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Here’s a new release from Inswingtief of Germany. I like them a lot.
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That has a very Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli Hot Club de France feel to it. I like it a lot!
I now have a playlist of them playing on youtube. That Sabrina Damiani (if I’ve got that right!) is awesome on the bass.
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That path was actually how I discovered them some time ago. 
You’ve probably found this one, but for others, here they are playing in a cheese shop. I love “Fromage à Django”, a word play on “Hommage à Django” (tribute to Django). Without the accent aigu on the ‘a’, it would mean “cheese has Django”. 
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All time favorite of mine 
A very “simple” tune on the face of it, but hard to make swing…
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Nice to see Jan using a Moog for lead and not just bass 
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Some of my all-time fave musicians. I was fortunate enough to see these amazing guys play only once, but it was very up-close and personal. It was ethereal. Poetry in every tone.
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Gergo is a monster:
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Super solo. Nice bass and organ work behind it.
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Nice bass line.
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So, I am genuinely curious to what this subgenre would be called? It’s “smooth”, light, funky, with jazz harmonies…
But is it smooth jazz? Funk jazz? Fusion light? Pop fusion? After having been introduced to the term “city pop” by @howard , I am inclined to use this label here as well; but is that OK!?
One reason why I am curious is that my own music is likely within that same subgenre as well, and I still don’t know how to describe it best 
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You have already described it perfectly: my own music.
I have no desire to pigeonhole my music into one or more genres or subgenres. That’s for others if they feel the need. The best answer I could give someone who asks what kind of music I make is: well, not modern country.
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Yeah, I get that… and yet: at some point, if you want to “sell” your music, you need to provide a label to people to even get interested and start to listen to it. It’s hard to promote your own stuff, if - when people ask you what it is - you say “it’s my music”.
Might work for Paul McCartney… is not going to give traction for my own stuff
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On their website they describe themselves as “Tokyo Groove Jyoshi (TGJ) is an All Female Jazz/Funk Groove band” which I think is a very fair description. I first heard them on these pages a couple of years ago and am, I confess, quite a fan. Really easy listening music with a great swing to it.
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I know. I was being kind of tongue-in-cheek, and kind of not. Pick a subgenre too narrow, and you eliminate a lot of potential fans. Too broad, and nobody gets it. I like the self-described “jazz/funk” label @HighlandBass bass mentioned for TGJ above. Not straight ahead jazz or funk, but a marriage of the two that’s still broad enough to allow them plenty of room to spread out.
I like reggae. I like blues. But I think I could live comfortably within the jazz/funk subgenre.
“Jazz/funk” reminded me of the ‘72 live release by Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles “Free Form Funkafide Filth” for some reason. The brain works in mysterious ways. 
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