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The Jig is an 8-piece funk team from Amsterdam that performs hot original works. It is one of few real funk groups, an instrumental groove machine with a rock & roll-attitude, known for its powerful and exhilarating live shows.
The music is up-to-date and personal, adding elements of soul, afro, jazz and rock & roll to the music that derives from heroes like Bootsy Collins, Tower of Power, James Brown, Average White Band and The Meters.
Since 2009 the band has been propagating its infectiously original funk with growing success, playing 300 gigs all over Holland, in Germany, Spain, Belgium, France, the U.S. and Brazil.
In 2011 The Jig released its well-received debut album Brooklyn Blowout, which was recorded in New York. In 2013 more funk stompers found their way to an audience by way of the album Aargh! In 2016 the full studio album Proximo Disco was released, for the first time – denying all the bands principles – a singer: Mr. Ruben. Since then Mr. Ruben is a regular member of The Jig joining the live shows.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the band, a live album was released in 2020: The Jig Live in Rio, recorded in Brazil in front of twenty thousand people. The latest album Spic&Span contains yet another set of funk tracks. On the track Swagger, the world famous saxophonist Bill Evans (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger) is featured. The band hung out with Bill during one of the Brazil tours and teamed up for this song.
The music is up-to-date and personal, adding elements of soul, afro, jazz and rock & roll to the music that derives from heroes like Bootsy Collins, Tower of Power, James Brown, Average White Band and The Meters.
Since 2009 the band has been propagating its infectiously original funk with growing success, playing 300 gigs all over Holland, in Germany, Spain, Belgium, France, the U.S. and Brazil.
In 2011 The Jig released its well-received debut album Brooklyn Blowout, which was recorded in New York. In 2013 more funk stompers found their way to an audience by way of the album Aargh! In 2016 the full studio album Proximo Disco was released, for the first time – denying all the bands principles – a singer: Mr. Ruben. Since then Mr. Ruben is a regular member of The Jig joining the live shows.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the band, a live album was released in 2020: The Jig Live in Rio, recorded in Brazil in front of twenty thousand people. The latest album Spic&Span contains yet another set of funk tracks. On the track Swagger, the world famous saxophonist Bill Evans (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger) is featured. The band hung out with Bill during one of the Brazil tours and teamed up for this song.
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