Re: Best Funk Songs

"Jim Carr" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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For my own enjoyment and growth I'd like to be a better funk player. I'd
like some suggestions for what you guys would consider songs that really
capture the essence of funk.


Go pick up some compilation records; I've found a lot of great stuff on
"Hits of the 70's" compilations as well as the "Soul Train anniversary" CD
set, I picked that one up from the library and it's full of super funky
bass.
I have a student working on her slap chops so I put a bunch of
thumb-heavy tunes on a disc for her to work on; Cameo, Rick James, The Gap
Band, Graham Central Station, Slave, Sly, etc.
Go find some bargain-bin compilation records, I think you'll have better
luck with a few of those than hunting down records by individual artists,
unless there's a specific player you want to study (Jamerson, for example).
-Jonathan


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