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Down to the Bone (band)

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Active from
  
1996

Genre
  
Jazz

Down to the Bone (band) wwwdowntothebonecomimgsbandusjpg

Members
  
Stuart Wade, Chris Morgans, Simon Greenaway

Albums
  
From Manhattan to Staten, The Urban Grooves: Album II, Best Of, The Main Ingredients, Spread Love Like Wildfire

Profiles

Down to the Bone is an acid jazz group led by British DJ Stuart Wade, who formed the band with Chris Morgans (who has now left) in 1996. The group is very popular in the UK, where they are "hailed as the kings of UK jazz groove." Their music is a mix of funk and jazz.

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The music

Stuart Wade, the band's leader, does not play any instruments. He hums into a dictaphone.

Discography

  • 1997 From Manhattan to Staten
  • 1999 The Urban Grooves : Album II, featuring keyboardist Reuben Wilson
  • 2000 Spread the Word : Album III
  • 2002 Crazy Vibes & Things, featuring Hil St. Soul
  • 2004 Cellar Funk, featuring vocalist Flora Purim
  • 2005 Spread Love Like Wildfire, featuring N'Dambi and flutist Jeremy Steig
  • 2006 The Best of Down to the Bone
  • 2007 Supercharged, featuring vibraphonist Roy Ayers
  • 2009 Future Boogie, with Hil St. Soul and Roy Ayers
  • 2011 The Main Ingredients
  • 2014 Dig It
  • Songs

    Staten Island GrooveFrom Manhattan to Staten · 1996
    Long Way From BrooklynThe Urban Grooves: Album II · 1999
    Brooklyn HeightsFrom Manhattan to Staten · 1996

    References

    Down to the Bone (band) Wikipedia