hil st soul Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/hil-st-soul Celebrating 30 Years Online! Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:24:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://i0.wp.com/contemporaryjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-ContemporaryJazz-mascot-logo-favicon-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 hil st soul Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/hil-st-soul 32 32 124780169 Down to the Bone Returns with This Way Forward https://contemporaryjazz.com/down-to-the-bone-returns-with-this-way-forward https://contemporaryjazz.com/down-to-the-bone-returns-with-this-way-forward#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:24:26 +0000 https://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=5214 Producer and writer Stuart Wade has broken a decade-long studio silence, bringing back his Grammy-nominated jazz-funk project Down to the Bone with the drop of the new album, This Way Forward. DTTB’s latest serves up the familiar mix of signature acid jazz and soul jazz that will remind fans why the band took the scene […]

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]]> Producer and writer Stuart Wade has broken a decade-long studio silence, bringing back his Grammy-nominated jazz-funk project Down to the Bone with the drop of the new album, This Way Forward. DTTB’s latest serves up the familiar mix of signature acid jazz and soul jazz that will remind fans why the band took the scene by storm in the mid-90s. Packed with punchy horns, snappy rhythms, and dynamic vocal features from the likes of Hil St Soul and Natasha Watts, the 10-track record also nicely integrates the Brazilian sounds of Guida de Palma for a little bit of variety.

For more on the band and the new recording, check out the official Down to the Bone Facebook page.

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]]> https://contemporaryjazz.com/down-to-the-bone-returns-with-this-way-forward/feed 0 5214 Review: Supercharged from Down to the Bone https://contemporaryjazz.com/supercharged-down-to-the-bone https://contemporaryjazz.com/supercharged-down-to-the-bone#respond Thu, 31 May 2007 11:00:50 +0000 http://tomorrowjazz.com/2007/05/31/supercharged-down-to-the-bone/ Down to the Bone has the perfect summer soundtrack with their fun and funky new release Supercharged. True to the title, this release is a pumped-up, constant jam that won’t let your body remain idle. It needs a warning label – “Product contains powerful horns (props to Shilts and the D.C. Horns), percolating bass, mean […]

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]]> Down to the Bone - Supercharged album coverDown to the Bone has the perfect summer soundtrack with their fun and funky new release Supercharged. True to the title, this release is a pumped-up, constant jam that won’t let your body remain idle. It needs a warning label – “Product contains powerful horns (props to Shilts and the D.C. Horns), percolating bass, mean guitar by Tony Remy, and relentless energy – may leave you exhausted after play!”

Supercharged sounds like it should be listened to in the sunshine, preferably driving down the highway with the top down. It conjures up summer imagery, especially on two of my favorite tracks. “Parkside Shuffle” is a nice, sweet tune, reminiscent of a walk in the park, that builds into an unbelievably infectious melody around the two-minute mark. Hil St. Soul adds a strong vocal effort to the uplifting “Smile to Shine.” A flavorful bass line and welcome trumpet and trombone solos at the end only make a great song better.

Maybe I’m not looking hard enough, but it’s rare to hear this kind of music released and receiving mass distribution in the States. Buy this release when it comes out on June 18. Not only will you get music you’ll enjoy all season/year long but maybe enough copies will sell to justify more funky soulful jazz recordings.

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