Funk and Jazz

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Funk noun - An earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar.

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Jazz and funk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jazz" instead a noun "Funk".

Nearby Words: funky, funking, funked

Jazz noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.

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Funk and jazz are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Funk" with "Jazz", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: jazzy, jazzed, jazzing

Iori's theme music isn't even rock: it's funk and jazz, primarily.

Source: Older Than They Think / Video Games
A similar example is Throbbing Gristle's third album, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, which originally has 11 songs, all of which were not jazz or funk, but Industrial.

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The Cat Empire - already awesome enough, as they are an Australian Latin-jazz ska funk band - have a song called "Voodoo Cowboy".

Source: Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot / Music

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