Chinese funk/jazz/soul/.../fusion-inspired music

[daofeishi]

I'm a huge jazz/funk/soul/fusion fan, and and my iPod is therefore full of George Clinton/James Brown/Stevie Wonder/Dave Weckl/Dennis Chambers/RHCP/Jamiroquai and the likes (if you allow me to group all those 'jazz subgenre'-artists together )

I am now trying to include some Chinese music into my jogging playlists, but I want something that doesn't contrast too much with what is on there already. I have found some artists that are clearly funk/disco/jazz-inspired, 周杰伦 and 任贤齐 work well in general, and I've found a couple of songs from various artists that aren't too bad, but I hope people here know about more. If you do, bring it on!

What I've found so far:

女子十二乐坊 - Take five (... original by Dave Brubeck. Guess you can't say the song is Chinese, but this is an interesting rendition. Nice funky break on this one too.)

Edited March 8, 2009 at 06:33 AM by daofeishi

[calibre2001]

I'm surprised you haven't tried 王若琳 (Joanna Wang)

She's got a wonderful singing voice.

She sings both english and chinese songs and is very fluent in both. Her songs are very American and towards jazzy and some pop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vLrwF9Ozc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8pEUnPljB0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crKw6USR58k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWVZFj65zQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tFt5-H2ocw&feature=related

[rastafeyd]

This has a bit of funk to it. More so than most I suppose.

陈奕迅-谢谢侬

[Music&MeForever]

and 陈奕迅 ： 乜嘢啫 is also coooool

[silverinewolf]

S.H.E and DBSK are really good bands you might want to listen too. 五月天 is also has really good songs and melody

[zhuhao]

Firstly, BIG recommendation for 方大同 / Khalil Fong. He has a great funk/jazz-inspired hip-hop/pop sound. REALLY great stuff, and the up-beat tracks will definitely help you out with jogging (specifically, 哦！). I can't remember where I downloaded his stuff but it's worth the hunt.

More independent stuff, I'd check out DH & Chinese Hellcats. They're a bit more sock-hop and swing than jazz, but they're definitely funky and they'll get your toes tapping. And I haven't heard his stuff before, but Li Zenghui looks like a promising place to start looking.