A six-piece Scottish funk band, Alan Gorrie of the Average White Band calls them 'The Tartan Special of Funk'.

The band writes and performs original material influenced by the likes of Steely Dan, Little Feat and Average White Band.

Formed in 2010 by Edinburgh-based journalist, Barry Gordon, the band’s name comes from an Eddie Murphy sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Rehearsals used to take place next to a sex shop, but they now practice in a former timber-mill that once stored government files.

In 2014, JBiA were awarded funding by Creative Scotland to record its debut album with living funk legend, Average White Band's Molly Duncan, who both produced and played on the album. Average White Band's Alan Gorrie also wrote a song, exclusively for the band, to go on the album too.

Regulars on BBC Radio Scotland, the sextet made their live television debut on STV's Riverside Show in May 2015. 

In June, 2015, the band sold out the Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, London - a feat not even Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones or Jamie Cullum achieved on their first outing at the venue.

JBiA also brought the month of June to a close with an epic concert at the ABC in Glasgow with pioneering soul-funk band, The Family Stone. 

Later this year, JBiA will be performing on the Main Stage at the Belladrum Festival, the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, and supporting both Average White Band (Queen's Hall) and The Blockheads (Voodoo Rooms) in Edinburgh.


BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE:
Performing in front of 80,000 revellers at the 2011/12 Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Party on the Waverley Stage alongside The Vaccines and Kassidy.

ALSO SHARED STAGES WITH:
*Little Feat (four occasions). *Average White Band (on three occasions) *Jon Spencer Blues Explosion *Electric Six *The Blockheads *The Family Stone *Robert Cray Band *The Black Seeds *Hayseed Dixie (twice) *Derek Trucks Band *Public Service Broadcasting *The Blockheads *Neville Staple (of The Specials) *Spin Doctors *Acoustic Ladyland *Roddy Frame *The Farm *Magne Furuholmen (A-Ha)

OTHER PRESTIGIOUS VENUES:
*HMV Picture House (Edinburgh) *Liquid Room (Edinburgh) *The Sage Hall 1 (Gateshead) *ABC 1 (Glasgow) *ABC 2 (Glasgow) *O2 (Glasgow) *The Garage (Glasgow) *The Arches (Glasgow) *The Ironworks (Inverness) *Pizza Express Jazz Club (London)

FESTIVALS:
*Belladrum Tartan Heart (Potting Shed Sponsors' Choice headliners, and Main Stage) *Kelburn Garden Festival *The Edge *The Outsider *Leith Jazz Festival *Glasgow Jazz Festival *Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival *Aberdeen Jazz Festival

NICE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE BAND: 

"A perfect example of just how much fun funk can be" - Edinburgh Evening News

"A contender for Scottish Album of the Year" - Daily Record

"Local funk legends" - STV 

"One of Scotland's best bands of the moment" - BBC Radio Scotland 

"Extremely Funky" - Jazz FM




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