Jazz Funk Selection
Here is a selection of the Jazz Funk favorites of SomehowJazz Blog. You’ll find here albums, tunes, and live videos from the genre. Just click on the titles for more information and please leave your comments.
The Crusaders “It Happens Everyday”
It Happens Everyday by The Crusaders from the album "FREE AS THE WIND" released in 1977 by ABC Blue Thumb Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Joe Sample - Piano, Keyboards | Stix Hooper - Drums | Wilton Felder - Tenor Saxophone | Robert Pops Popwell - Bass |...
Yellowjackets “Sittin’ In It”
Sittin' In It by Yellowjackets from the album "YELLOWJACKETS" released in 1981 by Warner Bros. Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Bobby Lyle - Piano | Russell Ferrante – Electric Piano, Keyboards | Jimmy Haslip – Bass | Ricky Lawson – Drums | Roland Bautista -...
Quincy Jones “Paranoid”
Paranoid by Quincy Jones from the album “MELLOW MADNESS” released in 1975 by A&M Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Leon Ware - Vocals | Harvey Mason - Drums | Ian Underwood - Synthesizer Programming | Louis Johnson - Bass | Wah Wah Watson - Guitar | George...
Tom Scott “Reed My Lips”
Reed My Lips by Tom Scott from the album "REED MY LIPS" released in 1994 by GRP Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: John Guerin, Johnny Friday - Drums | Tom Scott - Tenor Saxophone, Producer, Arranger, Soprano Saxophone, Synth Keyboards, Alto Saxophone, Synth...
Roy Ayers Ubiquity “We Live In Brooklyn Baby”
We Live In Brooklyn Baby by Roy Ayers from the album "EVOLUTION" released in 1995 by Polydor Records... (Song recorded in 1972, from the album "HE'S COMING") MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Roy Ayers - Vibraphone, Organ, Vocals | Harry Whitaker - Organ, Vocals | David...
Alphonso Johnson “Stump”
Stump by Alphonso Johnson, from the album "MOONSHADOWS" released in 1976 by Epic Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Alphonso Johnson - Electric Bass | Narada Michael Walden - Drums | Dawili Gonga (George Duke) - Electric Piano, Synthesizers | David Amaro -...
Marcus Miller “Rush Over”
Rush Over by Marcus Miller from the album "TALES" released in 1995 by Dreyfuss Jazz label... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Marcus Miller - Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Bass Clarinet, Sound programming | Meshell Ndegeocello - Vocals, Synthesizer | Poogie Bell - Drums |...
Wah Wah Watson “Bubbles”
Bubbles by Wah Wah Watson from the album "ELEMENTARY" released in 1976 by Columbia Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Bennie Maupin - Soprano Saxophone with echoplex | Herbie Hancock - Electric piano, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer | Louis Johnson - Bass |...
Herbie Hancock “People Are Changing”
People Are Changing by Herbie Hancock from the album “SOUND-SYSTEM” released in 1984 by Columbia Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Herbie Hancock - Piano, Synthesizers | Anton Fier - Electronic Drums, Wood Block, Percussion | Bernard Fowler - Vocals & Vocal...
George Duke “Sister Serene”
Sister Serene by George Duke from the album "I LOVE THE BLUES, SHE HEARD MY CRY" released in 1975 by MPS Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: George Duke - Arp & Moog Synthesizers, Mutron Phasers, Rhodes Electric Piano, Hohner D-6 Clavinet | Byron Miller -...
RAMP “Everybody Loves The Sunshine”
Everybody Loves The Sunshine by RAMP from the album "COME INTO KNOWLEDGE" released in 1977 by Blue Thumb Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Roy Ayers - Producer | Nate White - Bass | John Manuel - Drums, Percussion | Landy Shores - Guitar | Sharon Matthews,...
Dave Valentin “Eclipse”
Eclipse by Dave Valentin from the album “KALAHARI” released in 1984 by GRP Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL Robert Ameen - Drums | Lincoln Goines - Bass | Bill O'Connell - Piano | Dave Valentin - Flute | Dave Grusin - Producer | Larry Rosen - Executive...
Roy Ayers “Liquid Love”
Liquid Love by Roy Ayers from the album "VIRGIN UBIQUITY II" (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981) released in 2005 by Rapster Records… MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Roy Ayers - Vibraphone, Rhodes Electric Piano, Arp String Ensemble, Synthesizers, Hohner D-6 Clavinet,...
Coolbone “Use Me”
Use Me by Coolbone from the album "BRASS-HOP" released in 1997 by Hollywood Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Andre "Big Dre" Carter - Lead Vocals, Trumpet | Steven "Coolbone" Johnson - Trombone, Vocals | Darryl "Dee Jay Thall" Johnson - Alto Saxophone, Tenor...
Cameo “Promiscuous”
Promiscuous by Cameo from the album "MACHISMO" released in 1988 by Atlanta Artists Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Larry Blackmon - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass, Drums, Percussion | Nathan Leftenant, Willie Morris, Michael Burnett, Charlie Singleton,...
