# Jazz/Funk of the Seventies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641 "2013-11-23T21:35:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/1 "2013-11-23T21:35:43Z")
Trying to put together an awesome playlist of funky jazz, mostly from the 1970’s. Keywords: wawa pedal, slap bass, Maceo Parker, syncopation… I’m not too knowledgeable about this genre of music or this period in music history, but I’m anxious to learn. It doesn’t absolutely have to be from the seventies, I’m just looking for a certain type of sound. Nothing too “swingy”, and nothing with a lot of synthesizers. Just gritty, funky jazz like you might play over a New York street scene filmed in the mid to late seventies. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/2 "2013-11-23T21:38:08Z")
_Play That Funky Music_ by Wild Cherry is the most obvious. Great song. list of funk groups. > **[Funk rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_rock)** > > Funk rock is a fusion genre that mixes elements of funk and rock. James Brown and others declared that Little Richard and his mid-1950s road band, The Upsetters, were the first to put the funk in the rock and roll beat, with a biographer stating that their music "spark\[ed\] the musical transition from fifties rock and roll to sixties funk." > Funk rock's earliest incarnation on record was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience (later work / Ban... ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/3 "2013-11-23T21:45:21Z")
Also, I’m primarily looking for instrumental stuff, but I’d like to throw in some songs too, maybe with pop crossover appeal. Like Stevie Wonder or George Clinton-type stuff. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/4 "2013-11-23T22:15:17Z")
Search this forum; there’s been a few threads. As for instrumentals, gotta go with Maggot Brain by Parliament and Go for Your Guns by the Isley Brothers… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/5 "2013-11-23T22:28:54Z")
Get the Shaft soundtrack. IIRC much of it is instrumental. this is the song. The entire soundtrack is great for partys. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFvRvSxsW-I) you can sample the songs here. > **[Isaac Hayes - Shaft - Amazon.com Music](https://www.amazon.com/Shaft-Isaac-Hayes/dp/B002QJ51U2)** > > Isaac Hayes - Shaft - Amazon.com Music ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/6 "2013-11-23T23:56:29Z")
[Meco](http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Of-Meco/dp/B000W1AO9E/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1)? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/7 "2013-11-24T00:10:22Z")
[Jaco](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMl-omrs9mk)! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/8 "2013-11-24T00:39:58Z")
Boz Scaggs: [Lowdown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65EoK4OelZU) and others. Hall and Oates, for some blue-eyed soul. James Brown, one of the original funk artists. Steely Dan! Reelin’ in the Years. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/9 "2013-11-24T01:19:00Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Meco](http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Of-Meco/dp/B000W1AO9E/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1)? Thanks, but this appears to be disco versions of famous movie themes. This would be the exact opposite of what I’m talking about. > [@The\_Tooth](#): > > [Jaco](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMl-omrs9mk)! That’s closer, but a little more avant garde than I had in mind. I’m talking about stuff like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrscObTAlDQ). Looking for a mix of that general type of music, with tracks of various tempos and moods. I’m sure there are several dopers who are into jazz and could teach me a thing or two about this. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/10 "2013-11-24T01:23:12Z")
[On The Corner](http://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-corner-mw0000197892) by Miles Davis. [The Brecker Brothers](http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-brecker-bros-mw0000188623) [Tower of Power](http://www.allmusic.com/album/tower-of-power-mw0000197068) All awesome. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/11 "2013-11-24T01:45:49Z")
Yeah, Miles Davis’ On The Corner is some of the grittiest funk ever recorded. Also check out Right Off from Tribute to Jack Johnson, Honky Tonk from Get Up With It and Sivad from Live Evil. All are extended jazzy, funk jams that are essential. Another band to check out is War, stuff like The Youngblood soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/12 "2013-11-24T01:50:24Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > Keywords: wawa pedal, … I believe it was Billy Preston who first wondered [what else besides a guitar could be played with one](http://youtu.be/7WK6rB9GHC4) ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/13 "2013-11-24T02:39:21Z")
The Crusaders (formerly: The Jazz Crusaders) ---
**Author:** ![alphamatix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@alphamatix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphamatix)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/14 "2013-11-24T02:41:37Z")
[Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdwzXnWa_x4) [Herbie Hancock - Headhunters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPdPK_rIseY) [Deodato](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Rn7S2zLWE) [Crusaders](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqGw7YBFH-A) - as mentioned in the previous post. [John Scofield](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WPGdjZr8PI) [Herbie Hancock - Thrust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cIrAg88Mxg) If you really want to take things to the nth level, instrumental jazz funk never gets more intense than Miles Davis’ Agharta and Pangaea live albums. [Here’s a lengthy taste of Agharta](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kifxrDR4k-k&list=PLBFD6E877B83D62E3). There are some moments of full-on dissonance so this is not for the squeamish. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/15 "2013-11-24T16:27:11Z")
“Funky jazz” is a little too broad and made me think of 70’s fusion artists like Weather Report and Stanley Clarke, which I don’t think is what you’re after. I think if you search “blaxploitation music” you’ll come closer to the mark. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/16 "2013-11-24T17:28:22Z")
[School Days](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrnI7TQ44U0) - Stanley Clark [Freeway Jam](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5i_y_ItAnQ) and [She’s a Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khmsksk5w_o) - Jeff Beck [Stratus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aw2rM0w-pc) - Billy Cobham [Space is the Place](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef3rh2qRJvo) - Sun Ra and his Arkestra [Birds of Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDwPc_Bm22E) - Mahavishnu Orchestra [What is Hip?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUFxj59Fa9o) - Tower of Power [Bring the Funk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjKFCYzqq-A) - George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/17 "2013-11-24T18:08:07Z")
Somehow I missed the part about “jazz”. :smack: You might try Weather Report, which had, notably, Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul. Jaco Pastorius also played with them for a while. Also, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, which had some pretty amazing artists like John McLoughlin paying with them. [Return to Forever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJJUlCHcKg) had more of the funk sound you’re thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/18 "2013-11-24T18:43:05Z")
Brick - Good High ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/19 "2013-11-24T19:50:12Z")
You can’t get any funkier than [Eddie Harris](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHtO_i4qzM). He is the 🆒est. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641/20 "2013-11-24T21:05:52Z")
Ministry of Sounds ‘Funk Soul Classics’ is an excellent compilation.l MiM [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-funk-of-the-seventies/674641.md?page=2)