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Brand New Heavies

Brand New Heavies
US Album cover of Brother Sister (1994).
US Album cover of Brother Sister (1994).
Background information
Origin Ealing, London, England
Genre(s) Acid jazz, Funk
Years active 1985-present
Label(s) Acid Jazz, Delicious Vinyl, FFRR, Chrysalis UK, EDEL
Associated
acts		 N'Dea Davenport
Website TheBrandNewHeavies.net
Members
Jan Kincaid
Simon Bartholomew
Andrew Levy
N'Dea Davenport
Former members
Siedah Garrett
Carleen Anderson
Nicole Russo
Sy Smith

The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England.


Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Band Members
  • 3 Discography
    • 3.1 Studio Albums
    • 3.2 Compilations
    • 3.3 Singles
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 External links
    • 5.1 Vocalists
  • 6 Reference

Biography

The Brand New Heavies began in the 1980's as an instrumental rare groove group called Brother International. According to Simon Bartholomew, "We made a tape on 7 microphone on cassette and they played it, nobody stopped dancing... and the rest is history!"

The group came up with the Heavies name after signing their first record contract, borrowing from a liner note on a James Brown single declaring the artist "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk". As The Brand New Heavies, they gained a cult following in the London club scene and soon signed to Cooltempo as acid jazz replaced rare groove in clubs. The band would issued a debut recording for Eddie Pillar's Acid Jazz label in 1990 with Jay Ella Ruth as lead singer.

A single, "Got To Give", came out on Cooltempo before the Brand New Heavies signed to Acid Jazz Records and released Brand New Heavies to critical acclaim. The band signed to a division of Chrysalis Records in the UK, and American distribution was picked up by influential label Delicious Vinyl, and N'Dea Davenport (who had signed an artist development deal with Delicious Vinyl) joined the group. A revamped version of the first album with vocals by N'Dea Davenport was then released, and the singles "Dream Come True" and "Never Stop," both with Davenport vocals, became hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

The group's appearance with MC Serch (formerly of 3rd Bass) and Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest) at a performance in New York City, inspired the group to incorporate elements of hip hop music. Their next album was the critically acclaimed Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, which included collaborations with Guru of Gang Starr and The Pharcyde, among others, but lacked any female vocals.

Brother Sister (1994) was the last album for a while with N'Dea Davenport, who had left to complete her solo album (which she had put on hold to join the Heavies). The album spawned more singles, though one of them, a cover of Maria Muldaur's "Midnight at the Oasis," was popular only in the UK because it was not included in the US version of the album.

Siedah Garrett joined the group for their next album, Shelter (1997). It contained the minor hit, the Carole King-penned song "You've Got A Friend" that was originally made famous by James Taylor. Again, though, this song did not appear on the US version of the album.

The Brand New Heavies then released their greatest hits album, Trunk Funk (2000) with Carleen Anderson on vocals for some newly recorded songs, followed by the Japan only album We Won't Stop (2003) featuring a variety of vocalists and Allaboutthefunk (2004) featuring British singer Nicole Russo on vocals.

In April 2006, the Brand New Heavies reunited with N'Dea Davenport and former label Delicious Vinyl. A new album, Get Used to It was released on 27 June 2006 via Starbucks and more traditional music retail outlets. The album was recorded in New York and London; and the lead single "I Don't Know Why (I Love You)" was issued in early May. The single was notable for being one of very few late releases to feature the trademarked "A Tom Moulton Mix", as the legendary disco pioneer had been asked to contribute mixes. Later that year, their song "Jump 'N' Move" was featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 computer animated film, Happy Feet, and the in-game soundtrack for 2004's NBA Live 2005. The band toured at the end of 2006.

Band Members

Band Member Instrument Dates
Jan Kincaid
(born 17 May 1966 in Ealing)		 drums, keyboards 1985-present
Simon Bartholomew
(born 16 October 1965 in Ealing)		 guitar 1985-present
Andrew Levy
(born 20 July 1966 in Ealing)		 bass, keyboards 1985-present
Lascelles Gordon
 percussion, guitar debut album (1991)
Jim Wellman
 tenor sax, soprano sax, keyboards debut album (1991)
N'Dea Davenport
(born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA)		 vocals 1990-1995, 2005-present
Siedah Garrett
 vocals 1997
Carleen Anderson
 vocals
Nicole Russo
 vocals 2004
Sy Smith
 vocals

Discography

Studio Albums

Compilations

Singles

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Trivia

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External links

Vocalists

Reference

  1. Berto, Alessio 'Soulbeat'. Interview. Clubbity.com.
  2. Interview with Jon Scragg, Jazz FM 102.2 (London), 22 October 2004.
  3. N'Dea Davenport Interview. SoulTalk.
  4. Murray, Bill (August 1, 2006). An interview with the Brand New Heavies —Brand New Heavies on Get Used To It. Remix Magazine.

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