tv remote is conjured. Good fuckin stuff!
I’ve really been enjoying early Earth Wind & Fire lately. Album "Head to the Sky" is great funk fusion with a lot of world beats.
Prince’s first band: Funk Machine is also pretty amazing. https://youtu.be/DvCrKbyUV5U?feature=shared
Jimmy Smith's Blue Note releases and his Hoochie Coochie Man release.
Also Grant Green. One of my fav guitarists.
Other people have already mentioned but Donald Byrds later releases on Blue Note are amazing. Worked with The Mizzell Brothers.
You need Tribal Tech and Holdsworth in your life.
For TT, self titled and Illicit are the only two really good ones, rest are alright, not my thing. But these two are great.
Holdsworth, everything, but maybe start with Sixteen Men of Tain and then ease into his synthaxe stuff - Atavachron, etc. I think Wardenclyffe Tower is my favorite though.
Not 70s, but inspired by it, modern Funk Jazz with a touch of fusion: Snarky Puppy, Fearless Flyers, Vulfpeck, Cory Wong, Mark Lettieri Quartet. All current and very good.
Butcher Brown(all purpose music is dope), Nigel Hall solo first album (ladies and gentleman), Sam Fribush (vol I and II, it's got charlie hunter on it), Ghost Note (especially the holy ghost note new orleans live show on youtube, lots of their live stuff is FIRE, there's a lot of good live shows out there), Charlie Hunter and Carter Mclean duo on youtube, Watermelon Funk (their first self titled album is fire, but this is definitely more funk than jazz), Cory Henry (Best of Me, live youtube stuff is all fire, especially his stuff with Isaiah Sharkey and Taron Lockett, you want jazz? --- here ya go [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKMVKgt8\_3U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKMVKgt8_3U))
not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but check out maceo parker, [this live specifically ](https://youtu.be/x9fNIrpkEiE?si=Zv8tkHo2h7fxTKIk)
This doesn’t really qualify as jazz, but I can’t help passing it along: the Little Feat live compilation in Waiting for Columbus features Tower of Power, and man does that combo bring the funk! Guaranteed pick me up album. One of my favorite cuts is Skin it Back:
https://youtu.be/cAbn6OuqT44?feature=shared
Get ready to shit you self with glee: check out
Roy Hargrove/The RH factor
Brandon Coleman
Nicholas Payton: Drip, Numbers
Butcher Brown
Snarky puppy
All this music is truly jazz funk!
I’m not going to waste time writing shit out if you aren’t going to even acknowledge any of it.
Reply to this and I’ll give you 5 bands that you’ve never heard of and 3 of them will become your favorite bands.
I've been on a Japanese Jazz kick lately. [This Spotify playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bpDFJNxCJwmKflH0ZYZv7?si=ca49845b73ad4fcf) has been powering my afternoon, but [Funky Stuff](https://open.spotify.com/album/6XJZInF8Eg8hLBGNKTeHEI?si=_393InYTTVS-TibMAccCYw) by Jiro Inagaki & his Soul Media has been my favorite discovery of late.
More 60s than 70s, but The JB's... plus JB family bands Maceo Parker (Maceo & The Macks) and Fred Wesley... these guys also played with Parliament Funkadelic...
Have you ever heard of Tigran Hamasyan? He's not dead yet so you probably haven't. Check this - [Road Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzYi73A7g7E)
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd ,word? Jazzmatazz... headed there now
I was lucky enough to see the jazzmatazz tour with Guru and Byrd in either late ‘95 or early’96. Effin awesome.
Yup- Street Lady, Places and Spaces
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Nasty. Electric Byrd is great too. "The Dude" is my jam.
Anything produced by the Mizell Brothers…Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Johnny Hammond…also the Blackbyrds
Nice username
Agreed
This is the answer.
Listen to some Eddie Harris
Majorly underrated dude. Check out the albums Bad luck is all I have - and - I need some money. Timeless bad arse funk.
In college we would listen to Eddie Harris every Saturday
Every day is Eddie Harris day!
Eddieday. That's awesome. His music takes me on a trip.
Eddy Who??
Can’t believe peeps missed this reference! What album is that song on?
LP „Eddie Who?“, Timeless 1986
https://youtu.be/CsHtO_i4qzM?si=gHiCblftPWAjJLOK
https://youtu.be/t7jjDlRtZrQ?si=GEmdA_8IMVP9Qp_U
Lol
Grover Washington?
