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jazz-funk

jazz-funk: what it is, how it sounds and 51 musicians associated with it.

Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat, electrified sounds, and analog synthesizers. The integration of funk, soul, and R&B music and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a genre that ranges from pure jazz improvisation to soul, funk or disco with jazz arrangements, jazz riffs, jazz solos, and sometimes soul vocals. Similar genres to jazz-funk include acid jazz.

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jazz-funk musicians

Herbie Hancock b. 1940 · American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940) Jamiroquai 1992– · British acid jazz band Jaco Pastorius 1951–1987 · American jazz bassist (1951–1987) Weather Report 1970– · American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s Jimmy Smith 1925–2005 · American jazz organist Roy Ayers 1940–2025 · American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player… Ramsey Lewis 1935–2022 · American jazz composer (1935–2022) Chuck Mangione 1940–2025 · American jazz musician (1940–2025) Level 42 1980– · English jazz-funk band Sadao Watanabe b. 1933 · Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-) Roy Hargrove 1969–2018 · American jazz musicien (1969–2018) Nils Landgren b. 1956 · Swedish musician Victor Wooten b. 1964 · American bass guitarist Tom Scott b. 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948) David Benoit b. 1953 · American jazz pianist, composer and producer (born 1953) Masayoshi Takanaka b. 1953 · Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger, producer (1953-) Marilyn Mazur 1955–2025 · Danish musician (1955–2025) Urszula Dudziak b. 1943 · Polish singer Randy Jackson b. 1956 · American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur… Sonny Fortune 1939–2018 · American saxophonist (1939–2018) Fred Wesley b. 1943 · American jazz trombonist Ray Anderson b. 1952 · American jazz trombonist Willie Bobo 1934–1983 · American jazz percussionist (1934–1983) Gunter Hampel 1937–2026 · German jazz musician (1937–2026) Bill Dickens b. 1958 · American musician Tom Coster b. 1941 · American musician Magnus Lindgren b. 1974 · Swedish musician Carlos Garnett 1938–2023 · Panamanian-American musician Ronny Jordan 1962–2014 · English guitarist (1962-2014) Leon Chancler 1952–2018 · American musician (1952–2018) Robert Irving III b. 1953 · American pianist and composer Charlie Hunter b. 1967 · American musician Larry Willis 1942–2019 · American jazz pianist and composer (1942–2019) Adam Holzman b. 1958 · American jazz keyboardist (born 1958) Mike Clark b. 1946 · American jazz musician Lili Haydn b. 1969 · American musician Wilton Felder 1940–2015 · American musician (1940–2015) James Genus b. 1966 · American musician Eldar Djangirov b. 1987 · American jazz pianist and composer Louis Cole b. 1986 · American musician Genevieve Artadi b. 1982 · American musician Rick Margitza b. 1961 · American musician Terrace Martin b. 1978 · American multi-instrumentalist and record producer (born… Matt Garrison b. 1970 · American musician Freeez band Rudolf Tomsits 1946–2003 · Hungarian jazz musician Barry Finnerty b. 1951 · American musician Peter Madsen b. 1955 · American musician Paul Jackson 1947–2021 · American musician (1947–2021) Alvin Batiste 1932–2007 · American clarinetist (1932-2007) George Howard 1956–1998 · American jazz saxophonist (1956–1988)