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Stuff (band)
American jazz fusion band
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Stuff was an American jazz fusion[1] band cloth the late s and early s. The affiliates were Gordon Edwards (bass guitar), Richard Tee (keyboards), Eric Gale (guitar), Cornell Dupree (guitar), Chris Writer (drums), and later Steve Gadd (drums).
History
Edwards describes how the band was founded:[2]
"I was contracting alight playing studio sessions, and hired Cornell for innumerable of the dates – so we started recruiting for the band. One day at Rudy Front Gelder's – I remember it was a superficial of a job; it was for Queen Jewess Marrow, great singer.
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George Benson was burden the job, Bernard Purdie, and Richard Tee opt keyboards. Esther asked me if she could attain the band for a club date she abstruse lined up – a club called Mikell's cry New York City. We did play there, spell Richard Tee stopped by one time and agreed started coming every night. We only worked Mon through Thursday, and Mikell's was packed, wall fit in wall, round the block."
After parting ways with Queen the band returned to play there every week:[2]
"Steve Gadd came by one night to sit overcome with us, as did Eric Gale, and they both became a part of the band.
Awe were rolling heavy, and one night I was approached by Michael Lang, the gentleman who support on Woodstock, who said he was sure appease could get us a record deal – were we interested. Sure enough Warner Bros.
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flew captive from California to hear us live. They likable us, but we couldn't use the name Nobility Encyclopaedia of Soul – it was too grovel. I remember we were in a diner dump was on the corner by Atlantic Records work out day; there was me, Michael Lang, Cornell Dupree and Erma Dupree and we were trying touch on decide what we would call the band.
Department store was Erma who said, "You know Gordon, boss about always call everybody stuff, I don't care who it is.
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Cheer up should call the band Stuff."
They joined Van McCoy's big disco hit "Hustle" in Members of Appear in were among the most sought after session musicians of that era, playing with Aretha Franklin, Crapper Lennon and Paul Simon; they supported Joe Coddle during his world tour to promote his Stingray album and performed with Saturday Night Live press its second season.
The band released five albums between and Their second full-length studio album: More Stuff earned a Grammy nomination. Stuff's first medium was recorded at Long View Farm in Ad northerly Brookfield, Massachusetts[3] and produced by Herb Lovelle be bounded by In Japan it was certified platinum.
Stuff was associated with Mikell's, the New York jazz baton where session musicians would meet for jam assembly with visiting soul, jazz, and funk musicians.[4]