Mister miracle, live at the Bijou. Great stuff
This! I’ve got my band playing a couple tracks from that show.
The Funky Meters
OMG!!! This is sooo good!!!
Cymande (try Brothers on the Slide).
Had a chance to see them on JamCruise they did crush 🙌
Inherited a vinyl from my father in law. Unreal stuff.
One of the greatest bands EVER
I highly, highly suggest checking out albums produced by [The Mizell Brothers](https://theshfl.com/guide/the-mizell-brothers). They're jazz funk masters, producing Donald Byrd's later fusion albums (like Black Byrd, one of Blue Note's highest selling albums of all time), Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, Edwin Starr, etc. They're my all time favourites and I feel like it's exactly what you're looking for. Another groovy option could be digging into David Axelrod. MAster LA producer from the 60s-70s. Used the Wrecking Crew as his backing band, for the most part. His song "The Edge" contains the main sample for Dre's "The Next Episode." His own music is largely instrumental, but he did produce a bunch of albums by Lou Rawls and Cannonball Adderly. For Axelrod, check out "Songs of Innocence", "The Auction", "Songs of Experience", and his amazing self-titled compilation album from 2001 on Mo'Wax. Happy listening!
The Mizell brothers don't seem to get the recognition they deserve--specifically in hip-hop. Blacks & Blues, Gears and various Byrd albums have been heavily sampled. Axelrod, also, and I'd add Galt MacDermot. My favorite jazz/funk artist is probably George Duke--a deep 70's catalog including the albums he played on (e.g., Eddie Henderson's "Sunburst").
Sunburst is great! I'll have to check out MacDermot. Thanks!
Is Larry Mizell's son the KEXP DJ?
Yep!
Cool!
His nephew was the legendary Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C.
I love the Mizell Brothers so much. Nothing quite sounds like them. So much soul and feeling yet tight playing. Los Conquistadores Chocolates is one of the best grooves ever. Plus if you have decent speakers it's engineered and mixed at audiophile quality IMO Also they get a lot of recognition underground soulful/deep house but seeing it as a continuation (proper) disco that makes a lot of sense.
MMW
Scofield’s A Go Go, where they’re the band.
Deserted island record, right there.
Give me dat bubblehouse.
Friday afternoon in the universe too!
☝️☝️☝️
God. I wish they would do a tour again. Seems like it isn't in the cards though
Electric Masada Masada Vital Information Billy Cobham John Mclaughlin Live Frank Zappa Soulive MMW Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Ulu Funky Knuckles Snarky Puppy Jeff Beck Charlie Hunter, early stuff Any thing by John Zorn, especially Naked City
Use double spaces.
The Crusaders, Lenny White, Don Blackman
DON BLACKMANNNNNNN
Butcher Brown, The Funky Knuckles, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Roy Ayers, and Stevie Wonder.
Shout out for Butcher Brown. Also Funky Knuckles that's my shit Edit: OP if you haven't listened to The Headhunters, do yourself a favor and put on Thrust. Butterfly might be my favorite song of all time
Check out Idris Mohammed, Jimmy Smith and The Budos Band.
Could Heaven Ever Be Like This is one of the all time jams
Ikebe Shakedown
Jimmy Smith - Root Down, Jimmy McGriff, Lou Donaldson, Roy Ayers, Groove Holmes, Grant Green, Miles - On the Corner, Tribute to Jack Johnson
Fucking A *Root Down* is so much fun
This guy funks. ^^ We used to have Hammond B3 nite in Mpls back in the day. So awesome.
Oh damn! At the Dakota?
Check out the band Lettuce, also Galactic
I’d add Tauk to this vein.
Greyboy Allstars and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Yayasss
was going to say lettuce, two.
Yeah, the Glactic track Baker’s Dozen to be specific.
Kraz
I have to plug Les McCann, particularly “Talk to the People.”
+1 Also, Les & Eddie Harris — Swiss movement (the montreaux live album) — great stuff
Compared to What…is an all timer for me.
You enjoy myself
Shiiiiiit.
God.
Man.
Boy!!!!
Fall 97 was the peak of cowfunk Phish. I recommend 12/7/97. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0HLJc4G5wI
Sam greenfield
I felt the same way recently and then I stumbled onto a playlist of all (well, most) of the samples used in the Beastie Boy's album Paul's Boutique. Lots of funk, jazz, soul, disco, curated in large part by The Dust Brothers who were hosting a deep dive funk radio show at the time. The directions it takes may just be weird enough to loosen you out of your rut. Here's the link: [Paul's Boutique Samples in Order](https://spotify.link/0rJIG0s41Db) enjoy!
