Jazz Funk Understanding

Probably the wrong thing to do but I google imaged 'Jazz Funk' just so i get an overall visual of jazz funk to give me a better understanding of the genre and the style, I collated some images that gave me inspiration for typographic ideas and designs.

Image 1 - this wasn't necessarily based on jazz funk theme but the typography has a distinct 70's feel. I think is due to the over stylised lettering looking very Avant Garde which seems to be a favourite of mine at the moment. the cutting of the 's' reminded me of one of the scripts album covers, just shows that this style can be used within different genres of music. In the album cover they have used lines to almost frae the type I connoted that it looked like a music sheet, the thick black lines against the contrast of a white background, it gave a subtle hint to show classy music maybe?

Image 2 - I chose this to research as when I saw it it related to what I initially thought about jazz funk. Big afros, exaggerated funky typography, emphasised serifs or slab type. This is obviously a stereo type as not all jazz funk artists rock the afro look these days especially Loose-Knit Funk they are putting their own stamp on. I like the use silhouettes which is something I'm warming to a lot when considering the design for this band. 

Image 3 is another example of the stereotype of jazz funk era, loving the use of high contrasting black and white photography mixed with bold stamps of colour, which something I definitely want to include into my design, to much colour can often look crowded and messy but when used subtly against black and white it's one of those ideas that work and look really effective and eye catching. I'm going to experiment with a couple of images that the band have already got to see if something along these lines would work.

Image 4 Now I really only picked this image out for the typography used in the top right corner for the artists name. A good example to showing what an iconic 70's type is, with over exaggerated serifs creating wavy feel, very tightly kerned with a nice bold black shading.

Now this image has annoyed me because this was basically a long the lines of what I wanted to create, I don't know whether to be annoyed because it basically has been done and I don't want to breach copyright or happy that this design has been used for a jazz cd? It's got all what I wanted! silhouetted/simplified photography with the use of warm colours and being able to capture an up beat vibe. Back to the drawing board...