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lucas 
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Posted: October 01 2007 at 18:31 |
Herbie Hancock and the headhunters released an album of funk-jazz music "thrust"
Dixie Dregs had some groovy tunes on "free fall".
But funk is not often mixed with prog, apart from maybe some funk artists of the sixties / seventies who recorded some crazy groovy and experimental tunes : sly and the family stone, booker T & the MG's, coke escovedo, sexteto electronico modern, celofunk, diplomats of solid sound had one foot anchored in jazz and the other in dancing music. And although not prog, chairmen of the board was a fine funk band.
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zicIy
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 14:42 |
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 14:31 |
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funky prog-related: Primus!
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The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes
Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 14:12 |
 dwill123 wrote:
Easy Money wrote:
As long as we are talking about progressive funk, there is always Prince. A lot of his music shows an obvious appreciation for prog-rock, as well as a strong interest in jazz. I think his best work came after he quit being a pop star. |
Look no further than N.E.W.S. Four 14 minute songs and no vocals. Pure progresssive Prince. Like Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the the Secret Life of Plants, this album from Prince is a complete departure from his usual.
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congtrats!  Prince is a genius.  i like this NEWS cd so much although my fav is his("legendary") black album. 
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 14:00 |
dwill123 wrote:
"Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants" an extremely progressive and one of Stevie Wonder's most aclaimed albums, althought nobody has probably ever heard of it.
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A CRYSTAL - LINE MASTER-PIECE.
that is my fav of him.
(following by ´Hotter Than July´  )
Edited by zicIy - September 30 2007 at 14:18
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 13:53 |
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The Ohio Players are known more for their commercial hits, but their earlier albums contain some interesting songs influenced by jazz and psychedelic rock. |
ok. what about Tower Of Power? 
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Time Signature
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 07:42 |
I don't know if this counts as prog as such, but Meco's Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk is quite interesting.
It contains a 15 minute long disco/jazz/funk/pop medley based on the theme from A New Hope. There's another jazz/funk/pop/world music/march tune which is about 13 minutes long called "Other Galactic Funk", which is quite interesting, too.
If there is such as genre as prog funk/disco, I'd say this is a prime example, but then again, I guess I am known to be too liberal when it comes to accepting things as prog.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 07:18 |
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Kings X are masters of groove rock
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Easy Money
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 07:13 |
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The Ohio Players are known more for their commercial hits, but their earlier albums contain some interesting songs influenced by jazz and psychedelic rock.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 02:39 |
Ohio Players (with albums as ´Fire´ from 1974 and ´Honey´, 1975) and Tower Of Power (albums as ´Tower Of Power´, ´Back To Oakland´, both from 1974, ´Renewal´ and ´Slot´, both from 1975), should be mentioned as awesome funk bands....imho.
Edited by zicIy - September 30 2007 at 02:45
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 14:31 |
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Thanks for the responses, I already knew old p-funk
(funkadelic/parliament/eddie hazel etc), I also knew trat Earth Wind
& Fire used to be heavy funk with indeed proggy tendencies, until
they changed into a disco act. I'll be sure to check out at least some
of the others if not all other suggestion. thnx
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Follow your bliss
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Posted: September 10 2007 at 08:21 |
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I have one more prog-funk band for you: Earth Wind and Fire. In the mid-70s they were possibly the most talented band going, unfotunately they eventually became a dull pop band. Check out their double album Gratitude, which mixes live and studio material. They combine jazz and RnB with ambitious prog-rock tendencies and top it off with some of the best vocal and horn arrangements ever. I saw them live in 76 and they were incredible.
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Posted: September 09 2007 at 05:25 |
Cinema wrote:
Everyone will probably laugh their butts off at this one, but I think Parliament / Funkadelic (two outfits from the brilliant mind of George Clinton) can definitely be considered progressive funk. Those two bands, first Funkadelic and then Parliament, were doing things and experimenting with R&B long before anyone else. Heck, you can even make an argument that George Clinton pretty much invented funk, or at least a sub-genre of it. Parliament absolutely laid the ground work for tons of artists that would follow in their path. |
Two comments:
In an interview with George Clinton on PBS's History of Rock n' Roll, George was asked what Par/Funkadelics major influences were. His first answer was ELP. It is not a stretch to give them prog props. Especially on their spacey, long improv tunes.
On George inventing funk, band members were asked who started funk. Every one interviewed, George, Bootsy, Bernie etc. all said Sly and the Family Stone. James Browne was also certainly a major player in the evolution of funk. 
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Posted: September 08 2007 at 19:27 |
Cinema wrote:
Everyone will probably laugh their butts off at this one, but I think Parliament / Funkadelic (two outfits from the brilliant mind of George Clinton) can definitely be considered progressive funk. Those two bands, first Funkadelic and then Parliament, were doing things and experimenting with R&B long before anyone else. Heck, you can even make an argument that George Clinton pretty much invented funk, or at least a sub-genre of it. Parliament absolutely laid the ground work for tons of artists that would follow in their path. |
Not the first time that this observation has been made on here, but worth bringing up again nonetheless. The Parliafunkadelicment/Mothership output in the 70s was infinitely proggier (and more progressive in the wider sense) than Love Beach or most of Yes and Genesis' 80s output. Their influence can be felt in later Magma (Retrovision is 20 minutes of what Clinton would have sounded like if he'd been born on Kobaia) and even in some of Acid Mothers Temple's funkier freak outs.
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Posted: September 08 2007 at 14:20 |
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thnx for the tips so far, I'll be sure to check 'em out
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Follow your bliss
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Posted: September 08 2007 at 13:20 |
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Brand X - Morrocan Roll
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 15:01 |
Easy Money wrote:
A lot of Stevie's music is very progressive, starting in 72 when he quit being a young manipulated hit-machine for Motown. Innervisions and Fullfillingness... are both great. |
Innervisions is a superb album. Stevie wonder used a Moog on that album to very good effect but, Moog or no Moog, the song writing is top notch. A classic album.
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 01:16 |
PETER GABRIELS SOLO WORKS GET THEIR GROOVE ON......
I LOVE TO BE LOVED.....DIG IT DIG IT DIG IT.......
DIGGING IN THE DIRT.....DIG IT DIG IT DIG IT.......
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And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:11
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 00:37 |
laplace wrote:
Area are good at this; look for Crac! and some of the later '70s albums.
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Good thing I actually read through the posts. That's who I would have suggested.
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 22:15 |
Ripples wrote:
My Picks for Funky Prog are Return to Forever and Funkadelic. Anyone else enjoy these..? |
though I don't usually take my fusion with much funk, No Mystery is a fine album
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