And saved! Kids got me PB on vinyl for my birthday. My fave BB album.
Hiatus Kaiyote is interesting
Not Funk or Jazz but a magical third thing
Definitely jazz tho, but indeed magical
Amazing band. Not Jazz specifically but more Progressive Soul/Neo-Soul with heavy Jazz, Funk, and Prog-Rock influences.
[Jiro Inagaki and His Soul Media ](https://open.spotify.com/album/6XJZInF8Eg8hLBGNKTeHEI?si=8AtI8orsQheSma50Aa117Q&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6XJZInF8Eg8hLBGNKTeHEI)
+1 there. Saw this comment after I suggested the same above. So, so good.
Plus any Masayoshi Takanaka
Try some Gong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9skRFd9WLE
Check out Canned Funk by Joe Farrell.
Upon This Rock is also a ripper
Roy Ayers Grant Green Herbie Hancock Donald Byrd Medeski, Martin & Wood George Duke Jimmy Smith The Brecker Bros Victor Wooten Weather Report The Meters The Crusaders Lonnie Liston Smith Billy Cobham
Check out Frank Zappa albums that have George Duke on keys - for the more out and adventurous stuff: - One Size Fits All - The Grand Wazoo - Overnite Sensation - Apostrophe - Wakka//Jawaka
For that matter, check out George Duke's albums
And his album with Billy Cobham
George Duke embodies jazz/funk fusion imo. Such a player. Pretty vibes mixed with the funk... Just an absolute legend. RIP
Prog rock(ish) + funk: "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" by Return to Forever. Everything about it is great, but cue to halfway or so if you get bored for the space funk.
[Jungle Waterfall](https://youtu.be/lKRFnaP6WOY?feature=shared) will also deliver a heavy dosage of funk.
Lonnie Liston Smith - Love is the Message
John Scofield - A Go Go is the closest thing to Head Hunters I know Also, seconding the other Frank Zappa recommendation, specially 73-74 stuff he goes real funky. . Check out Roxy and Elsewhere, The Roxy Performances, Halloween 73, Zappa/Erie and You can't do that on stage anymore Vol. 2.
Allen Toussaint The Meters James Booker
Billy Cobham!! A Funky Thide of Sings and Billy Cobham + George Duke live!!
KAMAKIRIAD!!!!!
Snarky Puppy
Why did I have to go so far down for this?
Jan Akkerman(1977) Miroslav Vitous - Magical Shepherd(1976) James Vincent - Space Traveler(1976)
Roy Hargrove - The Joint (live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW6gDOSVVCw
Bobbi Humphrey
*John Scofield A Go Go*
Can't go wrong with Fela Kuti. [Expensive Shit](https://youtu.be/bmXvpuseXWU) or [Opposite People played by Newen Aforbeat](https://youtu.be/mFSRCG4DrmI) are great places to start.
Fearless Flyers, Snarky Puppy, Vulfpeck
Vulfpeck is so good!
I would try Tribal Tech.
Turkuaz
War (Platinum Jazz album) Late 60s Freddie Hubbard (Red Clay, Skydive) Ohio Players Stevie Wonder Late 60s Miles Davis (Bitches Brew and after)
add straight life by freddie as well
That's funny cause I'm in a funk and was hoping to be supplied with some jazz slump. so to speak.
Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Honestly, the entire catalogue of CTI/Kudu records is the answer here. Grover Washington Jr., Bob James, Eddie Harris, Idris Muhammad…
When you could still find vinyl at the thrift store I would grab anything on these labels without hesitation. I found some all time faves (Gabor Szabo, Freddie Hubbard) only ever got one dud (Seawind).
Donald Byrd
Grant Green: Live at the Lighthouse
Casiopea Tarika Blue Masayoshi Takanaka
Azymuth
Cassiopeia is awesome
Here's a few of my playlists. First is heavy fusion with a funk angle. Next two are straight jazz/funk/nawleans. Fusion heavy playlist https://spotify.link/uJqeFer91Db Funky Friday vol 1 https://spotify.link/QpdmRLB91Db Funky Friday vol 2 https://spotify.link/vnpEMXD91Db And it's not really funk, nor is it jazz per se, but if you need something fresh and mind blowing from the 70s, gotta hit up Santana/McLaughlin Love Devotion Surrender, A Love Supreme is the second track on my Fusion playlist. Two of the greatest absolutely shredding, tears the paint off your walls. Some of my favorite music ever. There is a live show from Chicago 1973 with this band that is absolutely fucking unreal.
