Spiked. (Jazz-Funk piece)

Spiked - Tunecode 119474EU.
Funk style having a slight jazz influence to it fitting into sub-genre of jazz-funk. Instrumentation being bass, piano, kit & guitar. Melody provided by trumpet & muted trumpets.
As with all funk numbers the bass guitar provides a repetitive riff, the piano hitting out chords always on count '1' on the 1st bar & anticipated by a half beat on bars 2, 3 & 4. Snare always on beats 2 & 4. The guitar was added for more texture and in anticipating the 4th beat of the bar suggesting a polyrhythmic sound. Rhythm is everything in funk and the melody line has little importance and not much variation. Triplets and sidestepping have been used in the melody and the almost improvisational approach emphasizes the jazz feel.
The term funk was originally used in the 1950's to describe a style of modern jazz which concentrated on swing and soul and in C. T. Brown's words "...is an attitude, which when expressed musically transforms the listener into a particular mood, usually described as laid-back or mellow...".
Key artists from this genre are 'The Brand New Heavies', 'Jamiroquai', 'Earth, Wind & Fire', 'Kool & the Gang'...etc. 
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