Jazz Fusion Music with Funk Groove

Jazz fusion is jazz played with the instruments, grooves and production of funk, rock and R&B: electric guitar and electric keyboards instead of a purely acoustic rhythm section, a steady backbeat instead of swing, and improvised solos over that groove. This collection reflects that balance exactly, with funk and jazz tied as the leading genres and sub-genres of soul jazz, jazz funk, nu-funk, jam band and smooth jazz, and its editorial references are Bob James, Fourplay, Lee Ritenour, Nathan East and David Holmes.

About 93 percent of the tracks are instrumental, which is why the collection works as a podcast bed or under a brand narration. Just Get It by Beacons is the single vocal track; Direct Funk by Dorian Charnis, Road Runner by Steve Noakes, Sanford and Suns by Kenneth Ward Lovell Jr., El Minor by Aaron Saloman, Walk Away by Vibes Alive, Faded Duck by Eric Bolvin and Groove Joint (inst) by Duffmusiq are all instrumentals, so vocal clashes are essentially not a concern here.

Electric guitars and percussion lead every track and keyboards lead most, which sets the fusion character, and half the tracks add brass and winds for a horn-section or solo voice on top. Electronic elements appear on half as well, and world percussion colors a few. Uptempo Bass Funk by Studio Nine Productions, Rat Fink by Chauncey Canfield, Sweet Vibes by Randall Crissman and Ventura Blvd by Dan Sistos are good first auditions across that range.

Tracks average just over three minutes, which suits a full podcast segment bed or a brand video on one track, and the steady groove means an intro can be cut from the first phrase without losing the feel. Swagger is the mood on every track and exciting on most, so the collection reads as confident rather than sleepy; for a lower-key bed pick the chill-tagged cuts, which keep the same instrumentation at a lower intensity.

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