Down To The Bone

Down To The Bone

Down To The Bone are a UK acid jazz and jazz-funk group, active since 1996 and founded and produced by Stuart Wade. The project also works across funk and soul, with its music centred on groove and danceable rhythms.

Style and approach

The band’s music sits in acid jazz and jazz-funk, with a strong emphasis on funk and groove. Wade describes the project as built around what makes people dance, tap their feet and nod their heads.

Releases

The group has a release titled The Main Ingredients, issued in 2011 through Trippin 'n Rhythm in the USA and Canada, P-vine in Japan, and Dome in the rest of the world.

Line-up and musicians

Down To The Bone has a fluid line-up, with musicians moving between studio and live work. Named players associated with the group include Simon Bramley, Gavin Broom, Neil Burditt, Tommy Emmerton, Graham Flowers, Simon Greenaway, James Knight, Chris Morgans, Phil Nelson, Tim Smart and Stuart Wade.

Other musicians associated with live or studio work include Tony Remy on guitar, Neil Angilley on keyboards, Julian Crampton on bass, Adrian Revell on saxophone, Paul “Shilts” Weimar in the horn section, Davide Giovannini on drums, Jamie Harris on saxophone, Graeme Flowers on trumpet, Rufus Philpot on bass and live band leadership, Katisse Buckingham on saxophone, Dave Wood on guitar, Iahj Hamden on drums, Quinn Johnson and Lao Tizer on keyboards, Chris Bautista and Gabriel Johnson on trumpet, Neil Cowley on keyboards, Richard Sadler on bass, engineering and percussion, and Ian Crabtree on guitar and bass.

Live and studio activity

The band’s personnel changes regularly between live gigs and studio recordings. The U.K. live line-up is described as changing over time, with different combinations of bass, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, drums, guitar and keyboards.