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47-661: The Dap-Kings, the Daptone house band , are notable for their collaborations with Mark Ronson , including their contributions to Amy Winehouse 's Back to Black . The band continued to work and perform together through 2018. In the mid-1990s, artist Phillip Lehman and musician Gabriel Roth (also known as Bosco Mann ) founded a band called the Soul Providers, and began recording an album of James Brown -inspired instrumentals and vocal collaborations with deep funk recording artist Lee Fields . After hearing Sharon Jones ,

94-485: A Chase Manhattan Bank commercial that same year. In Australia , their song "Got a Thing on my Mind" featured in a 2005 commercial for Cadbury's Boost Chocolate bar . In 2008 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings worked with Tropicana on a song promoting Tropicana orange juice, titled "Sweet & Lovely." Ziggy Marley and Bebel Gilberto were featured in similar projects. In 2015, the song "100 Days, 100 Nights"

141-423: A corrections officer turned singer, record backing vocals for a Fields track, Lehman and Roth recorded a solo track of Jones singing "Switchblade", a song which had been intended for a man's voice. This track along with another Jones solo, "The Landlord", were included on the Soul Providers debut album, Soul Tequila , released in about 1996 on the now-defunct French label Pure Records. Lehman and Roth then started

188-423: A late-night talk show fixture, with many of them also serving as straight men for the host's jokes, musically introducing guests, playing in and out of commercials, composing original pieces of music for sketches , and backing up musical guests. The Roots became the first hip hop house band on late-night television when they joined Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2009. Record labels have often employed

235-507: A Friday-night residency at the now-defunct NoMoore in August 1999. Called Africalia!, the residency lasted from August 1999 till April 2001, when the club was shut down by fire officials during the Giuliani administration 's crackdown on nightclubs and cabarets. Along with Perna, guitarist and producer/engineer Gabriel Roth wrote several of the earlier tunes and oversaw recording and most of

282-1012: A US tour at the Outsidelands Festival in San Francisco, followed by a tour of California. On August 24, 2012, Antibalas made their national television debut, performing their single "Dirty Money" on NBC 's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . On September 11, they resumed their US/Canada tour with 30 dates in the Midwest, East Coast, Southeast and Gulf Coast, including the Austin City Limits Festival . On October 4, they appeared on NPR 's Tiny Desk Concerts. The band toured in Europe in October and November 2012, followed by an Australian tour in March 2013 . In May of

329-404: A Woman began in 2015, during which Jones was fighting pancreatic cancer ; she had been first diagnosed in 2013. A film about Jones' battle with cancer, Miss Sharon Jones! , was released in 2016 with a soundtrack compilation. Jones died on November 18, 2016, at the age of 60. No specific announcement has been made regarding the band's future; however, the Dap-Kings have subsequently performed at

376-501: A band leader, who regularly play at an establishment. It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to bands which are the regular performers at a nightclub, especially jazz and R&B clubs. The term can also refer to a group that plays sessions for a specific recording studio . House bands on television shows usually play only cover songs instead of originals, and they play during times that commercials would be seen by

423-541: A core group of musicians to serve as a house band or house orchestra, specifically for recording sessions. These groups can come to be regarded as an important component of a label's distinctive "sound". This use of house bands, first popularized in the 1920s, was revived during the 1960s, most notably at Motown and at Stax Records . Some of these house bands, such as Booker T. & the M.G.'s (Stax), had parallel careers as main artists in their own right. Note: Individuals listed may not have performed in some or any of

470-751: A new label in New York called Desco Records, first on the lower East Side above an umbrella store and later with a studio and distribution office in the basement of an apartment building located at 440 West 41st Street in Manhattan. They reissued Soul Tequila as a vinyl-only LP and renamed Gimme the Paw , and included only one of the Jones collaborations, "Switchblade". Desco showcased its artists- The Soul Providers and Sugarman Three with revue-style shows and released their music on vinyl 45-rpm records. Jones, backed by

517-474: A solo album by Lee Fields, Let's Get a Groove On , for which the Soul Providers provided the backing. Desco recorded, "Funky Sitar Man" by Ravi Harris and the Prophets, released on BBE Record. In 2000, Lehman and Roth parted ways, and the Soul Providers disbanded. Lehman set up Soul Fire Records; Roth started Daptone Records with Sugarman 3 saxophonist Neal Sugarman. The next studio location from 2000-2002

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564-461: A way to bring it all together. So this album was the first chapter in [which] kung fu meets Afrobeat." The band's worldwide tour in support of Fu Chronicles began in early 2020. but was interrupted and cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. Fu Chronicles was nominated in the category of Best Global Music Album for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards . In mid-2021 the band began

