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Look-Ka Py Py is the second studio album by the American funk group The Meters.The instrumental album was ranked number 218 on the Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, [5] 220 on the 2012 revised list and 415 on the 2020 revised list.
The Funk Brothers Musical artist Robert Andrew Kreinar (November 26, 1937 – July 16, 2012), known as Bob Babbitt , was an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records ' studio band, the Funk Brothers , from 1966 to 1972, as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for Philadelphia International Records afterwards.
Riffs are most often found in rock music, punk, heavy metal music, Latin, funk, and jazz, although classical music is also sometimes based on a riff, such as Ravel's Boléro. Riffs can be as simple as a tenor saxophone honking a simple, catchy rhythmic figure, or as complex as the riff-based variations in the head arrangements played by the ...
It features hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs, the pounding bass rhythms characteristic of funk, and sometimes hip hop-style rhymes into an alternative rock approach to songwriting. A primary example is the all-African-American rock band Living Colour, who have been said to be "funk-metal pioneers" by Rolling Stone. [108]
D. Boon (1958-1985) of the Minutemen (band) was a revolutionary guitarist in the hardcore/post-punk scene where the jangly tone of his Telecaster and his funky rhythm was paired with the thumping bass riffs of best friend Mike Watt to create an entirely new sound that couldn't be classified as punk, funk or hardcore. He would play with very ...
Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, dub and electronic, traditional, and classical music, for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric ...
James Lee Jamerson (January 29, 1936 – August 2, 1983) [1] [a] was an American bassist.He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s (Motown did not list session musician credits on their releases until 1971), and is now regarded as one of the greatest and most influential bass players in modern music history.
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