Can you recommend any classics that i may not know. .. .
I like Herbie Hancock
Donald Byrd
Bobbi Humphrey
James Mason
Larry young
The Meters
Rueben wilson
etc practically every jazz guy went through his groove phase, so you need to look not for artists, but for albums. one of my favorite albums of this era was freddie hubbard's "red clay"...but there really are WAY too many to mention.
some really good modern guys are all about groove, too. medeski, martin and wood comes to mind, but you said classics. 3 Pieces
Grover Washington
Roy Ayers
Banda Black Rio
Gary Bartz
The Blackbyrds
Donald Byrd
The Crusaders
Stanley Clarke
George Duke
Charles Earland
Ronnie Foster
Herbie Hancock
Gene Harris
Freddie Hubbard
Bobbi Humphrey
Ronnie Laws
Bobby Lyle
Harvey Mason
Marcus Miller
The Mizell Brothers
Alphonse Mouzon
Patrice Rushen
Oliver Sain
Johnny Smith
Lonnie Smith
Dexter Wansel
The Jazz Funk Collective
A Dummies Guide to Jazz by The Jazz Funk Collective
Black Talk! by Charles Earland
City Beat by Bobbi Humphrey
Flood by Herbie Hancock
Gambler's Life by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
Running in the Family by Level 42
Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd
School Days by Stanley Clarke
Think! by Dr. Lonnie Smith The Bar-Kays Lonnie Liston Smith
Dexter Wansel
Brass Construction Try Carmen McCrae sings Thelonius Monk and the Heath Brothers are awesome. Get the CD called "As We Were Saying". You'll probably have to order both of them. | 