The Gap Band - "Shake" - (Soultrain 1979)

There is nothing I can say that does justice to this awesome performance.

Also: Those people at 1:45 are doing 'The Robot'. Tee hee!
Troutsays...

Love the Gap band, and this tune in particular! I hate to rain on the OP's parade (a little), but this awesome performance is actually just a lip-sync/mime along to the album track - as was typically the case on Soul Train in those days. So the band isn't really playing the tune here, just boogie-ing down while they pretend.

Still though, awesome to see those guys sell it, and in their prime...

mizumesays...

What about a funk song with heavy disco vibe gives this a jazz tag? C'mon now. A trio of trumpets doesn't turn any song into jazz. To be fair, at least you guys didn't tag it with dubstep.

oritteroposays...

The jazz channel is quite inclusive... it used to be jazz and blues, but even now that blues has another channel jazz still includes funk.

The tags themselves don't call it jazz.
>> ^mizume:

What about a funk song with heavy disco vibe gives this a jazz tag? C'mon now. A trio of trumpets doesn't turn any song into jazz. To be fair, at least you guys didn't tag it with dubstep.

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