Jazz Funk Artists & the Gear They Use

John Frusciante

Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Flea

Bassist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Prince

Singer, Guitarist · The New Power Generation

Allan Holdsworth

Guitarist · Level 42

Josh Klinghoffer

Singer, Guitarist · Pearl Jam

Joe Bonamassa

Singer, Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Stuart Zender

Bassist, Drummer · Jamiroquai

Dave Navarro

Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tom Misch

Singer, Guitarist

Jaco Pastorius

Bassist, Keyboardist · Pat Metheny Group

Al Di Meola

Guitarist · Dream Theater

Marcus Miller

Bassist, Composer · Scritti Politti

John McLaughlin

Guitarist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Chad Smith

Drummer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Jacob Collier

Singer, Guitarist

Mark King Level 42

Singer, Bassist · Level 42

Hillel Slovak

Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

George Benson

Singer, Guitarist · The George Benson Quartet

Oz Noy

Guitarist

Vini Reilly

Guitarist · The Durutti Column

Grant Green

Guitarist

Hadrien Feraud

Bassist · John McLaughlin

Stanley Clarke

Singer, Bassist · Return to Forever

Frank Gambale

Guitarist · Return to Forever

Miles Davis

Keyboardist, Composer · Miles Davis Sextet

Reggie Watts

Singer, Keyboardist · Soulive

Gavin Harrison

Drummer · King Crimson

Herbie Hancock

Keyboardist · Various Artists for Children's Promise

Joe Zawinul

Keyboardist · Weather Report

Jan Hammer

Keyboardist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

George Duke

Singer, Keyboardist · Earth, Wind & Fire

Kenny G

Saxophonist · Dance Aid

Anthony Kiedis

Singer, Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Alphonso Johnson

Bassist, Composer · Weather Report

Alan Murphy

Guitarist · Go West

Chick Corea

Keyboardist · GRP All-Star Big Band

Omar Hakim

Drummer, Keyboardist · Dire Straits

Eric Krasno

Guitarist · Lettuce

Greg Phillinganes

Keyboardist · The Jackson 5

Buddy Rich

Drummer · Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Cornell Dupree

Guitarist · The RH Factor

Steve Gadd

Drummer · The Plastic Ono Band

Trombone Shorty

Trombonist · Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews & Orleans Avenue

Billy Martin

Guitarist · Good Charlotte

Bill Connors

Guitarist · Return to Forever

Jakko Jakszyk

Singer, Guitarist · King Crimson

Billy Cobham

Drummer · Stanley Clarke & Larry Carlton & Billy Cobham & Deron Johnson & Najee

Chester Thompson

Drummer · Genesis

George Porter, Jr.

Singer, Bassist · Paul McCartney (Live Band)

Jimmy Haslip

Bassist, Composer · Yellowjackets

Wayne Shorter

Composer, Saxophonist · Weather Report

Steve Ferrone

Drummer · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Mike Lindup

Singer, Keyboardist · Level 42

Dennis Chambers

Drummer · Funkadelic

Robert “Kool” Bell

Singer, Bassist · Kool & the Gang

Jonas Hellborg

Bassist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Ronny Jordan

Guitarist, Music Producer

Mark King

Guitarist · Hinder

Neil Hubbard

Guitarist · Roxy Music

David Sanborn

Saxophonist · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Jack Irons

Drummer, Composer · Pearl Jam

Wally Badarou

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Level 42

Victor Bailey

Bassist, Drummer · Weather Report

Bernard “Pretty” Purdie

Drummer · Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Jean-Luc Ponty

Violinist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Bobby Caldwell

Singer, Guitarist · Cool Uncle

Stanton Moore

Drummer · Corrosion of Conformity

Gary Husband

Drummer, Keyboardist · Level 42

Bill Evans

Keyboardist, Composer · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Phil Gould

Drummer · Level 42

André Cymone

Bassist, Music Producer · The New Power Generation

Francis Hylton

Bassist · Incognito

Claydes Smith

Guitarist · Kool & the Gang

Jesse Tobias

Guitarist, Composer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Patrice Rushen

Keyboardist · CAB

The New Mastersounds

Guitarist, Bassist

Cliff Martinez

Drummer, Music Producer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Kaveh Rastegar

Bassist · Kneebody

Rick Laird

Bassist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Ben Wendel

Composer · Kneebody

Kan Sano

Singer, Keyboardist

Gil Scott-Heron

Singer, Rapper · Artists United Against Apartheid

Eythór Gunnarsson

Keyboardist, Composer · Mezzoforte

Adrian Younge

Music Producer · The Midnight Hour

D. H. Peligro

Drummer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Jim Mullen

Guitarist · Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express

Robert Bell

Bassist · The Blue Nile

DeWayne McKnight

Guitarist, Composer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Derrick McKenzie

Drummer, Composer · Jamiroquai

Isaac Hayes

Singer, Keyboardist · The Louisiana Gator Boys

Renato Neto

Keyboardist, Composer · The New Power Generation

Friðrik Karlsson

Guitarist, Music Producer · Mezzoforte

John Medeski

Keyboardist · Medeski Martin & Wood

Bob James

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Fourplay

Alan Spenner

Bassist · ABC

Arik Marshall

Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers