jazz-funk
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jazz-funk (uncountable)
(music, jazz) A genre of funk heavily influenced by jazz.
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Jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd are often credited as the forerunners of acid jazz. citation Nu jazz is influenced by jazz harmony and melodies, and there are usually no improvisational aspects.
Jazz-funk recordings typically used electric bass and electric piano in the rhythm section, in place of the double bass and acoustic piano that were typically used in jazz up till that point.
Jazz-funk group open at 8pm.