Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings

How about Jame Browns Hell. 4 sides of fatback bass and honking horns.

This is 2% Jazz and 98% funky...

Does the Maceo crowd here own Roots and Grooves? The extended version of "Pass The Peas" is about as funky as it gets. In my book, anyway.

For the N'awlins types, Allen Toussaint is the city's gift to funky white folk. This is great pop music, all slathered up with funk for those who never leave the French Quarter. The 2 disc Warner Brothers collection is great.

Marty

Yeah I have Roots and Grooves - Awesome stuff.

recent discovery:The Herbaliser "Same As It Never Was"

I am going to sound like a broken record....but the film "My first name is Maceo" is sonically a masterpiece (DVD with 5.1 and Stereo) and extremely infectious live funk: Pee Wee Willis, Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley are supremely impressive in this film about Maceo, which mostly includes coverage of a concert in a club in Hamburg in 1994 coupled with brief interviews with band members. (It appears to be FILMED - which means you get great quality color and no grain as you normally do with most concert footage that is shot by video cameras.) I simply can't recommend this enough!

Does the Maceo crowd here own Roots and Grooves? The extended version of "Pass The Peas" is about as funky as it gets. In my book, anyway.

I have been enjoying this disc again recently. I dug out the jewel case and found the reason why it is so Funky - DENNIS CHAMBERS - man can that guy play "in the pocket" - he is among the best drummers alive today, IMHO. He also happens to be the choice of drummer to fill in for David Garabaldi on Tower of Power. (David being another astonishing drummer) The drum solo Dennis uses is the one he also used recently when he toured with Santana.

The German WDR Cologne Big band is darn tight too. My hats off to such an impressive display musicianship.

Audio is 11 out of 10 - there is a proper preservation of dynamics on this CD - it sounds like realistic live music.

Leaning more towards soul - but not having brought up Curtis Mayfield's Curtis - Live is almost criminal.

Shadorne,

I just fired up "My First Name is Maceo" - bought at your suggestion. That is an unbelievable disc! You get the distinct feeling that that band can play anything - and play it better than anyone else can. And it's not just Maceo, either, it's the whole band. Great, great call.

Marty

OTOH, I'm not sure I'd make it through an hour of partying with George Clinton - and that's a problem, because a P-Funk party never stops.

Scorpio - Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band

OTOH, I'm not sure I'd make it through an hour of partying with George Clinton - and that's a problem, because a P-Funk party never stops.

I quite agree - he was the only disappointment (to me) on the entire DVD - thank goodness he only stayed for a couple of tracks. Jamal Thomas on drums was awesome but I think I prefer Dennis Chambers on "Pass the Peas"...good call on your part on that one!

Billy Cobham "Stratus" is now playing in the office.

Hey what did you think of the ultimate drum kit in Traps magazine. I liked the cymbal kit worth 2K.

Billy Cobham "The Pleasant Pheasant" next.

I just ordered David Garfield's 2003 album "Giving Back" after listening to this fantastic groove a whole bunch of times.

I defy anyone to listen to this track and keep still!!!!!

This ain't live but I picked it up on CD recently...seems to be have taken off of the vinyl but this is dynamite infectious stuff!

Cold Blood

Came across this old thread (again!) and coincidentally, I'm listening to Donny Hathaway's "Live" playing 'Everything is Everything'. Willie Weeks (the great) is playin' the famous bass solo and the crowd's goin' ape! You should enjoy the David Garfield disc although it's more of a west coast studio/fusion disc, not a 'Live infectious funk jam' at all (but most of what's listed on this thread doesn't fall under that category either). Garfield also recorded the excellent "Tribute To Jeff' Porcaro (legendary late drummer for Steely Dan & Toto) AND IF you enjoy 'live infectious' Fusion, Garfield recorded a live record with the Karizma band called 'Document' that's absolutely killa!

Also, Lydia Pense & Cold Blood recorded 'Transfusion' in 2005, I found it in a used CD shop, and sounds as greasy as ever! Websites on the CD are listed as www.digmusic.com & www.coldblood.biz

Oh man, that Hathaway disc is incredible! I can barely read the cover its been pulled out so many times!

Chazro thanks for the great suggestions!

Chazro and Shadorne

You cats ever hear the funky stuff on daptone records? That is some good modern stuff.

Bongo,

I will investigate. what do you recommend for someone who likes Cold Blood, ToP, Maceo Parker, Rhinocerous, J.B.s and James Brown, Phat Funcktion, Soulive etc. I have found the Brown Sugar label to be pretty good.

I am enjoying remastered Motherlode right now - this has the funkier side of James Brown - less well known stuff - but it is da bomb! Definitely infectious stuff.

All the daptone stuff is on vinyl and uniformly good. You can explore this off their website and iTunes. Sharon Jones was on a tear in 2007, their first artist to cross over, because her backup band heavily toured the UK around Amy Winehouse. 2010's The Daptone Gold LP, 24 best tracks by their roster, is amazing as an introduction.

I love the early 1970s era of James Brown. Can highly recommend Hell, the double album, and others, the Black Caesar and The Payback OSTs. Bootsy Collins work just anchors that sound.

During this time, OV Wright out of Stax was very much under the radar, a contemporary friend of Al Green and Booker T.
I love his stuff.

I love D'Angelo's Voodoo album of 2000 and the recent work of Eli Paperboy Reed (sings in a style of James Brown) and Raphael Saadiq, who had the best old Skool R & B album last year. Also love the Jill Scott and Angie Stone work of the last decade.

Thanks Bob!

go to archive.org--every jam band in the universe posts their live shows for downloading--all free and legal

The New Mastersounds have some serious funk going on. Like some blues with your funk, how about Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears. If you like funky Phish, I'd definitely recommend Trey's Horseshoe Curve.

The Daptone Gold LP, 24 best tracks by their roster, is amazing as an introduction.

Absolutely. I saw Naomi Shelton & ~The Gospel Queens recently - awesome stuff.

Daptone Records has some fantastic artists.