611-560: The 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017 and were the house band for Joe's Pub Presents: A Holiday Special , which taped in November 2016. The Dap-Kings completed the music for the album during this time and released Soul of a Woman on the year anniversary of Jones' death in 2017. They were active as a live performing group through 2018; of note, they played a series of summer shows with Jon Batiste . Two years later, in September 2020,

658-472: The Rikers Island prison facility . The group has received guest visits from several musicians from Fela Kuti's Afrika 70 and Egypt 80 bands, including Tony Allen (drums), Femi Kuti (alto sax), Tunde Williams (trumpet), Oghene Kologbo (guitar), Nicolas Addey (congas), Dele Sosimi (keyboards), Ola Jagun (drums/percussion), and Jojo Kuo (drums) as well as Seun Kuti. In the summer of 2008, Antibalas

705-625: The soundtrack album . "Longer And Stronger", a previously unreleased track, also made an appearance on the For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in 2010. "Money", "The Reason", and "Keep On Looking" are used in the video game Sleeping Dogs , which was released in August 2012. The songs can be heard on an in-game radio station called Daptone Radio. The 2011 movie Henry's Crime featured

752-536: The 2012 David Byrne and St. Vincent collaboration Love This Giant . Dap-Kings drummer Homer Steinwess appears on St. Vincent's self-titled fifth album . In 2014, the Dap-Kings horn section collaborated with the Antibalas horn section, Mark Ronson , and Bruno Mars to record " Uptown Funk " and other tracks from Mark Ronson's 2015 album Uptown Special . They also performed "Uptown Funk" together on Saturday Night Live in November 2014. In February 2017,

799-551: The Air soundtrack album. The same cover plays over the end credits of both the 2007 film Dark Matter and the How to Make It in America episode "Paper, Denim + Dollars." The same cover plays over the end credits of Ken Burns' documentary film Jackie Robinson . "How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?" was featured in the first season for the television series Hung and included on

846-538: The Apollo Theater with additional Daptone artists. In 2015, the Antibalas horn section collaborated with The Dap-Kings horn section, Mark Ronson , and Bruno Mars to record " Uptown Funk " and other tracks from Ronson's 2015 album Uptown Special . They also performed "Uptown Funk" together on Saturday Night Live in November 2014. The group also performed a 29-show tour in collaboration with

893-545: The Bahamas, the back catalog of Soul Fire was handled by Truth & Soul Records, who, along with Soul Fire, used many of the same artists in their recordings, including Lee Fields, Steinweiss, Brenneck and Michels himself. The Dap-Kings took on Ian Hendrickson-Smith , a local saxophone player who had released several jazz albums under his own name. In late 2006, the band recorded a third studio album, 100 Days, 100 Nights . A non-album funk-style single, "I'm Not Gonna Cry",

940-878: The Dap-Kings are featured on Michael Bublé 's 2009 album, Crazy Love , in the track " Baby (You've Got What It Takes) ". In the fall of 2009 Sharon Jones and David Guy appeared with Phish for their musical costume at Phish's Festival 8 in Indio California, where they covered the Rolling Stones ' Exile on Main St. The Dap-Kings horn section backed the Heavy in a 2010 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman , and they appeared with Muse on Saturday Night Live in 2012, providing support during their performance of " Panic Station ". The Dap-Kings appear on

987-550: The Dap-Kings joined Nas , Florence Welch , Wanda Jackson , and The Roots in tribute to her during VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul . In 2007 the Dap-Kings worked with British singer Ben Westbeech to record a new version of his song "So Good Today". Jones lends her vocals on one song, "The Way We Lived", on Wax Tailor 's second album, Hope & Sorrow , released in April 2007. Jones is also featured on releases by They Might Be Giants ( The Else ) and Rufus Wainwright ( Release

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1034-630: The Dap-Kings served as the backing band for country musician Sturgill Simpson 's performance of his song "All Around You" at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards . In July 2017, it was revealed that the Dap-Kings Horns collaborated with Kesha on her song " Woman ", from her album Rainbow . In 2006, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings were featured in an I Love NY commercial directed by Kurt Lustgarten and set to their cover of Woody Guthrie 's " This Land Is Your Land ". The band's cover of Stevie Wonder 's " Uptight (Everything's Alright) " appeared in

1081-522: The Dap-Kings, including two hits from the album, " Rehab " and " You Know I'm No Good ". Several tracks recorded at Daptone Studios miscredit the studio as "Dapking Studios". Various members of the band feature on all but one of the tracks on Mark Ronson 's second album, Version (2007), which spawned the Amy Winehouse cover " Valerie ". The Dap-Kings became the backing band for Winehouse's first U.S. tour. After Winehouse's passing, Sharon Jones and

