They’re bringing the funk to Brooklyn during your lunch hour. Legendary Sly and the Family Stone musician Larry Graham — the grand-daddy of the slap-bass technique who gave rise to a whole genre of ...

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The world is chock-full of everyday people, but there can only ever be one Sly Stone. His ability to combine and synthesize a wide variety of genres made him a pioneer across the musical landscape, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bass Week: As a bass player, it's hard to imagine a world without slap bass. The technique has come a long way since Larry Graham ...

My favorite funk and R&B tracks have active bass parts that are creative but also disciplined. The discipline of what makes funk funk is the exact opposite of what makes jazz jazz. As jazz bass ...

Flea's unmistakable bass playing has been a driving force behind the Red Hot Chili Peppers for decades. From his explosive ...

Funk music already has some of the best bassists in the industry. But to be one of the best bass soloists in all of funk, you need enough groove, technical ability, creativity, and attitude to ...

There was a time when you had to be careful about the word “funk.” In that respect, funk shares humble roots with the word “jazz.” Both terms suggest a barefaced comfort with the bodily functions.