This morning I filled in for one of the trumpet players in a local Worship Band. To say it was a challenge would be understating the situation. The majority of the charts were “kicking” funk charts and something I have had little experience playing. On the drive home I mulled in my mind why I was uncomfortable playing funk rhythms and soon the reason came to me. I have never played in a Funk Band before! How could this have happened? Then, after reading Wikipedia’s definition of the term Funk Music, It came to me. Funk music began after most…