1128-510: The Daptone Recording Studio, with a sixteen-track analog tape machine, was open for business. The band intended to record two albums back-to-back, but during the final sessions of the first of these albums, Roth suffered serious eye injuries in a car crash, and only one LP and CD, Naturally , was released in 2005. This album included a mix of both soul and funk influences; the production and recording values were crisper than

1175-452: The Soul Providers (who had become the Desco house band), released three 45s for the label. Recording dates were deliberately omitted from the labels and the records were often marketed as being released in the 1970s. Two other Soul Providers albums were released, an instrumental soundtrack to a Sam Lung kung-fu film, The Revenge of Mr Mopoji , credited to Mike Jackson and the Soul Providers, and

1222-790: The Stars ). Jones contributed six period numbers by Bessie Smith and others to the soundtrack for the film The Great Debaters , recorded in the Ardent Studio in Memphis. Jones is also a featured on the Verve Records Baby Loves Jazz books/CDs and has had character books published by Penguin Books in conjunction with the series, entitled Ella the Elephant: Scats Like That . Sharon Jones and

1269-560: The U.S. election, was a militant anti-war statement denouncing the Iraq War . "Genuine (parts 1 & 2)" (2004) was a hard funk record. Their cover of " Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) ", released in 2005, was recorded for a KFC commercial in 2002 but was never used. About this time Maxton and Szilagyi left the band to become members of Antibalas , a New York-based afrobeat band. Trumpeter Dave Guy and guitarist Thomas Brenneck joined in their stead. In 2003,

1316-472: The advent of television in the 1950s, bands from the swing era of jazz typically performed on variety show programs as house bands, starting a television institution that survives to the present. One of the best-remembered, and longest-running, house bands was the NBC Orchestra of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and his predecessors. Late-night television offered security and survival for

1363-451: The big band, led by trumpeter Doc Severinsen , while the trends in popular music continually changed around them. Late Night with David Letterman , which began in 1982, featured Paul Shaffer and The World's Most Dangerous Band , who, unlike previous house bands, incorporated contemporary rhythm and blues and rock music . The band continued that blend with Letterman when he left for CBS to start Late Show in 1993. House bands remain

1410-540: The group Zap Mama at performing arts centers across the US and Canada. In 2020, Antibalas released their seventh full-length studio album, entitled Fu Chronicles , on the Daptone label. Former vocalist Amayo told NPR's Morning Edition , "Since I was a kid, I was always studying martial arts and kung fu was very central [to] everything I did. So when I started playing music, I couldn't imagine not having kung fu as part of that training. But then, I wanted to now figure out

1457-434: The group announced Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In , an album compiling cover songs recorded over the years. The record was released on October 23, 2020. Years adapted from album credits, may not be exact. ‡ indicates musician who was part of/played with The Soul Providers, active from 1996 to 1999 Six of the tracks on Amy Winehouse 's 2006 album Back to Black feature various members of

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1504-482: The group first performed on May 26, 1998, at St. Nick's Pub in Harlem at a poetry night organized by visual artist Xaviera Simmons . Over the next few months, the group solidified with a core of eleven band members and expanded their repertoire of original songs. For the first year of the group's existence, they performed exclusively at non-commercial venues such as block parties, lofts, and public parks, before securing

1551-504: The groups listed. Antibalas Antibalas (Spanish for "bulletproof") is an American, Brooklyn -based afrobeat band founded in 1998 by Martín Perna . Initially inspired by Fela Kuti 's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri 's Harlem River Drive Orchestra, the music generally follows the musical architecture and language of afrobeat and incorporates elements of jazz , funk , dub , improvised music , and traditional drumming from Cuba and West Africa . As "Conjunto Antibalas",

1598-500: The home viewing audience. Therefore, only those present in the studio during the show's taping see their full performances. House bands emerged with jazz music in Chicago during the 1920s. The practice of using regular backing musicians during studio sessions became customary as a means for record companies to save money and add convenience at a time when the music industry had seen increased studio costs and musical specialization. With

1645-538: The horn-driven outfit had released their second album, Talkatif , and continued to tour throughout the United States and Europe. In summer 2004, they released their third studio album, Who is This America? on Ropeadope Records . Of the album, Pitchfork writes, "Indeed, where Antibalas' previous works were abridged for accessibility, here they've clearly become more comfortable with their staying power, and more confident with their voice." The group returned to

