Down To The Bone
Down To The Bone
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Grammy Nominated with over Half Million Sales! "Hailed as the kings of UK jazz groove”
Down To The Bone is Stuart Wade as producer, writer and mastermind, working
with other talented musicians and co-writers to bring together a project of good
grooves.
Set up at the tail end of 1995 when Wade decided to take a track from the soul band he was in at the time, Think Twice, and remix it to give it a rawer and stripped down feel. The result was the Down To The Bone remix of the track ‘Joy Is Free’ which had great success. Following on from the success of his remix he teamed up with Think Twice keyboard player, Simon Greenaway, to put together a string of songs. This resulted in the first release on a 12” single of “Staten Island Groove”. Released on Internal Bass Records, a label Wade set up with another member of Think Twice. This resulted in rave reviews for the single and club and radio play across the U.K.
It was at this time that Stuart set out to complete an album, “From Manhattan To Staten”, a title that signposted his influences from across the pond. This led to a decision to take the whole sound over to America to see what would happen. Wade was astounded by the huge response after two influential men in US radio, Blake Lawrence and Steve Williamson, took it upon themselves to play DTTB on their stations going against US radio protocol. The momentum grew and “From Manhattan To Staten” reached No 2 in the National US Billboard Jazz Chart, No 3 in the Gavin Jazz chart and No 4 in the Radio and Records Jazz Chart. DTTB was also the No.1 top selling independent Jazz artist of 1999, No 5 top selling Jazz artist and album of 1998 and No 5 top selling Jazz artist and album in1999. With with a string of radio hits in America, it explains how DTTB have been able to accumulate well over half a million sales worldwide.
Band
Tim Smart -trombone /MD
James Arben– sax
Ryan Jacob-trumpet
Johnny Tomlinson -keys
Tiago Coimbra – bass
Gainni Chiarello – guitar
Davide Giovannini-drums
Joe "Bongo” Becket – percussion
Set up at the tail end of 1995 when Wade decided to take a track from the soul band he was in at the time, Think Twice, and remix it to give it a rawer and stripped down feel. The result was the Down To The Bone remix of the track ‘Joy Is Free’ which had great success. Following on from the success of his remix he teamed up with Think Twice keyboard player, Simon Greenaway, to put together a string of songs. This resulted in the first release on a 12” single of “Staten Island Groove”. Released on Internal Bass Records, a label Wade set up with another member of Think Twice. This resulted in rave reviews for the single and club and radio play across the U.K.
It was at this time that Stuart set out to complete an album, “From Manhattan To Staten”, a title that signposted his influences from across the pond. This led to a decision to take the whole sound over to America to see what would happen. Wade was astounded by the huge response after two influential men in US radio, Blake Lawrence and Steve Williamson, took it upon themselves to play DTTB on their stations going against US radio protocol. The momentum grew and “From Manhattan To Staten” reached No 2 in the National US Billboard Jazz Chart, No 3 in the Gavin Jazz chart and No 4 in the Radio and Records Jazz Chart. DTTB was also the No.1 top selling independent Jazz artist of 1999, No 5 top selling Jazz artist and album of 1998 and No 5 top selling Jazz artist and album in1999. With with a string of radio hits in America, it explains how DTTB have been able to accumulate well over half a million sales worldwide.
Band
Tim Smart -trombone /MD
James Arben– sax
Ryan Jacob-trumpet
Johnny Tomlinson -keys
Tiago Coimbra – bass
Gainni Chiarello – guitar
Davide Giovannini-drums
Joe "Bongo” Becket – percussion
