Jazz Funk Artists & the Gear They Use

John Frusciante

Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Flea

Bassist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Prince

Singer, Guitarist · Prince

Allan Holdsworth

Guitarist · Level 42

Joe Bonamassa

Singer, Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Josh Klinghoffer

Singer, Guitarist · Pearl Jam

Tom Misch

Singer, Guitarist

Dave Navarro

Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Stuart Zender

Bassist, Drummer · Jamiroquai

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

Hillel Slovak

Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Jacob Collier

Singer, Guitarist

Mark King Level 42

Singer, Bassist · Level 42

George Benson

Guitarist, Singer · The George Benson Quartet

Vini Reilly

Guitarist · The Durutti Column

Oz Noy

Guitarist

Stanley Clarke

Singer, Bassist · Return to Forever

Hadrien Feraud

Bassist · John McLaughlin

Frank Gambale

Guitarist · Return to Forever

Reggie Watts

Singer, Keyboardist · Soulive

Miles Davis

Keyboardist, Composer · Miles Davis Sextet

Grant Green

Guitarist

Herbie Hancock

Keyboardist · The Headhunters

Omar Hakim

Drummer, Keyboardist · Dire Straits

Gavin Harrison

Drummer · King Crimson

Joe Zawinul

Keyboardist · Weather Report

Kenny G

Saxophonist · Jeff Lorber Fusion

Alphonso Johnson

Bassist, Composer · Weather Report

George Duke

Singer, Keyboardist · Earth, Wind & Fire

Jan Hammer

Keyboardist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Chick Corea

Keyboardist · Return to Forever

Alan Murphy

Guitarist · Go West

Billy Martin

Guitarist · Good Charlotte

Anthony Kiedis

Singer, Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Eric Krasno

Guitarist · Lettuce

Steve Gadd

Drummer · The Plastic Ono Band

Buddy Rich

Drummer · Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Greg Phillinganes

Keyboardist · The Jackson 5

Chester Thompson

Drummer · Genesis

Cornell Dupree

Guitarist · The RH Factor

Bill Connors

Guitarist · Return to Forever

George Porter, Jr.

Singer, Bassist · Paul McCartney (Live Band)

Trombone Shorty

Trombonist · Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews & Orleans Avenue

Jimmy Haslip

Bassist, Composer · Yellowjackets

Jakko Jakszyk

Singer, Guitarist · King Crimson

Victor Bailey

Bassist, Drummer · Weather Report

Billy Cobham

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

Mark King

Guitarist · Hinder

Jean-Luc Ponty

Violinist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Mike Lindup

Singer, Keyboardist · Level 42

Wally Badarou

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Level 42

Jack Irons

Drummer, Composer · Pearl Jam

Wayne Shorter

Composer, Saxophonist · Weather Report

Robert “Kool” Bell

Singer, Bassist · Kool & the Gang

Jonas Hellborg

Bassist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Stanton Moore

Drummer · Corrosion of Conformity

Dennis Chambers

Drummer · Funkadelic

Steve Ferrone

Drummer · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Gary Husband

Drummer, Keyboardist · Level 42

Cliff Martinez

Drummer, Music Producer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Friðrik Karlsson

Guitarist, Music Producer · Mezzoforte

Bobby Caldwell

Singer, Guitarist · Cool Uncle

Bernard “Pretty” Purdie

Drummer · Roy Ayers Ubiquity

DeWayne McKnight

Guitarist, Composer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Claydes Smith

Guitarist · Kool & the Gang

Gil Scott-Heron

Singer, Rapper · Artists United Against Apartheid

Isaac Hayes

Singer, Keyboardist · The Louisiana Gator Boys

Peter Erskine

Drummer · Weather Report

Ronny Jordan

Guitarist, Music Producer

André Cymone

Bassist, Music Producer · Prince

Alan Spenner

Bassist · ABC

Phil Gould

Drummer · Level 42

Robert Bell

Bassist · The Blue Nile

D. H. Peligro

Drummer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ben Wendel

Composer · Kneebody

Kaveh Rastegar

Bassist · Kneebody

Neil Hubbard

Guitarist · Roxy Music

John Medeski

Keyboardist · Medeski Martin & Wood

Bob James

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Fourplay

Adrian Younge

Music Producer · The Midnight Hour

The New Mastersounds

Guitarist, Bassist

Bill Evans

Keyboardist, Composer · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Kan Sano

Singer, Keyboardist

Derrick McKenzie

Drummer, Composer · Jamiroquai

Jesse Tobias

Guitarist, Composer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Patrice Rushen

Keyboardist · CAB

Jack Sherman

Singer, Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rick Laird

Bassist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

David Sanborn

Saxophonist · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Jim Mullen

Guitarist · Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express

Herb Alpert

Trumpeter · Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Michael Beinhorn

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Red Hot Chili Peppers