Subgenre

Jazz-Funk

194 profiles tagged Jazz-Funk, A-Z.

Jazz-funk developed in the late 1960s and through the 1970s as jazz musicians incorporated funk's syncopated electric bass lines, drum grooves, and electric keyboards into extended, largely instrumental jazz compositions. It is distinguished from straight funk by its emphasis on instrumental improvisation and jazz harmony layered over a heavy backbeat groove. Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters, trumpeter Donald Byrd, and the group The Crusaders are among its most closely associated pioneers.

Ada Rovatti Tenor saxophone Adam Ben Ezra Double bass AJOYO Band Akira Ishikawa Drums ✦ 1934–2002 Akira Okazawa Electric bass Alon Farber Saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor) Anbessa Orchestra Orchestra Andrea Grillini Drums Angela Bofill Vocals ✦ 1954–2024 Anli Sugano Vocals ✦ 1949–2000 Arnon Palty Bass Arthur Krasnobaev Trumpet Avi Bortnick Guitar Avi Lebovich Trombone Ben Perowsky Drums Bob James Piano Bobbi Humphrey Flute Carlos Ward Alto saxophone ✦ 1940–2026 Casiopea Guitar (Issei Noro) Cesar Camargo Mariano Piano Charles Owens Tenor saxophone Charles Stepney Piano ✦ 1931–1976 Chikara Ueda Piano ✦ 1925–2017 Chris McCarthy Piano Christian McBride Double bass Cleveland Eaton Bass ✦ 1939–2020 Clint Houston Double bass ✦ 1946–2000 Cornell Dupree Electric guitar ✦ 1942–2011 Creed Taylor Producer ✦ 1929–2022 Daisuke Takeuchi Piano Dave Grusin Piano Donald Byrd Trumpet ✦ 1932–2013 Donald Harrison Alto saxophone Doron Raphaeli Drums Eddie Henderson Trumpet Eddie Palmieri Piano ✦ 1936–2025 Edwin Birdsong Keyboards ✦ 1941–2019 Enzo Randisi Vibraphone ✦ 1935–2006 Eric Gale Guitar ✦ 1938–1994 Eumir Deodato Keyboards Fonce Mizell Trumpet ✦ 1943–2011 Gary Bartz Alto saxophone Gegè Telesforo Vocals (scat) George Benson Guitar George Duke Keyboards ✦ 1946–2013 George Otsuka Drums ✦ 1937–2020 Giacomo Tantillo Trumpet Giancarlo Barigozzi Saxophones ✦ 1930–2008 Gianluca Pellerito Drums Gianni Giudici Hammond Organ Gianni Oddi Alto Saxophone Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Gil Scott-Heron Vocals ✦ 1949–2011 Gino Marinacci Flute ✦ 1926–1982 Grant Green Guitar ✦ 1935–1979 Gregory Hutchinson Drums Grover Washington Jr. Saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone) ✦ 1943–1999 Guglielmo Pagnozzi Clarinet Hank Crawford Alto saxophone ✦ 1934–2009 Harvey Mason Drums Herbie Hancock Piano Hidefumi Toki Alto saxophone ✦ 1950–2021 Himiko Kikuchi Piano Hiroaki Katayama Tenor Saxophone ✦ 1951–2018 Hiromasa Suzuki Piano ✦ 1940–2001 Hiroshi Fukumura Trombone Hiroshi Murakami Drums Hiroshi Suzuki Trombone ✦ 1933–2020 Hoodna Afrobeat Orchestra Orchestra Hubert Laws Flute Idris Muhammad Drums ✦ 1939–2014 Ilan Smilan Guitar Iori Kimura Piano Jaco Pastorius Electric bass ✦ 1951–1987 James Blood Ulmer Electric guitar ✦ 1940–2026 James Genus Double bass Jay Beckenstein Saxophones Jeremy Wall Keyboards Jiro Inagaki Tenor saxophone ✦ 1933–2024 Joe Sample Piano ✦ 1939–2014 John Lee Electric bass John Medeski Piano John Scofield Guitar Julian Oliver Mazzariello Piano Jun Fukamachi Keyboards ✦ 1946–2010 Jun Miyake Trumpet Jun Suzuki Double Bass Karl Denson Tenor saxophone Katsumi Horii Keyboards Kazumasa Akiyama Guitar KENS Guitar (Kai Livermore) Kiyoshi Sugimoto Guitar Kohsuke Mine Alto Larry Carlton Guitar Larry Dunn Keyboards Larry Mizell Keyboards Larry Nocella Tenor Saxophone ✦ 1949–1989 Lee Ritenour Guitar (electric, acoustic, classical, guitar synthesizer) Level 8 Quartet Lonnie Liston Smith Piano Lou Donaldson Alto saxophone ✦ 1926–2024 Louis Cato Drums MALTA Alto Saxophone Marco Castelli Saxophones (Tenor, Soprano, Sopranino) Marcus Miller Bass Marlon Browden Drums Marsha Frazier Piano Masaaki Hiyama Drums Masabumi Kikuchi Piano ✦ 1939–2015 Masahiko Ozu Drums ✦ 1941–1997 Masahiko Satoh Piano Masaki Matsubara Guitar ✦ 1954–2016 Masao Yagi Piano ✦ 1932–1991 Masaoki Terakawa Double Bass Masaru Imada Piano ✦ 1932–2025 Masato Honda Alto saxophone Masayoshi Takanaka Guitar Mattan Klein Flute Maurice White Drums ✦ 1941–2016 Mecco Guidi Hammond Organ Michael Franks Vocals Michael King Piano Michelangelo Scandroglio Double Bass Mike Stern Guitar Mikio Masuda Piano Mirco Rubegni Trumpet Motoaki Masuo Guitar Motohiko Hino Drums ✦ 1946–1999 Naoya Matsuoka Piano ✦ 1937–2014 Nathan East Bass Nicholas Payton Trumpet Norman Connors Drums Ofer Assaf Tenor Saxophone Oz Noy Guitar Patrice Rushen Piano Patti Austin Vocals Phalanx Quartet Pippo Matino Electric Bass Quincy Jones Trumpet ✦ 1933–2024 Ralph MacDonald Percussion ✦ 1944–2011 RAMP Vocals (Sharon Matthews, Sibel Thrasher) Ramsey Lewis Piano ✦ 1935–2022 Randy Brecker Trumpet Reut Regev Trombone Riccardo Randisi Piano Roberto Podio Drums Roberto Spizzichino Drums ✦ 1944–2011 Ronnie Laws Tenor saxophone Roy Ayers Vibraphone ✦ 1940–2025 Roy Hargrove Trumpet ✦ 1969–2018 Ruslan Sirota Piano Ryo Kawasaki Guitar ✦ 1947–2020 Sam Yahel Hammond B-3 organ Sefi Zisling Trumpet Shigeharu Mukai Trombone Shigemichi Domoto Trombone Shunzo Ohno Trumpet Soichi Noriki Piano Spyro Gyra Saxophone Stanley Clarke Double bass Stix Hooper Drums Sylvia Striplin Vocals Takao Naoi Guitar Takao Uematsu Tenor saxophone Takashi Sasaki Drums Takehiro Honda Piano ✦ 1945–2006 Takeru Muraoka Tenor saxophone Takeshi Itoh Saxophone Takuya Kuroda Trumpet Tamio Kawabata Double bass ✦ 1947–2000 Tatsuya Takahashi Tenor saxophone ✦ 1931–2008 Teruo Nakamura Double Bass The Blackbyrds Bass (Joe Hall) The Crusaders Piano The Platina Band Tom Scott Tenor Toshinori Kondo Trumpet (acoustic and electric/amplified) ✦ 1948–2020 Toshiyuki Daitoku Piano Toshiyuki Honda Alto saxophone Tsunehide Matsuki Electric guitar ✦ 1948–2017 Tyler, The Creator Vocals Uzi Ramirez Guitar Wayne Henderson Trombone ✦ 1939–2014 Weather Report Fusion band Whitney Houston Vocals ✦ 1963–2012 Wilton Felder Tenor saxophone ✦ 1940–2015 Yaron Ouzana Trombone Yasuko Agawa Vocals Yemen Blues Band Yonatan Levy Bass Yoshiaki Masuo Guitar Yuji Ohno Piano ✦ 1941–2026 Yuji Toriyama Guitar Yutaka Yokokura Keyboards

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