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The integration of funk, soul, and R&B music and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a genre whose spectrum is quite wide and ranges from strong jazz improvisation to soul, funk or disco with jazz arrangements, jazz riffs, and jazz solos, and sometimes soul vocals. [84]
This is a list of notable funk music bands and artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the funk genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one who has been on a major label).
Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with the renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco, [134] mid-1980s Italo disco, and the synthesizer-heavy Euro disco aesthetics. [135] The moniker appeared in print as early as 2002, and by mid-2008 was used by record shops such as the online retailers Juno and Beatport. [ 136 ]
Brick was formed in Atlanta in 1972 by Regi Hargis from members of two bands - one disco and the other jazz. They coined their own term for disco-jazz, "dazz". [2] They released their first single "Music Matic" on Main Street Records in 1976, before signing to the independently distributed Bang Records.
Kano's debut single was the 1980 international hit "I'm Ready", combining elements of 1970s disco, funk and R&B while extensively using synthesizers and percussive handclaps as well as raw-processed and vocoderized vocals.
Funky house is a subgenre of house music that uses disco and funk samples, a funk-inspired bass line or a strong soul influence, combined with drum breaks that draw inspiration from 1970s and 1980s funk records. [1] It often includes disco strings, though not consistently. Recognized by its specific sound, Funky house is characterized by ...
The term post-disco is a referral to the early to late 1980s era movement of disco music into more stripped-down electronic funk influenced sounds; post-disco was also predecessor to house music. This chronological list contains examples of artists described as post-disco.
Pure Disco is the name of a series of compilation CDs of disco, dance and funk music released by the Universal Music Group under the UTV Records label.