Stanton Moore....have you heard his stuff

Marsh - nice list! I have been listening to much of the same over the past three years, and it's currently right at the top of my "favorites" list. Soulive and Liquid Soul are two of my favorites. Absolutely love Galactic. Would add The Meters to the list for anybody who hasn't heard them. I also got a good cd from Tiny Town a while back - more New Orleans jazz funk.

And, yes, the Stanton Moore cds are excellent.

DIG IT!!!!!!!! Outside of Joshua Redman and Medeski, Martin & Wood I have not even heard of these others!!!!! I am on Amazon.com as soon as I hit the "SUBMIT MY POST" button below---thanks Marsh!!!!!!

Just to add a few more:

Funky Meters (available at musictoday)
I also enjoy The Meters
Robert Randolph
Airto Moreira (a brazilian precusionist who is truely under-rated)
Deep Banana Blackout
Funky Precedent (a compilation of the roots of jazz funk)
James Hurt
Count Basie
The Crusaders
Corduroy
Ulu
Addison Groove Project

If you weren't a jazz fan before you will be after absorbing afeww of these. The only downside is that I find myself wishing that some of the other bands/artists that I listen to would "rub a little funk on it".

Great thread!!! Many of these bands are new to me... so I will definitely be checking them out. Stanton Moore's "Flyin' the Koop" is fantastic! Also, if you haven't heard MMW live, you owe it to yourself to do so (definitely one of my favorite bands)!