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The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Nathan Watts
American musician
2
Dennis Coffey
American guitarist
3
Michael Henderson
American musician
4
Tony Levin
American musician
5
Mike Muir
American musician
6
Tony Garnier
American musician
7
Bootsy Collins
American musician
8
Funkadelic
American band
9
Robert Trujillo
American Bass Player
10
Rare Earth
American rock band
11
Pino Palladino
Welsh bassist
12
Parliament-Funkadelic
American band
13
Tower of Power
American soul and funk band
14
Louis Johnson
American bass guitarist, songwriter
15
Kenny Aaronson
American bassist
16
Donald Dunn
American bass guitarist (1941-2012)
17
Brainstorm
American funk and R&B band
18
Rudy Sarzo
Cuban American musician
19
Paul Riser
American musician
20
Montrose
California-based hard rock band
21
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
22
Carol Kaye
American bass guitarist
23
Peter Baltes
Rock musician
24
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
25
Robert Shakespeare
Jamaican musician
26
Suicidal Tendencies
American crossover thrash band
27
Jermaine Jackson
American singer and member of The Jackson 5
28
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
29
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
30
Jerry Jemmott
American musician
31
Larry Graham
American bass guitar player
32
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
33
Switch
American musical group; R&B/funk band
34
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
35
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
36
Gordon Banks
American musician
37
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
38
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
39
Abraham Laboriel
Mexican musician
40
James Gadson
American musician
41
Kyle Eastwood
American jazz bassist, actor and film composer
42
Junior Walker
American saxophonist
43
John Paul Jones
English multi-instrumentalist, producer, bassist of Led Zeppelin
44
Ronnie Montrose
American rock guitarist, songwriter
45
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
46
Vinny Appice
American rock drummer
47
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
48
Victor Wooten
American bass guitarist
49
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
50
Orleans
American rock band