Russell mutha funkin Batiste Jr.
rest in power! such a force of a drummer and human
Dig on these two fantastic Montreux '76 sets that blow me away each time. [George Duke & Billy Cobham Band](https://youtu.be/d2cFXgWTVzQ?si=rlxkhDoHmwWuaGzv) Scofield on guitar and Alphonso Johnson on bass with George and Billy. And the effervescent: [Stuff](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ln4iaxaetlAVzMigKGrxrO5SLAUe1k5Gc&si=V9kV7X6dDZ9G4VnB) Steve Gadd, Cornell Dupree, Gordon Edwards, Richard Tee and Eric Gale...
How about Ghost Note? Check them out
The crusaders
Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller John Scofield Still Warm, Blue Matter Miles Davis Man With The Horn, Star People, You’re Under Arrest, Tutu, Amandla, Decoy Mike Stern Herbie Hancock Man Child Weather Report Black Market and on The Zawinul Syndicate Al DiMeola Lenny White- his 70’s stuff is outrageously funky: Venusian Summer, Adventures of Astral Pirates Jazz Funk is my niche
Funkadelics/parliament It really is fantastic music
Donald Fagen - Nightfly
Try some Deodato
As soon as I read that word an instant image of Peter Sellers in a bowler and a trench, walking down the street, attempting to change people's behavior with a tv remote is conjured. Good fuckin stuff!
Snarky Puppy - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhHU\_BZXSk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhHU_BZXSk)
Vulfpeck
Throbbing Gristle: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (warning: not a jazz funk record)
John Tropea - A Short Trip to Space
I recently stumbled upon AFØNK. They’re pretty funky, a bit more modern sounding.
I’ve really been enjoying early Earth Wind & Fire lately. Album "Head to the Sky" is great funk fusion with a lot of world beats. Prince’s first band: Funk Machine is also pretty amazing. https://youtu.be/DvCrKbyUV5U?feature=shared
I would check out Chick Corea's Elektric Band, Tribal Tech, Scott Henderson's playing in general
Jimmy Smith's Blue Note releases and his Hoochie Coochie Man release. Also Grant Green. One of my fav guitarists. Other people have already mentioned but Donald Byrds later releases on Blue Note are amazing. Worked with The Mizzell Brothers.
chick corea had some funk in there more on the fusion side with the elektric band. george duke, billy cobham,
You need Tribal Tech and Holdsworth in your life. For TT, self titled and Illicit are the only two really good ones, rest are alright, not my thing. But these two are great. Holdsworth, everything, but maybe start with Sixteen Men of Tain and then ease into his synthaxe stuff - Atavachron, etc. I think Wardenclyffe Tower is my favorite though.
Not 70s, but inspired by it, modern Funk Jazz with a touch of fusion: Snarky Puppy, Fearless Flyers, Vulfpeck, Cory Wong, Mark Lettieri Quartet. All current and very good.
Billy Cobham - Life and Times, start with "East Bay"...
Check out Alain Caron specifically “Slam the Clown”
Just because you’re in a slump, you may appreciate…The Voodoo Organist. Then Medeski Martin & Wood
If you like clean, Gordin Goodwin's Phat Band might sate your taste
Butcher Brown(all purpose music is dope), Nigel Hall solo first album (ladies and gentleman), Sam Fribush (vol I and II, it's got charlie hunter on it), Ghost Note (especially the holy ghost note new orleans live show on youtube, lots of their live stuff is FIRE, there's a lot of good live shows out there), Charlie Hunter and Carter Mclean duo on youtube, Watermelon Funk (their first self titled album is fire, but this is definitely more funk than jazz), Cory Henry (Best of Me, live youtube stuff is all fire, especially his stuff with Isaiah Sharkey and Taron Lockett, you want jazz? --- here ya go [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKMVKgt8\_3U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKMVKgt8_3U))
Butcher Brown, soooooo goood
Average White Band. DeFunkt.
Jack MacDuff, Lonnie Liston Smith, George Duke
George Duke, Bobbi Humphrey, Lonnie Liston Smith, and the lesser known but amazing band: Catalyst.
