Jazz Funk Artists & the Gear They Use

Nate Wood

Drummer · The Calling

Brian Auger

Keyboardist, Music Producer · CAB

Alphonse Mouzon

Drummer, Music Producer · Weather Report

Michael Beinhorn

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Narada Michael Walden

Drummer · Journey

Bobby Broom

Guitarist

Takuya Kuroda

Trumpeter · DJ Premier and The Badder Band

Peter Revalk

Wizards of Ooze

Curtis “Fitz” Williams

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Kool & the Gang

Jack Sherman

Singer, Guitarist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Jóhann Ásmundsson

Bassist · Mezzoforte

Peter Erskine

Drummer · Weather Report

Grover Washington, Jr.

Saxophonist · The Louisiana Gator Boys

Gene Harris

Singer, Keyboardist · The Ray Brown Trio

Simon Cotsworth

Music Producer · Incognito

Donny Baldwin

Drummer · Quicksilver Messenger Service

Harry Connick, Jr.

Singer, Keyboardist

Brian Bennett

Drummer · The Shadows

George Brown

Kool & the Gang

Adam Benjamin

Keyboardist · Kneebody

Woody Sparrow

Guitarist · Kool & the Gang

Kevin Toney

Composer, Music Producer · The Blackbyrds

Keith Killgo

Drummer · The Blackbyrds

DJ Smash

Music Producer, DJ · Sublime

David Garibaldi

Drummer · Tower of Power

Roy Ayers

Music Producer · Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Jason Bryant

Keyboardist · The S.O.S. Band

Earl Klugh

Guitarist, Music Producer

Willie Killebrew

The S.O.S. Band

Barney Perry

Guitarist, Bassist · The Blackbyrds

Blue Lab Beats

Music Producer

Lydia Pense

Singer · Cold Blood

Mike Morgan

Drummer · Cold Blood

Fred Wesley

Trombonist · Parliament

Bobby Lyle

Singer, Keyboardist · Bobby Lyle Trio

Lenny White

Drummer, Music Producer · Return to Forever

Tycho Cohran

Music Producer · Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Robert Walter

Keyboardist · Frequinox

Merl Saunders

Keyboardist · Legion of Mary

Fabio Morgera

Singer, Music Producer · Groove Collective

Jonas Wall

Singer · Mezzoforte

Bobbi Humphrey

Singer, Music Producer

Jim Corry

Jamiroquai

Sebastian Studnitzky

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Mezzoforte

Larry Goldings

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Steve Gadd Band

Mathias Heise

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Leon Ndugu Chancler

Drummer, Music Producer · Weather Report

Óskar Guðjónsson

Mezzoforte

Larry Mizell

Singer, Music Producer

Saiph Graves

Music Producer · Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Richard Bailey

Drummer · Incognito

Julian Crampton

Bassist · Incognito

Ski Oakenfull

Keyboardist, Composer · Incognito

Francesco Mendolia

Drummer · Incognito

Mick Weaver

Keyboardist · Fat Mattress

Corey Glover

Singer · Living Colour

Captain Funk

Michael Ray

Guitarist · Kool & the Gang

Dom Um Romão

Singer, Drummer · Weather Report

Sean Freeman

Level 42

Mitchel Forman

Composer · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Gayle Moran

Keyboardist · The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Herb Alpert

Trumpeter · Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Amal Hubert

Music Producer · Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Clifford Adams

Composer · Kool & the Gang

Sonnie Martin

Singer · Kool & the Gang

Daniel Sadownick

Singer, Drummer · Rock Candy Funk Party

Grant Calvin Weston

Drummer · Dying Ground

Tom Politzer

Tower of Power

Tal Bergman

Drummer · Rock Candy Funk Party

Archie Shepp

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Archie Shepp Quartet

Dave Dowle

Drummer · Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express

Shirley Murdock

Singer · Zapp

Tawatha

Singer · Mtume

Barry Dean

Bassist · Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express

Christopher Anderson

Drummer · Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Tom Browne

Steve Salinas

Keyboardist · Cold Blood

Luc Van Tilborgh

Wizards of Ooze

Kevin Hunt

Guitarist · Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Kim Clarke

Defunkt

Bill Bickford

Defunkt

Ricky West

Kool & the Gang

Jeff Raines

Guitarist · Galactic

Rich Vogel

Galactic

Hugo Boogaerts

Singer · Wizards of Ooze

Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot

Singer · Curiosity Killed the Cat

Gunnlaugur „Gulli“ Briem

Drummer · Mezzoforte

Gavin Dodds

Guitarist · Jamiroquai

James Russell

Jamiroquai

Kevin Robinson (2)

Composer · Simply Red

Don Alias

Drummer, Keyboardist · Pat Metheny Group

José Rossy

Drummer · Weather Report

Bruce Rowland

Singer, Drummer · Wynder K. Frog

Dennis “D.T.” Thomas

Keyboardist · Kool & the Gang

Jonathan Maron

Bassist, Music Producer · Groove Collective