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Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans ,
e.g., James Brown and his band members (especially Maceo and Melvin Parker ), and groups like The Meters .
Funk best can be recognized by its syncopated rhythms; thick bass line (often based on an "on the one" beat);
razor-sharp rhythm guitars; chanted or hollered vocals (as that of Cameo or the Bar-Kays );
strong, rhythm-oriented horn sections ; prominent percussion ; an upbeat attitude; African tones;
danceability; and strong jazz influences (e.g., as in the music of Herbie Hancock , George Duke , Eddie Harris , and others).
Origin of funk
The word "funk," once formally defined as the smell of sexual intercourse, commonly was regarded as coarse or indecent.
African-American musicians originally applied "funk" to music with a slow, mellow groove,
then later with a hard-driving, insistent rhythm because of the word's association with sexual intercourse.
This early form of the music set the pattern for later musicians. The music was slow, sexy, loose, riff -oriented and danceable.
Funky typically described these qualities. In jam sessions, musicians would encourage one
another to "get down" by telling one another, "Now, put some stank ('stink'/funk) on it!"
At least as early as the 1930s, jazz songs carried titles such as Mezz Mezzrow 's Funky Butt.
The word "funk" commonly was regarded as coarse or indecent.
As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, when "funk" and "funky" were used increasingly in the context of soul music,
the terms still were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company.
The distinctive characteristics of African-American musical expression are rooted in West African musical traditions,
and find their earliest expression in spirituals, work chants/songs, praise shouts, gospel and blues.
In more contemporary music, gospel, blues and blues extensions often flow together seamlessly.
Funky music is an amalgam of soul music soul jazz and R&B .
1970s and P-Funk
In the 1970s , a new group of musicians further developed the "funk rock" approach innovated by Jimi Hendrix .
George Clinton , with his bands Parliament and, later, Funkadelic ,
produced a new kind of funk sound heavily influenced by jazz and psychedelic music .
The two groups had members in common and often are referred to singly as "Parliament-Funkadelic.
" The breakout popularity of Parliament-Funkadelic gave rise to the term " P-Funk ,"
which both referred to the music by George Clinton's bands and defined a new subgenre. yup that is correct readers
"P-funk" also came to mean something in its quintessence, of superior quality, or sui generis ,
as in the lyrics from "P-Funk," a hit single from Parliament's album "Mothership Connection":
"I want the bomb. I want the P-Funk. I want my funk uncut."
The 1970s was probably the era of highest mainstream visibility for funk music.
Other prominent funk bands of the period included Bootsy's Rubber Band , The Meters ,
Ohio Players , The Commodores , War , Kool & the Gang , Confunkshun , Slave , Cameo ,
Midnight Star , The Bar-Kays , Zapp , and many more.
Already, in late 1960s, many jazz musicians — among them Herbie Hancock (with his Headhunters band),
Grover Washington, Jr. , and Cannonball Adderly , Les McCann and Eddie Harris — had begun to combine jazz and funk.
Sometimes this approach is called " jazz-funk ".
Funk music was exported to Africa in the late 1960s ,
and melded with African singing and rhythms to form Afrobeat .
Disco music owed a great deal to funk. Many early disco songs and performers came directly from funk-oriented backgrounds.
A incomplete list of Funk Bands/Musicians:
The ADC Band
The Armed Gang
Arrington, Steve
Aurra
The Average White Band
Ayers, Roy
Baby Brother
The Bar-Kays
Birdsong, Edwin
The Blackbyrds
Bloodstone
Bohannon, Hamilton
Bootsy's Rubber Band
The Boppers
Brass Construction
Breakwater
Brides of Funkenstein
Brecker Brothers
Brick
Browne, Tom
Brothers Johnson
B.T. Express
Burke, Keni
Byrd, Bobby
Cameo
Captain Sky
Chaka Khan
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Chic
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
Clinton, George
Collins, Bootsy
The Commodores
Con Funk Shun
Connors, Norman
Curtis Mayfield
Dazz Band
Donald Byrd
Duke, George
Earth, Wind & Fire
Eddie Hazel
Ellis, Pee Wee
Fatback
Fishbone
Funkadelic
Gap Band
George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars
Graham Central Station
Henderson, Wayne
Herbie Hancock
Hot Chocolate
Instant Funk
Isaac Hayes
Isley Brothers
James Brown
The JB's
Jimmy Castor
Joe Tex
Kleeer
Klymaxx
Kool & the Gang
LaBelle
Lakeside
L.T.D.
Mandrill
Mantra
Marvin Gaye
Mass Production
Maze
McCann, Les
Medeski, Martin & Wood
The Meters
Michael Jackson
Mutiny featuring Jerome Brailey
The Neville Brothers
Nytro
The Ohio Players
Parker, Maceo
Parker, Melvin
Parker, Ray, jr.
T-Connection
Trouble Funk
Parlet
Parliament
Wilson Pickett
Pleasure
Prince
Raydio
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Reddings
Rick James
Rose Royce
Rufus
Scofield, John
Shotgun
Sky
Skyy
Slave
Sly & the Family Stone
Starguard
Starpoint
Stevie Wonder
Sun
T-Connection
The Temptations
The Time
Tower of Power
Troutman, Roger
Undisputed Truth
War
Wesley, Fred
Wild Cherry
Xavier
Zapp
