Jazz-funk is a sub-genre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds, and often, the presence of the first electronic analog synthesizers. The integration of funk, soul, and R&B music and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a genre whose spectrum is indeed quite wide and ranges from strong jazz improvisation to soul, funk or disco with jazz arrangements, jazz riffs, and jazz solos, and sometimes soul vocals. Jazz-funk is primarily an American genre, where it was popular throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s, but it also achieved noted appeal on the club-circuit in England during the mid 1970s. Similar genres include soul jazz and jazz fusion, but neither entirely overlap with jazz-funk. Notably jazz-funk is less vocal, more arranged and featured more improv than soul jazz, and retains a strong feel of groove and R&B versus some of the jazz fusion production.

At the jazz end of the spectrum, jazz-funk characteristics include a departure from ternary rhythm (near-triplet), i.e. the "swing" (see swing rhythm), to the more danceable and unfamiliar binary rhythm, known as the "groove". It is therefore no surprise that this type of jazz saw its name associated with the term funk, a genre that created this groove rhythm, which was spearheaded by James Brown's drummers Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jabo" Starks. A second characteristic of jazz-funk music was the use of electric instruments, such as the Rhodes Piano or the electric bass guitar, particularly in jazz fusion (or electro-jazz), and the first use of analogue electronic instruments notably by Herbie Hancock, whose jazz-funk period saw him surrounded on stage or in the studio by several Moog synthesizers. The ARP Odyssey, ARP String Ensemble, and Hohner D6 Clavinet also became popular at the time. A third feature is the shift of proportions between composition and improvisation. Arrangements, melody, and overall writing were heavily emphasized.

Francisco Javier Gomez-Aspron (born 4 February 1985 in London, England), better known professionally as Sisco Gomez, is an English dancer and choreographer. He was awarded the Best New Choreographer award at the UK satellite version of The Carnival: Choreographer’s Ball in 2005.

Sisco Gomez was born in 1985,an only child and is of Afro-Colombian descent. His father was a draughsman at the Seville ship yard and originates from Sevilla, Spain who moved to England around 1954 and his mother from Cali, Colombia, es Vallecaucano. Following in the footsteps of his mother, Sisco became a dancer. At school in Westminster he studied musical theatre, jazz and tap. He also went to the Sylvia Young Theatre School and Pineapple Performing Arts School. At 16, Sisco Gomez joined the hip-hop company Culture Shock. He then studied jazz and hip-hop in the USA (New York) and also in a variety of European countries.

Sisco danced in Zoonation's Box Beat show at the Lilian Baylis Theatre and was the youngest member of Bounce – The Street Dance Sensation. As well as working as a commercial dancer, Sisco Gomez has been a choreographer and a teacher of dance master classes. From 2003 to 2009 Sisco was Artistic Director of Dance 2xs, which trains dancers in a variety of forms. The recipient of the Best New Choreographer award at the UK satellite version of The Carnival: Choreographer’s Ball in 2005, Sisco has worked with Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Alexandra Burke, Geri Halliwell, Paula Abdul and Charlotte Church. Sisco worked as a judge on the Ukrainian version of So You Think You Can Dance and then became a judge on the UK version of the show. Sisco's assistant on Kylie Minogue, NRJ awards, So You Think You Can Dance UK, and So You Think You Can Dance Ukraine was Abby Goodwin. Sisco also danced with fellow judge Louise Redknapp.

Albert Sala Moreno (born July 15, 1981 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a field hockey player from Spain, who finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

After having played for Atlètic Terrassa for several years, he moved to The Netherlands in the summer of 2006, and started to play for Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club in Bilthoven.