Funk Essentials - Under The Radar


Feel free to mention EWF, Parliament, etc., but I'm curious as to which releases this group thinks might be the overlooked gems.

TIA

Marty
martykl
I would add Average White Band, Sly and the Family Stone, Gap Band, Dazz Band and Zapp.
Ohio Players Gold CD is an essential as is any decent collection of hits by the O'Jays and Kool and the Gang.

More recently, "One Two Punch" by Liquid Soul is one of my favs.
Some of the spin offs of Funkadelic/Parliament are often overlooked

Bootsy Collins Rubber Band
Eddie Hazel

I hope the reason that Tower of Power hasn't been mentioned is that everyone already knows they are FUNKY
Nils Landgren
Harvey Mason
Maceo Parker
Fred Wesley
Chaka Khan
Average White Band
Funkadelic
Cold Blood
Rhinocerous
Sage
Rufus Thomas
Brothers Johnson
Charles Wright & the Watts
Commodores
The Gap Band
Phat Phunktion
Soulive
Herbie Hancock
Sly & The Family Stone

A good Funk label is "Brown Sugar".