Ah, yes. ?uestlove.
The thing is, there is no real tradition of "bands" in the "rock band" sense in black culture.
There were bandleaders (Ellington, Basie, Mingus) and there are instrumentalists who went from bandleader to bandleader, and there were label "house bands" (the Funk Brothers at Motown, the Hi Rhythm Section at Hi Records, the Memphis Horns and the MGs at Stax, the Swampers at Muscle Shoals, etc.) - but groups were traditionally singing groups.
The Temptations, the Coasters, the Chi-Lites, the Four Tops, the Impressions, the Spinners, the Delphonics, the O'Jays, etc. were vocalists who sang songs written by other people.
They did not compose and instrumentally perform songs they way a rock band does.
That’s true about vocalists, but when they played live they had a band, even if it was only backing their performance. Plus, there were acts like Sly and other funky stuff who played. But you are right about their not being a large tradition of it.
Freegards
There were a lot of black combo bands, including Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Sammy Franklin & the Atomics, Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy, Joe Liggins & the Honeydrippers, Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, Stick McGhee & His Buddies, and Little Richard & the Band.