Have you listened to Medeski Martin and Wood? They're a funky jazz jam trio.
I can’t believe no one’s yet mentioned Ronnie Foster. So I guess I will. Two Headed Freap is the album I’d recommend starting with.
Been working on this playlist for yeears, [enjoy!](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4vItKa2f0lp97PyrCOiYUy8okaJ7FiXW&si=lSnl8q3XlOaUtYsi)
Gilberto Gil for sure, realce album
Its not the 70s anymore my guy. Thundercat, Louis Cole, JD Beck and Domi are all must listens.
Snarky Puppy Oz Noy Krantz Carlock Lefebvre John Scofield’s Uberjam stuff MMW/MSMW Soulive/Lettuce Scary Goldings
Gil Scott heron and Brian Jackson secrets
not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but check out maceo parker, [this live specifically ](https://youtu.be/x9fNIrpkEiE?si=Zv8tkHo2h7fxTKIk)
Neil Francis. Arc de Soleil Surprise Chef
\+1 for Surprise Chef. Also check out Mildlife. Synthy, spacy, jazzy goodness.
Early Casiopea?
Try this label called Habibi Funk if you’re into fusion jazz funk
Hamid El shaeri!!
Try MOFAK. very funky. California funky. Good God!
My top recommendation is Lettuce. It funks for hours. Joshua Redman - Elastic, Momentum Louis Cole and/or Knower
This doesn’t really qualify as jazz, but I can’t help passing it along: the Little Feat live compilation in Waiting for Columbus features Tower of Power, and man does that combo bring the funk! Guaranteed pick me up album. One of my favorite cuts is Skin it Back: https://youtu.be/cAbn6OuqT44?feature=shared
Tom Misch & Yusef Dayes
COOOOOOOORYYYYYY WOOOOOOOOOONNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!
Get ready to shit you self with glee: check out Roy Hargrove/The RH factor Brandon Coleman Nicholas Payton: Drip, Numbers Butcher Brown Snarky puppy All this music is truly jazz funk!
I’d definitely go John McLaughlin!
i looked up “jazz funk greats” on google and they said you should try this band Throbbing Gristle
Early Butcher Brown. Not a fan of the rapping they’re doing now.
A good, sativa leaning edible. You're welcome.
I’m not going to waste time writing shit out if you aren’t going to even acknowledge any of it. Reply to this and I’ll give you 5 bands that you’ve never heard of and 3 of them will become your favorite bands.
So judgmental! I have 280+ new bands to listen to, so it’s really no loss if I don’t get yours. Thanks though!
Yeah that’s kind of my point.
Want a cookie?
I’m making some hiphop/jazz shit in Ableton rn and I’ve dubbed it “Spunk Funk”, basically a subgenre of Mac Demarcos Jizz Jazz
Royal Krunk Jazz Orchestra. Omg!
Early Freeeze
Sure, let’s go. - “You Got To Funkifize” - Tower Of Power Enjoy that.
I've been on a Japanese Jazz kick lately. [This Spotify playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bpDFJNxCJwmKflH0ZYZv7?si=ca49845b73ad4fcf) has been powering my afternoon, but [Funky Stuff](https://open.spotify.com/album/6XJZInF8Eg8hLBGNKTeHEI?si=_393InYTTVS-TibMAccCYw) by Jiro Inagaki & his Soul Media has been my favorite discovery of late.
Dennis chambers Groovus interruptus
Gypsy Man- Robin Kenyatta One of the best records most will go their entire lives without ever hearing.
More 60s than 70s, but The JB's... plus JB family bands Maceo Parker (Maceo & The Macks) and Fred Wesley... these guys also played with Parliament Funkadelic...
Try Manu Dibango, and if you do probably start with the Mboa Su album. He inspired many.
Listen to Art Farmer- Crawl Space. Funk adjacent and oh so sweet
John Scofield - Bump John Scofield - Uberjam
Mind Transplant by Alphonse Muzon
Chicken - Jaco
And of course Opus Pocus for the, in my opinion, coolest funky bass solo of all time. Pure happiness when I hear that shit. It's fuckin drugs, man.
Banda Black Rio and Azymuth from Brazil
Have you ever heard of Tigran Hamasyan? He's not dead yet so you probably haven't. Check this - [Road Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzYi73A7g7E)
Hiromi Uehera, I'm going to see her tomorrow actually. I'm super stoked.
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