For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation).Like much of African inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms.Funk bands also usually have a horn section of several saxophones, trumpets, and in some cases, a trombone, which plays rhythmic "hits".Influential African American funk performers include James Brown, The Funk Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, Bootsy Collins, and Prince.Gang though many of these most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively.James Brown and funk as a genre 2.Ernie Isley was tutored at an early age by Jimi Hendrix himself, when he was a part of The Isley Brothers backing band and lived in the attic temporarily at the Isleys' household.The word "funk", once defined in dictionaries as body odor or the smell of sexual intercourse, commonly was regarded as coarse or indecent.At least as early as 1907, jazz songs carried titles such as Buddy Bolden's "Funky Butt."As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, when "funk" and "funky" were used increasingly in the context of soul music, the terms still were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company.Simple as that, really."Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band were releasing funk tracks beginn...