1692-498: The production of the first three records. Over the next few years, the band's presence grew; by summer 2000 Antibalas had released their first album, Liberation Afrobeat Vol. 1 , and had toured twice in England, while continuing to play at venues throughout New York City . Recording with the group in the early days was Cameroonian drummer Jojo Kuo, who can be heard on the studio recordings of "Uprising" and "Machete". By early 2002,

1739-485: The residency would provide financial support for what would have otherwise been a financially draining trip. Promotional copies were sent to funk DJs and reviewers, and the album was officially released as the first LP and CD on Daptone Records in 2002, and attracted an enthusiastic review from quarterly hip-hop and funk magazine Big Daddy . Following the album, three 45s not on the album were also released: "What If We all Stopped Paying Taxes", released in 2002 just ahead of

1786-589: The same year Antibalas visited Mexico for first time, performing in Puebla "Festival 5 de Mayo" joined by original member Victor Axelrod on bass. In 2014, the group, along with Daptone label mates Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings , Charles Bradley , The Sugarman Three , and Saun & Starr performed as the Daptone Super Soul Revue, performing 13 dates in Europe in July and later four nights at

1833-522: The slightly duller "scratchy 45" sound of the first album. The band embarked on an international promotional tour. Leon Michels left the band soon after the release of Naturally to help start a new label, Truth & Soul Records , and released a solo LP that was originally intended for Daptone, Sounding Out the City , credited to El Michels Affair . When Lehman closed the Soul Fire label and moved to

1880-500: The songs "Answer Me", "100 Days 100 Nights", "Got a Thing On My Mind", "Stranded in Your Love", "Be Easy", and "Let Them Knock". The band appeared in the 2013 movie The Wolf of Wall Street . They also appear performing "100 Days 100 Nights" at the end of " You Know My Steez ", the 13th episode of Netflix's Luke Cage . Selected album credits House band A house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by

1927-491: The studio in the summer of 2005 to work with producer John McEntire in Chicago. Antibalas's album Security , produced by McEntire and released on the ANTI- label in 2007, was "a clear turning point for the band," and Spin notes "they've practically become their own genre." Antibalas has performed in 35 countries, including Japan and Australia, and throughout New York City, from Carnegie Hall to Central Park Summerstage to

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1974-647: Was at 340 Grand Street in Williamsburg, in the basement of Amayo's Afrospot and served as the headquarters for Daptone recording projects and the band Antibalas . A new group, the Dap-Kings, was formed, consisting of label owners Roth on bass and Neal Sugarman on saxophone, plus original Soul Providers: guitarist Binky Griptite , organist Earl Maxton , saxophonist Martin Perna percussionist Fernando Velez, and trumpeter Anda Szilagyi. Joining them were two young members of The Mighty Imperials, whose album Thunder Chicken

2021-684: Was featured off-Broadway in Bill T. Jones 's Fela! , a musical celebrating the life of Fela Kuti. Antibalas trombonist Aaron Johnson served as the show's musical director and was joined by several members of Antibalas. In the fall of 2009, Fela! opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre , once again with members of Antibalas. In 2010, the band independently released their Rat Race EP, produced by Victor Axelrod, with original "Se Chifló" featuring Chico Mann as vocalist and an arrangement of Bob Marley 's " Rat Race " sung by Amayo on vocals. "Rat Race"

2068-709: Was included on the compilation World's Funkiest Covers in 2011. In 2011, the band reunited with producer and former Antibalas guitarist Gabriel Roth at Daptone Studios in Bushwick , Brooklyn , to record their fifth full-length album, entitled Antibalas . The album was released on August 7, 2012, on the Daptone label. The band resumed a heavy touring schedule beginning in April 2012 with their debut tour in Brazil , performing in São Paulo and Recife , and kicked off

2115-604: Was released in April 2007, and the album was released in October along with two B-sides /bonus tracks: "Settlin' In" and "The Collection Song". Further albums included I Learned the Hard Way (2010), Give the People What They Want (2014), and the holiday release It's a Holiday Soul Party . Also in 2014, Jones and her band performed at the Hamilton, Ontario Supercrawl . The recording process Soul of

2162-466: Was the last release on the Desco label: tenor saxophonist Leon Michels and drummer Homer Steinweiss , who both had also been touring members of The Soul Providers previously. The band secured a four week, 20 show engagement at La Boite, a club in Barcelona , Spain, and recorded an LP, Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings , in 2001. A few hundred copies were pressed, so that sales during

2209-511: Was used in a FitBit commercial. In 2016, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings appeared in a video covering the Allman Brothers song "Midnight Rider" for Lincoln Motors. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' cover of Woody Guthrie 's " This Land Is Your Land ", from the album Naturally , plays over the opening credits of the 2009 film Up in the Air . The song is also the first track on the Up in

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