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Art Deco
a straight-up jazz standard from our 2003 recording Jazz In The Afternoon

Shortside
a rough cut of our newest original composition

Bugge Wesseltoft -- oH Ye
medium up-tempo funk head in F minor with a fast melody over a quick but light funk groove with gorgeous tenor sax by Josh Redman

Common -- Heat
low-down groove in G minor by the rapper Common

Feist -- One Evening
light pop cover by Calgary-born rising singer-songwriter Leslie Feist

Dr. Dre -- The Watcher
from the seminal gangsta classic Dre 2001, this track yields a great bassline to cop for a new funk cover (new melody to replace Dre's rap not yet composed)

Herbie Hancock -- I Thought It Was You
a highly-acceptable foray into pure pop vocals and lyrics, this is the opening track from Herbie's gorgeous 1978 jazz-funk fusion album called Sunlight

Herbie Hancock -- Sunlight
the title track from this great album; the groove is chill and the harmonic progression is varied yet seamless

Herbie Hancock -- No Means Yes
hard funk fusion at its finest, also from the same album -- the mind-boggling highlight of the track kicks in at the 1:00 mark

James Brown -- Night Train
we've yet to attempt this truly classic JB track, but the melody and the groove are extremely  enticing

Jeremy Coates -- Half-Step Up
crazy up-tempo rock bebop head full of great modulations and chromatically-ascending shout chorus -- composed by my high-school friend and bass player Jeremy Coates and featured on his debut album Notes by Coates

Miles Davis -- Tutu
a down-tempo jazz funk head in G minor with a beautiful melody and harmonic progression

Steely Dan -- Kid Charlemagne
you just can't do without some good Fagen and Becker

Steely Dan -- Peg
this groove is smokin'...

The JB's -- Pass The Peas
a classic 60s funk groove from The JB's, a band comprised of James Brown sidemen who released a handful of records in the 60s and 70s

The Meters - Funkify Your Life
more beautiful funk from the 60s

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