What are some great, and fun Jazzy kinda funk songs?

Try some of Herbie Hancock's 70's stuff (and Herbie is the composer of Chameleon, not Maynard Ferguson), Richard Elliott - Mojo, and I'm looking forward to Paul Taylor's Burnin'.

Try the old CTI and Kudu stuff - Grover, Bob James, etc. Ronnie Laws - Always There. Donald Byrd - BlackByrd and Dominoes Karl Denson Also, if you can find it, you'd love a cd by a group called Action Figure Party.

For newer stuff, check out Soulive, Jackiem Joyner, Candy Dulfer, Plunky and Eric Darius. You're welcome! ;o)

check out- Chase the CD called Thresold by Patrick Williams

if its amazing horns your after, look up the Maynard Ferguson Band. he was a trumpet player famous for hitting obnoxiously high notes. his band was the original group to record "Gonna Fly Now" (from the first "Rocky" movie) and the original "Star Trek" theme song. That group also wrote the piece "Chameleon," the bass line of which provided a lot of inspiration for songs like "Brick House." Also, go back and listen to some James Brown...a lot of his music launched the funk movement. Isaac Hayes also took funk down the road to what is now known as "baby-makin music" as well.