Incognito

Incognito - UK acid jazz band

Group from United Kingdom

Genres: acid jazz, jazz, funk, soul, Smooth Jazz

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About Incognito

There are multiple artists called Incognito: 1. Incognito is a British acid jazz band based in London. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981. Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick is the band's frontman, singer, guitarist, composer, and record producer. The band has now included Linda Muriel, Jocelyn Brown, Maysa Leak, Tony Momrelle, Imaani Saleem, Vanessa Haynes, Mo Brandis, Natalie Williams, Carleen Anderson, Pamela "PY" Anderson, Kelli Sae, and Joy Malcolm. Incognito was founded by Paul "Tubbs" Williams & Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick in 1979, as an offshoot from Light of the World. Light of the World was a substantially sized group and following various changes to the lineup, the founding members Breeze McKrieth, Kenny Wellington & David Baptiste – inspired by US funk bands like Funkadelic forming offshoot bands such as Parliament – formed Beggar & Co. Bluey & Tubbs went on to form a band, dubbed "Incognito". However, there has seen a re-connection over the years in "Light of the World" with all of former members, along their other committed work. Incognito has had intermittent success in the UK Singles Chart, with their breakthrough 1991 hit a cover version of the Ronnie Laws' song "Always There", featuring Jocelyn Brown, which made No. 6 in the United Kingdom. The group's 1992 rendition, "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" saw similar success, reaching No. 19 in the United Kingdom. They have also been a favourite of many remixers, including Masters at Work, David Morales, Roger Sanchez and Jazzanova, and have released several albums composing almost entirely of remixes. In 1994, Incognito appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation album, Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool. The album, meant to raise awareness and funds in support of the AIDS epidemic in relation to the African-American community, was heralded as 'Album of the Year' by Time magazine. In 1996, the band contributed "Water to Drink" to the AIDS-benefitted album Red Hot + Rio, also produced by the Red Hot Organization. Their song "Need to Know" serves the theme music for progressive radio/TV news programme Democracy Now! In 2021, the band reissued a celebratory, 40th anniversary, 106-track retrospective of their debut album, Jazz Funk. The British funk pioneers have released a music video for the track "You Are in My System." The deluxe reissue features a 52-page booklet with liner notes written by Charles Waring and a selection of the band's archival photos. In October 2022, the band was the first group to be honoured as part of Universal Music Recording's "Black Story" series which honours Black British artists as part of the UK's Black History Month. 2. A smooth jazz online group from Tupelo Records / IODA. No other information found about this unregistered band ("Buy at Insound" link is broken). They released similar or exactly the same title tunes/logo as the other Incognito above. (See below for details) 3. A Rock/Pop band who released album Four (2007) from Aero Music 4. A blues rock band from Vancouver. Album releases include Blues Alive! (1995) and Bitter Sweet (1999). Rob Montgomery has been a major player in the Vancouver Music Scene for many years, and has just released his 2nd Solo Album: Rob Montgomery and Friends "Guitar Stories: featuring 12 original songs, and line-up of very special guests: Alita Dupray, Amanda Dean, Nadine States, Darcy Hepner, Ken Emerson, Steve Werbicki and more. The Album consists of original material that Rob wrote in a way he pays tribute to all of his guitar influences, and styles that have followed him through a long successful music career. Rob has also played a big part in Vancouver as a Musical Director for INCOGNITO, LADIES SING the BLUES, SWEET HOME CHICAGO, NO QUARTER, BLUES in the CITY Concert Series, The Yale Hotel, and many more. This Album brings together a lot of these musicians, with Rob Montgomery's "Guitar Stories" concept and visits a Celebration of Music with some of the finest talent on the planet. 2017 has started off with this great new project, and we hope you enjoy it! INCOGNITO continues to be one of Vancouver's Premiere Rock'n Soul Party featuring some of this city's top session pro's, and are huge hit in the corporate market in Vancouver. Featuring Nadine Staes, Rob Montgomery, Steve Werbicki, Dave Barton and Darrell Mayes Facebook: Incognito Band 5. A drum & bass producer/DJ from Nelson, New Zealand. 6. A UK drill rapper (also known as SK), associated with the UK drill group Moscow17.

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