Originally posted by NordlysI actually even wrote about the jazz connection in my post, but erased it as it was so off topic (and because nobody probably would've cared). the point though was that the jazz cats started using it in the "put some balls into your playing" type of meaning, except that they meant the smell of immanuel with it. and that's where the modern 'funky music' meaning came from.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=funk
Interesting reading.