THE ENDURING SUCCESS OF INCOGNITO, THE NOW LEGENDARY BRITISH JAZZ FUNK BAND LED BY JEAN-PAUL ‘BLUEY’ MAUNICK IS ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES OF UK MUSIC - THEIR UNIQUELY BRITISH SOUND HAS ENDURED AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON FOR ALMOST FOUR DECADES. ALTHOUGH THEIR SELF-TITLED 1981 DEBUT WAS A LANDMARK FOR UK JAZZ-FUNK (FEATURING A YOUNG SADE PICTURED ON THE COVER AND GUESTS INCLUDING HUGH MASEKELA), IT WAS THEIR EARLY 90’S RECORDINGS FOR GILLES PETERSON TALKIN’ LOUD LABEL (1991’S ‘INSIDE LIFE’, 1992’S ‘TRIBES, VIBES AND SCRIBES’ AND 1993’S POSITIVITY’) THAT SPAWNED HITS SUCH AS ‘ALWAYS THERE’, ‘DON’T YOU WORRY ’BOUT A THING’ AND ‘STILL A FRIEND OF MINE’ THAT WOULD SEE THEM BECOMING MILLION-SELLING ARTISTS CEMENTING THEIR PLACE AMONG THE IN-DEMAND BANDS ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. AND WITH CLUB REMIXES BY THE LIKES OF DAVID MORALES AND ROGER SANCHEZ THEY WOULD TAKE CLUBLAND — AND THE CHARTS — BY STORM. ALBUMS HAVE FOLLOWED THICK AND FAST FEATURING THE BEST OF THE YOUNG CROP OF MUSICIANS AND SINGERS ALONGSIDE BIGGER ESTABLISHED NAMES. THE WRITING HAS GOTTEN DEEPER, THE MUSIC ALWAYS UPLIFTING, AND THE PRODUCTIONS TIMELESS. SOAKED IN SOUL, COATED IN JAZZ WITH MORE THAN A TWIST OF FUNK AND DANCE, INCOGNITO’S CATCHY NUMBERS ARE IMMEDIATE AND INFECTIOUS EXPLAINING JUST WHY INCOGNITO REMAIN A POWERFUL AND ENERGETIC LIVE ACT.
