Meeting with music students

I was paired with a 7-part band called Loose-Knit Funk, and describe themselves as;
"Loose-Knit Funk are a 7-Piece band from Kent, UK... Performing the music of New Orleans, Louisiana! They also provide you with some classic 70s Motown, Blues/Soul hits... and even some experimental Jazz pieces!
This is an incredibly versatile outfit with many interesting tones and textures, including a tasty 2-piece horn section! "
I asked a few general questions to get the ball rolling and found cd art work they are inspired by is a band called 'The Meters' which I will look into and are influenced by artists such as Corrine Bailey Rae and James Brown. They gave me a broad idea of what they would like the branding to be like, they like the idea of showing the band in a live feel using bright colours quite outgoing and fun. The band told me their Facebook page which contains pictures of them and their existing logo which is what they want to me to almost follow/develop which gives me a clearer idea of what they want, However I will do  another design to see if they like this or wish to combine to give them the option and an insight into something out of the comfort zone? But obviously will do what they want as well. Also looking on their Facebook page other influential artists are;
'James Brown!! The Meters, Jon Cleary, Neville Brothers, Jaco Pastorious, Sam & Dave, Miles Davis, Al Green, Little Feat, Otis Redding, Steve Gadd Band.' Which I will research into, to get an overall feel of music genre, style and colouring.
This is their current logo/artwork

The idea of it being night and dark helps emphasise the jazz feel, my connotation of jazz is a dingy? cozy american bar, very dark lighting and people relaxing and chilling? this maybe different to the bands representation of jazz so I will have to relate to theres rather than mine.