Quincy Jones “Listen (What It Is)”
Listen (What It Is) by Quincy Jones from the album "MELLOW MADNESS" released in 1975 by A&M Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: George Johnson, Paulette McWilliams - Vocals | Louis Johnson - Electric Bass | Harvey Mason - Drums | George Johnson - Guitar |...
Tower Of Power “Undercurrent”
Undercurrent by Tower Of Power from the album "SOULED OUT" released in 1995 by Epic Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Emilio Castillo - Tenor Saxophone | Stephen "Doc" Kupka - Baritone Saxophone | Herman Matthews - Drums | Nick Milo - Keyboards | Carmen Grillo...
Eddie Henderson “The Kumquat Kids”
The Kumquat Kids by Eddie Henderson from the album "SUNBURST" released in 1975 by Blue Note Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Alphonso Johnson - Bass | Harvey Mason - Drums | George Duke - Piano | Bennie Maupin - Saxophone | Julian Priester - Trombone | Eddie...
Marcus Miller “Red Baron”
Red Baron by Marcus Miller from the album “M²” released in 2001 by Telarc Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Marcus Miller - Bass, Guitar, Electric Piano, Tenor Saxophone, Synthesizer Programming | Poogie Bell - Drums | Kenny Garrett - Alto Saxophone | Patches...
Quincy Jones “One Track Mind”
One Track Mind by Quincy Jones, from the album "BODY HEAT" released in 1974 by A&M Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Quincy Jones - Arranger, Trumpet, Vocals | Dave Grusin - Electric Piano, Synthesizer | Herbie Hancock - Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer |...
Tower Of Power “Once You Get A Taste”
Once You Get A Taste by Tower Of Power from the album “SOULED OUT” released in 1995 by Epic Records… MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Emilio Castillo – Tenor Saxophone | Stephen “Doc” Kupka – Baritone Saxophone | Herman Matthews – Drums | Nick Milo – Keyboards | Jeff...
Manhattan Jazz Quintet “Song For My Father”
Song For My Father by Manhattan Jazz Quintet from the album "FUNKY STRUT" released in 1993 by Sweet Basil Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: David Matthews - Piano, Arranger | Lew Soloff - Trumpet | George Young - Tenor Saxophone | Peter Erskine - Drums | Eddie...
Azymuth “Indian Pepper”
Indian Pepper (Pimenta Malagueta) by Azymuth from the album "CASCADES" released in 1982 by Milestone Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Alex Malheiros - Bass, Fretless Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion | Ivan Conti - Drums, Percussion | Jose Roberto Bertrami...
Tania Maria “Come With Me”
Come With Me by Tania Maria from the album "COME WITH ME" released in 1983 by Concord Jazz Picante label... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Tania Maria - Vocals, Piano | Lincoln Goines - Bass | Steve Thornton - Percussion | Portinho - Drums | Eddie Duran, Jose Neto -...
Tyzik “Jammin’ In Manhattan”
Jammin' In Manhattan by Jeff Tyzik from the album "JAMMIN' IN MANHATTAN" released in 1984 by Polydor Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Jeff Tyzik – Trumpet, Flugelhorn | Brian Scanlon – Tenor Saxophone | Mike Boone – Bass | Mark Manetta – Guitar | Bob Stein,...
Jack McDuff and Joey DeFrancesco “Funk Pie”
Funk Pie by Jack McDuff and Joey DeFrancesco from the album "IT'S ABOUT TIME" released in 1996 by Concord Jazz label... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Jack McDuff - Hammond B-3 Organ | Joey Defrancesco - Hammond B-3 Organ | Paul Bollenback - Guitar | Rudolph Petschauer...
Billy Cobham “Final Destination”
Final Destination by Billy Cobham from the album “DRUM 'N' VOICE Vol.2” released in 2006 by Nicolosi Productions... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Billy Cobham - Drums | Rossana Nicolosi - Bass | Lino Nicolosi - Guitar | Pino Nicolosi - Keyboards | Michele Carrabba -...
Marcus Miller “Que Sera Sera” feat. Selah Sue
Que Sera Sera by Marcus Miller from the album "LAID BLACK" released in 2018 by Blue Note Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Selah Sue - Vocals | Marcus Miller - Bass, Backing Vocals | David Rideau - Mixing Engineer | Alek Edmonds, Chris Allen, Jason Shavey,...
Justo Almario “Seventh Avenue”
Seventh Avenue by Justo Almario from the album "INTERLUDE" released in 1981 by Uno Melodic Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Justo Almario - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone | Peter Brown - Bass | Steve Cobb, Quentin Dannard - Drums | Harold Land Jr. - Electric...
Ozone “Walk On”
Walk On by Ozone from the album "WALK ON" released in 1980 by Motown Records... MUSICIANS /PERSONNEL: William Carroll White - Flute, Alto & Soprano Saxophone | Ray C. Woodard - Tenor & Alto Saxophone | Thomas "T" Bumpass - Trumpet, Flugelhorn |...
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