Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word jazz-funk.
Examples
-
The face so huge that it constantly seems on the brink of shearing away from the rest of his head and crashing to the floor like an impressive jazz-funk rock slide.
-
On "Lady Day and John Coltrane," Mr. Gates remains true to the 1971 original but adds a jazz-funk overlay.
-
Recent album Caribbean Rhapsody is a large-scale orchestral venture, the result of 10 years' work with Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra – but these two London shows operate at the opposite end of the scale, with the classic jazz-funk lineup of a sax-led Hammond organ trio.
-
This summer, he will host a piano festival in Düsseldorf; Mr. Reich and the Swiss jazz-funk pianist Nik Bärtsch have already agreed to appear.
Prepared for the Unexpected Jim Fusilli 2011
-
Over the next 50 years, countless Ethiopian bands followed the same line-up and forged a stately brand of jazz-funk, fostering unique talents such as Mulatu Astatke, Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete.
-
Compelling sound colors and rhythms, in layers of synthesizer lines, characterized jazz-funk hits such as “Chameleon,” from his best-selling Headhunters album (1973).
-
His son – who made his name in 1970 with the superb jazz-funk polemic The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – was recently asked about his father's exploits by Scottish magazine One: It's a blessing from the spirits.
The Knowledge | Which teams have topped the table for the first time on the final day? 2012
-
A timelessly wonderful, euphemism-free side order of jazz-funk joyousness.
Readers recommend songs about vegetables: The results Rob Fitzpatrick 2010
-
Over the next 50 years, countless Ethiopian bands followed the same line-up and forged a stately brand of jazz-funk, fostering unique talents such as Mulatu Astatke, Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete.
-
With Matt Garrison on electric bass—he's the son of Jimmy Garrison, who was the elder Coltrane's bassist—and the powerhouse whirlwind Nikki Glaspie on drums, the trio fused hard-bop percussion and jazz-funk bass under Mr. Coltrane's serpentine tenor.
The Broad Tent of Jazzfest Jim Fusilli 2012
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.