Defunct
| Defunct | |
|---|---|
 in Paris, France in June 1981 |
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| General information | |
| origin | New York City , United States |
| Genre (s) | Funk jazz |
| founding | 1978 |
| Founding members | |
| Joseph Bowie | |
| Current occupation | |
trombone |
Joseph Bowie |
| Kelvyn Bell | |
guitar |
Bill Bickford |
guitar |
Ronny Drayton |
| Kim Clarke | |
| John Mulkerin | |
| Garry "Gman" Sullivan | |
Drums |
Kenny Martin |
| former members | |
guitar |
Kelvin Bell |
guitar |
Vernon Reid |
| Kahil El'Zabar | |
bass |
Melvin Gibbs |
Drums |
Charles Bobo Shaw |
Drums |
Ronnie Burrage |
Keyboard for "Crisis" |
Kevin Bents |
Drums |
Tobias Ralph |
Bass on "Cum Funky" |
Ronnie MacJenkins |
| Alex Harding | |
Keyboard |
Adam Klipple |
Defunkt is an American funk-jazz band founded in New York City in 1978 around trombonist and singer Joseph Bowie , a brother of jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie .
history
Defunkt emerged in the late 1970s from former colleagues of James Chance . Announced as Joe Bowie and the Defunked or The Defunked at the first appearances in New York's Squat Theater , the band has survived to the present day. Defunkt's music combines free jazz and bebop elements with funk and deconstructs disco clichés and rigid jazz templates.
In the course of their career the band experienced some line-up changes and sometimes played in big band format. For some time Vernon Reid , who later became a guitarist for Living Color , was part of Bowie's ensemble.
In 2015 the band toured under the name Defunkt Downtown in the '80s with the same line-up as when they were founded about 35 years ago.
Discography
- Defunkt (1980)
- Strangling Me with Your Love (US only, 1981)
- Thermonuclear Sweat (1982)
- The Razor's Edge (12 "maxi-single, Europe only, 1982)
- In America (1988)
- Avoid the Funk: a Defunkt Anthology (compilation, 1988)
- Heroes (1990)
- Live at the Knitting Factory (Live, 1991)
- Crisis (1992)
- Cum Funky (1993)
- Live and Reunified (Live, 1993)
- A Blues Tribute to Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix (1994)
- One World (1995)
- Defunkt live in Stuttgart (Live, 1996)
- The Legend of Defunkt, Volume 1 (compilation, 2001)
- Defunkt - The Legend Continues (double album, only Europe, 2001)
- Defunkt Live in Europe (live double album, 2002)
- Journey (2004)
- Defunkt + Thermonuclear Sweat (new edition of the first two albums, 2005)
- Mastervolt (2015)
- Live at Channel Zero (2016)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://josephbowie.com/defunkt.html
- ↑ The Contortions at Allmusic (English)