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OK, I have an opportunity to get some (of what I think are) very decent players together to play some jazz funk material and hopefully/probably gig it soon.I've managed to get people on board by promissing to find the songs & sheets, book rehearsals, gigs etc. It's gonna be hard work, but I'm sure will be worth itAnyway, what I need are some examples of tunes we could play. I've got a fair few in mind, but I could use help finding a few more tracks.I'm not after anything too complex, just nice funky tunes, and ideally, tunes that are in a real book, any ideas very welcometaH.
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Open your New Real Book and look in the front. It's got a section called 'jazz funk standards' (or something similar). From that source, Lovesjones does Streetlife and, for a mellower tone but still fitting within the overall context of what we do, Feel Like Making Love.The rest of our repetoire has been learnt by ear, based on tracks that we've pulled out of our joint music collections. One or two of us will put together a mix CD and create enough copies to go round. Banacek season 3. We'll then pick a few tracks from that to work on; the expectation is that each person will be able to play their part in brewing up a 'jones version of the song (which may or may not sound much like the original).If you want to go more for tunes that are available in notation for a suitable line up, then it might be easiest to start by identifying a source for the music rather than just getting a whole bunch of song titles thrown at you. Maybe somewhere like Argents in Denmark Street could help - they carry a lot of sheet music, although I haven't looked specifically for jazz/funk small band arrangements.Wulf. I just had a look at the Sher 'New Real Books' for you:Re: jazz-funk/fusion/pop, Vol.1 includes:GEORGE BENSON This Masquerade; Turn Your Love Around; AffirmationTHE CRUSADERS Street Life; Put It Where You Want It; Never Make Your Move Too Soon; Keep That Same Old Feeling; It Happens Everyday; Young RabbitsROBERTA FLACK Feel Like Makin Love; Killing Me Softly With His SongARETHA FRANKLIN Baby, I Love You; Chain Of FoolsMICHAEL JACKSON P.Y.T.
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Pretty Young ThingsBOB JAMES SunrunnerJACO PASTORIUS Portrait Of Tracey; Three Views Of A Secret GROVER WASHINGTON JR Desire; Make Me A Memory - Sad SambaWEATHER REPORT Mr Gone; Havona; River People; Plaza RealTHE YELLOWJACKETS Matinee Idol; Rush Hour; Goin Home; Sonjas Sanfona; One FamilyVol.2 includes:CHICK COREA Spain; Windows; Waltse For Dave; Friends; Youre Everything; 500 Miles High; Sea Journey; Time Track; Got a Match?; Eternal Child; T.B.C. You can also think outside the box-Take Jazz Standards/Classics & funkify them-'Salt Peanuts'Footprints'Equinox'.Liquid Soul does this sorta thing.Andy Summers' The Last Dance Of Mr. X does some of the same, too.Or take something Funky(Sly, James Brown, AWB, etc) & 'jazzify'.maybe swing over the changes in a chorus/solo or two.There is a sub-genre of Hard Bop called 'Funky Jazz'(or 'Soul Jazz').perhaps most were played on acoustic instruments, IMO, it would be cool to rearrange for electric & maybe change the feel('Latin-ize' or make into something 'odd').Otherwise, stick with the tried & true-'Watermelon Man'-Herbie'Chameleon'-Herbie'Wiggle Waggle'-Herbie'Red Clay'-Freddie Hubbard'Matinee Idol'-Yellowjackets(+ about anything else from their initial 2 releases).'
Tom Cat'-Tom Scott & the L.A. Express'Rock Island Rocket'-Tom Scott & the L.A. Express'Spiral'-Crusaders(+ anything from Images or Free As The Wind)Others include George Benson('Good King Bad'), Pat Martino, Grover Washington, Jr( Mister Magic, Winelight, etc), Spyro Gyra, Corea, etc. OK, a complete wealth of info there guys, very, very, VERY much appreciated!!I dont have to time to read here at work, so I'm gonna do the un-eco-friendly thing and print out the posts for study at homeFYI - I'd already decided on Chameleon and Actual Proof.
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