1.   Among the crowd Wednesday was a local music celebrity, Steve Strauss, percussionist for the Phoenix funk band Azz Izz.

2.   Approaching the court musicians, he prompts them into becoming an acoustic funk band.

3.   A pianoless recording session led by a drummer who has worked with funk bands, classical orchestras and the best jazz groups.

4.   Just ask Milo Z, a local funk band that was finally signed by Mercury Records last year.

5.   The funk band was not as much of an influence as it was a paying job.

6.   French funk band FFF in joint gig with alternative local group,

7.   Musicians with afros and African drums jammed in a funk band on a flatbed truck, followed by a wobbly grasshopper and other insect men on stilts.

8.   The funk band Greazy Meal is shown holding weekly meetings just like a business, and wives and girlfriends of musicians are interviewed.