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Jazz-Funk Appreciation Just wondering if there's any appreciation for this underappreciated fusion genre on the forum. I've been looking into some funk lately and reading the Funk Bible: Funk: The Music, The People, and the Rhythm of the One. The jazz-funk section caught my eye and I begin to search around a bit...listen abit...buy a few albums...
And I've discovered that this little known genre is underappreciated and is in desperate need of recognition!
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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It used to be very appreciated here. Probably has to do with folks that were into it no longer posting.
With this particular genre you'll generally get great grooves combined with excellent musicianship.
One of the best examples imo are the Herbie Hancock Headhunter releases.
...Actual Proof
...Butterfly
...Sly
...Spank-A-Lee (LIVE) (Unfortunately, the studio version isn't on YouTube)
Music for adventurous listeners
"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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[Edited 7/5/11 11:01am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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like tA said, we used to post a lot of it on here ......
and can I go here with it?
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I just listened to "Gentle Thoughts" and it was awesome! I'm ashamed to admit that I only know one song from Herbie - I can't remember the title. It is from the '80s and there was a lot of "cuttin' and scratchin' " in it.
That song would probably make you feel the same way Stevie's "I Just Called To Say I Love You" makes me feel | |
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Rockit. Shame on you. | |
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For really funky Hancock, it all starts here with the Octet:
"There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind."
Louis Armstrong | |
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Nice pull on the Ramsey Lewis project. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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herbie hancocks head hunter album is just amazing , one of my favorite albums in general. | |
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The educators have spoken, all I can do is say "Amen to that" | |
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