secondtube Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Ok, lately i've been really blown away by Return to Forever. I can't believe how funky and real some of this stuff is. Herbie Headhunters stuff is funky too. What other bands should i be checking out from this era that would be along the same lines of juicy jazz funk!!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 That's funny, I was going to create a post asking you this very same thing today. Hve you ever tried Niacin or Jimmy Smith? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Soulive has more of a classic/'60s feel to it, but is incredibly funky nonetheless. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Lou Donaldson is not so funky really but he has this B3 organ player in his band (wears a turban -fairly famous) that makes the sound swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted November 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 willy, i have this show, but i haven't given it a good listen: immy Smith 02/17/01 House of Blues Cambridge, MA Jimmy Smith - organ (calls himself Groove Holmes at end of track 7) Herman Riley - sax Phil Upchurch - guitar Tommy Campbell - drums (JS's nephew) Set 1 1. Intro > JS tells ppl in the back to shutup 2. Root Down/8 Counts for Rita 3. The Sermon 4. Guitar Solo (Improv) 5. Back at the Chicken Shack 6. Intro > Drum Solo > St. Thomas 7. Dot Com Blues Set 2 1. Intro 2. Baby It's Cold Outside 3. Side Mouthin' 4. Guitar Solo ('Round Midnight) 5. Guitar Solo (?) 6. Mood Indigo 7. After Hours Source: DAUD Schoeps mk4->BR Box->SBM-1->M1 @44.1kHz R500->Audio Magic Presto II->ZA2->Soundforge 4.5->CDWav->.shn i guess i'll cue it up next... Thanks for the suggestion... i'm going to check out Lou Donaldson. Soulive is quite good for new funky groove, i've seen them twice i think. Didn't they play a post phish show in Toronto? Anyways, keep the suggestions coming, and thanks for those who've given them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Thumbs up to the Return to Forever, who is the bassist, that guy is wild. Check out some Rare Earth, pretty funky for the only (well few) white motown artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 I would second Rare Earth, and would point you to Tom Scott as well. I mean, the guy composed the theme to Starsky and Hutch for one, played with the L.A. Express as Joni Mitchell's backing band on "Miles of Aisles" and has worked with all sorts of people in the realm your talking about, Steely Dan and Pink Floyd among others such as Joni. That being said, some of his stuff is garbage. Go to Allmusic.com and listen to cuts from his CDs and decide for yourself as I am not terribly familiar with his solo work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry jr. Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 quote:Originally posted by c-towns: Thumbs up to the Return to Forever, who is the bassist, that guy is wild. Check out some Rare Earth, pretty funky for the only (well few) white motown artists. Stanley Clarke was RTF's bassist. Pretty famous guy in bass circles as far as I know... http://www.stanleyclarke.com/rtf_photo_pg.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B & Z Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 Hey Steve--where you been? (conspiciously absent on STG) Try some of these cats if you're looking for the new & wonderful.. Tony Williams Believe It (w/Allan Holdsworth) Larry Coryell gtr Eleventh House or solo stuff Gary Burton vbs(+ others on the ECM label) Terje Rypdal gtr Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition dms& sxs Gateway(J.DeJohn/J.Abercrombie & Dave Holland) John Abercrombie gtr Jean Luc Ponty vln Ralph Towner / Oregon Bill Connors gtr I'll think of more later....Nn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B & Z Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 Oops..that was more progressive than funky.... Maybe these... Jean Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger, Upon The Wings of Music or Egnimatic Ocean(w/Holdsworth) Tom Scott sx (LA Express -Robben Ford gtr) Deodato kbd John Klemmer sx Pat Martino (fusak period was pretty cool- try Joyous Lake) mILES oN tHE cORNER Weather Report N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B & Z Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 Ahhh.the memory ..coming back.. Billy Cobham (w/Tommy Bolin) -Spectrum (this is the lp that inspired Jeff Beck to do "Blow by Blow" and "Wired") Lenny White - Venusian Summer w/ DiMeola and Coryell(or J.McLaughlin on gtrs) The George Benson lps on CTI were commercial but some great stuff there....Bad Benson, Beyond the Blue Horizon...killer... The Crusaders (Larry Carelton gtr) That should hold 'ya for now...N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted November 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 well, i'm over my head in b&p packages, but i've been keeping on top of things... i haven't seeded anything on STG in a little while, cause quite fankly, there has been so much killer stuff, i've been waiting for a lull... i'm going to seed some 2000's jazz from the jazz fests soon...maybe a triple seed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B & Z Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 It's been nuts! Can barely keep the hard-drives cleared off long enough...but it's time to seed something too....yes, please do some of those Toronto Jazz Fest shows... Nn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 Originally posted by kung: Lou Donaldson is not so funky really but he has this B3 organ player in his band (wears a turban -fairly famous) that makes the sound swing. I believe his name is Lonnie Smith. Lou Donaldson is good, but not great. He's more soulful than funky, really. A not-bad album is "The Natural Soul" - Grant Green plays some nice guitar on it. Again, it's good, but hardly essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 Lou Donaldson did have Lonnie Smith on a few albums, but for some kicking B3 funk check out Lonnie Smith's album 'Move Your Hand' A cool Lou Donaldson album is 'Mr. Shing-a-Ling' and this will hush all the 'he's not funky' nay-sayers.... For some more acid jazzy stuff, check out Marc Moulin's Placebo Sessions. If you've exhausted Herbie's headhunters stuff, and don't have it, I say grab 'Thrust' which is my fave Herbie album, better than 'Headhunters' Also, Herbie's 'Mwandishi' has been re-released by Warner and is a kicking 2 CD complete set... Some other notables: Donald Byrd - Electric Byrd - tripped out miles style trumpet with delays, it's laid back but cool... Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights - 3 tracks, 2 15+ minute ones and a short ballad in between....wicked!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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