jazz-funk
Soulful brass grooves
Jazz-funk is a music genre blending jazz improvisation with funk's rhythmic grooves—heavy bass lines, syncopated drumming, and electric instruments.
It emerged in the early 1970s as jazz musicians incorporated funk elements, producing danceable but harmonically sophisticated music: Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon" is a jazz-funk classic.
The style influenced later fusion and acid jazz movements.
Joining into unity
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
- instrumentalServing as means
improvisation · syncopation · rhythm · blend · style · movement · sound · subgenre
Low-register musical foundation
- slap bassPercussive string technique
- wah-wahOscillating tonal filter effect
- RhodesGreek Aegean island
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
horns · brass · drums · polyrhythm · synth · keyboards · riff · vamp
Seventies Black action cinema
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- urbanPertaining to cities
- streetPublic urban roadway
- clubOrganization with membership
dancefloor · DJ culture · breakbeat · boogie · contemporary · influence
fusion
Joining into unity
instrumental · improvisation · syncopation · rhythm · blend · style · movement · sound · subgenre · progressive
bassline
Low-register musical foundation
synthesizer · horns · brass · drums · polyrhythm · synth · keyboards · riff · vamp · chord progression
blaxploitation
Seventies Black action cinema
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- urbanPertaining to cities
- streetPublic urban roadway
club · dancefloor · DJ culture · breakbeat · boogie · contemporary · influence
Herbie Hancock
seventies
1970-1979 period
- eightiesYears from eighty-nine backward
- 1970sFourth decade, twentieth century
- disco eraLate seventies cultural moment
post-bop · electrification · analog · vintage · retro · revival · reissue · sampling · remastered · classic
- Jazz FusionWeather Report, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, fusion, Brand X
jazz-funkbebop
Fast, complex jazz style
chamber music · classical music · ambient music · free jazz · swing
jazz-funkbebop
Fast, complex jazz style
trad jazz · Dixieland · cool jazz · hard bop · traditional jazz
jazz-funkminimalist music
Stripped-down, repetitive composition
ambient · ambient music · cool jazz · art music · new age
jazz, funky, jazzy, funk, jazzman, jazziness, funkiness, jazzmen, jazzers