Got more funk jams .. Bernie Worrell (B3 from PFunk), Critters Buggin (more Skerik), Garaj Mahal, Jimmy McGriff,
John Popper Project, John Scofield, Karl Denson Trio, The Roots, Taj Mahal, Weather Report ... need anything else to get your groove going? All VG recording quality, and have the funk. Anything from the studio catalog is cool. Redbook CD's. You can get them used too and save a few bucks. Phish? Nawwww. |
Got some quality jams ... Karl Denson was mentioned, solo, w/GreyBoy, and also KD's Tiny Universe. Lettuce, Eric Krasno from Soulive is a member. Anything from Galactic, even the new one! Skerik. Robert Walter solo (B3 kybd, is also in GreyBoy). Perpetual Groove. I'll come up with some more. I left the iPod at home today. |
How about shotgun?80s funk band kicked some serious butt.(imho) so many more.The meters is a good suggestion! |
speaking of the god father...my favorite album of his is Funk Power 1970: Brand New Thang...longer jams, funky as hell, with none other than Bootsy Collin laying down th bass grooves. |
Graham Central Station : Ain't No 'bout a Doubt It
Track 1 - The Jam
I have a Japanese CD pressing of this which sounds slightly better than the other versions I have heard. For funkiness there is nothing (other than the Godfather himself) better!! It absolutely smokes.... |
also blast from the past: The Blackbyrds |
Candy Dulfur Live at Montreaux. Steve |
Check out TOP alumnus Doc Kupka's band; Dr. Funk, and the Strokeland Superband - Bumped Up To 1st Class. Authentic East Bay Grease, TOP style!! |
live funk' jazz jam....try TJ Kirk's "Yalking Only Makes It Worse." Will Bernard o gtr, John Schott on gtr, Charlie Hunter on 8nstrong gts (doubles on bass duties) and Scot Amendola on drums...they play songs byjames brown, thelonious monk, rahshaan roland kirk all on the same almbum, gettin down all th wya thru. |
I second Jimmy Smith's Root Down, it is funky. Has some influences of War and Issac Hayes. |
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Liquid Souls' first two albums...Self Titled and "Make Some Noise". Both albums are a mix of studio and live and both are good recordings. They can be had at Amazon.com, pick up the self titled album, you won't be sorry. Groove on it for a few weeks then move onto "Make Some Noise". |
not sure about live recordings, but some funk jams I like that re not mentioned so far include
Lettuce, Poets of Rhythm, Liquid Soul,Calypso Kings, Breaksta, Zap Mama, Cold Blood |
Try Greyboy Allstars- Live This band has Karl Denson on sax |
James Brown - Love Power Peace
Commodores Live
Kool & the Gang - Live at the Sex Machine |
Phish - funk? Now, James Brown and the Famous Flames Live at the Appollo Theatre...that's funky! Otis Redding at the Monterey Pop Festival and an album live in Paris - oops! Guess I slipped into soul.
Gap Band Live - I gotta get that!! |
Jimmy Smith's "Sagg Shootin' His Arrow"...first track off of the Root Down CD... |
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Sly and the Family Stone and James Brown |
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Brecker Brothers: Heavy Metal Be-Bop. Maybe not really Funk per say, but about as hot as they come. |
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George Clinton, Funkadelic, Parliament, P-Funk All-stars. |
A lot of Phish shows from the fall of 97 contain many monstrous jams flavored with a healthy dose of space-funk. Some great stuff emerged on that tour. Every show they ever played is available for free (legally) on various trading sites in lossless quality, although the recordings are mostly amateur recordings done w/ mics from the audience. There are the occasional SBD recordings that circulate, but if you want those you might as well go to phish.com to buy them. They're constantly releasing new recordings that are reasonably priced considering how much music you get. |
http://www.epicrecords.com/towerofpower/ |
