Jazz-funk

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Jazz-funk
Herbie Hancock, one of the pioneers of jazz-funk
Stylistic origins	Jazz funk soul rhythm and blues
Cultural origins	Late 1960s – 1970s, United States
Subgenres
Free funk
Other topics
Jazz fusion

Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds,^[1] and an early prevalence of analog synthesizers. The integration of funk, soul, and R&B music and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a genre whose spectrum is quite wide and ranges from strong jazz improvisation to soul, funk or disco with jazz arrangements, jazz riffs, jazz solos, and sometimes soul vocals.^[2]

Jazz-funk is primarily an American genre, where it was popular throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s, but it also achieved noted appeal on the club-circuit in England during the mid-1970s. Similar genres include soul jazz and jazz fusion, but neither entirely overlap with jazz-funk.