Weather Report

for all you jazz-funk enthusiasts out there, Weather Report with "Teen Town" featuring the amazing Jaco Pastorius on bass!

Michael Bundt

in the mid 70's Michael Bundt played for several krautrock groups, but shifted gears in the late 70's to produce a few solo records with a decidedly spacey, funky flavor, starting with the album Just Landed Cosmic Kid (1977).
"The Brain of Oscar Panizza":

"Whose Eye Is the Sun?":

The Voices of East Harlem

The Voices with their 1973 single, "Giving Love":

Vanity 6

"Make Up", the b-side from the 1982 single "He's So Dull":

Civil Attack

Steve Washingon, Shiela Horne-Washington, and Marc Hicks with this 1983 track "One Love":

Plaisir

french funkiness, "Visa Pour Aimer" (1984):

Stark Reality

"Acting, Thinking, Feeling (Part1)", live 1968:

Johnny Hammond

John Robert "Hammond" Smith, playing some classic jazz-funk from late in his career, "back to the projects" from Gambler's Life (1974).

Mazarati

Another one of the many manifestations of Prince. Most notably known for their 1986 single, "100mph", written by Prince and given to the band. Formed by Brown Mark, former bassist for Prince and the Revolution.