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King Django

King Django
Birth nameJeffrey Baker
OriginBrooklyn, New York City, New York
GenresReggae, ska, rocksteady, dub, dancehall, rhythm & blues, soul, Klezmer
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, record producer
Years active1986–present
LabelsStubborn Records

King Django (born Jeffrey Baker) is an American bandleader, singer, songwriter, arranger, engineer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, especially in the genres of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, dancehall, rhythm & blues and soul. Other influences in his music have included traditional jazz, swing, klezmer, hardcore/punk rock, hip-hop and electronica.

Django has toured many times throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and Japan as the leader of Stubborn All-Stars, Skinnerbox, and the King Django Band and as a sideman with such renowned acts as Rancid, Murphy's Law, The Slackers, and The Toasters. He is also widely known and respected as an influential mentor to younger musicians, sharing and spreading his deep knowledge of and love for Jamaican and American music. Django currently performs regularly leading the King Django Band and Bad Luck Dice and as a sideman with Predator Dub Assassins.

Early years

King Django was born at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the east Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie. His interest in music was sparked while attending Hunter College High School in uptown Manhattan, New York. At age 15 he became a professional computer programmer in New York. Since taking up the trombone at age 19, the self-taught musician has been steadily playing, touring, and recording with a series of bands. From 1986 to 1988, he played trombone, wrote, composed, sang and co-led the seminal New York City rocksteady band The Boilers. In late 1988 Django formed Skinnerbox, melding ska, reggae, dancehall, funk, punk, jump blues, soul and psychedelia.

Baker is Jewish, and his grandfather survived the Holocaust.[1][2]

Stubborn Records

In 1992 he formed the Stubborn Records label to release Skinnerbox's debut full-length CD Tales of the Red. The Stubborn Records label went on to define the 1990s New York traditional ska sound and continues releasing new material to this day.

Stubborn All-Stars

In 1994 he assembled a group of musicians under the name Stubborn All-Stars for a recording session which yielded the 4-song vinyl EP Old's Cool released on the Stubborn Records. Within two weeks of the release of this record, he was summoned to the offices of Profile Records in New York to sign a recording contract. In 1995 and 1996 Stubborn All-Stars had a degree of commercial success with the singles “Tin Spam” and “Pick Yourself Up,” which saw rotation on MTV.

Version City

In 1997 Django assembled the Version City recording studio which rapidly became the hub of the New York ska and reggae scene. The popular Version City Party was started that same year at Coney Island High on St. Mark's Place in Manhattan's East Village. In 2000 the studio was moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey, where Django continues his engineering and production work for a wide roster of international clients. In August 2006 after several years of floating to different venues, most notably SEHO in the Lower East Side, the Version City Party was resurrected as a monthly at the Knitting Factory in New York City, on the first Saturday of every month.

Echo Mix Wave Tour

In late 2011, Django was a headlining performer on the month-long “Echo Mix” tour along with Konrad Kuechenmeister (Berlin, Germany) and Brian Hill of Regatta 69. In June of the same year, Django set out alone for Florida, performing a string of shows with several different backing bands. In 2012 Django celebrated the 20th anniversary of his independent label Stubborn Records, as well as the 5th anniversary of his Version City label based in Kingston, Jamaica.

Version City Tour

In late 2012 and early 2013, Django took his popular, long-standing rocksteady and ska Version City Party (active since 1997, most notably at prestigious New York venue The Knitting Factory) on the road, leading the first Version City Tour through 30 dates in 10 states. Playing piano and trombone, supported by young Pennsylvania band The Snails, Django performed a wide selection of his own material as well as a number of classic reggae and ska tunes.

In February 2013, Django was invited to perform in Kingston, Jamaica, at the Institute of Jamaica’s Jamaica Music Museum, accompanying such musical dignitaries as Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Ras Michael, Nambo Robinson, Big Youth, Junior Reid, and Bongo Herman.

In late May and early June 2013, Django led the second outing of his Version City Tour through 27 east coast shows in 25 days. Version City Tour #2 featured a compact and versatile quartet with Django being joined by Brian Hill of North Carolina’s Regatta 69 on bass and vocals as well as guitarist/vocalist John DeCarlo of hard-touring Boston ska group Westbound Train. Depending on the venue, the show ranged from 45 minutes to three hours, showcasing the songs of these three veteran performers, along with drummer Anthony Vito Fraccalvieri of Long Island bands Broadcaster and Royal City Riot (who had just come off a six-week U.S. tour with The Toasters).

Discography

with Skinnerbox

  • Instrumental Conditioning cassette 1990
  • Now & Then cassette 1992
  • Tales of the Red CD/cassette (Stubborn), May 1993
  • "Does He Love You"/"Right Side" 7" single (Stubborn) Dec. 1993
  • Sunken Treasure 4-song EP (Stubborn) July 1994
  • Special Wild 1989-1994 CD (Stubborn), May 1996
  • What You Can Do, What You Can't (Moon Ska) Apr 1997
  • Demonstration full-length CD/CS (Triple Crown Records/Stubborn) Dec 1998

Compilation appearances

  • NYC SKA Live LP (Moon) 1991
  • Step on a Crack (Sound Views) 1992
  • Skarmageddon CD (Moon) July 1994
  • Stay Sharp Vol. 2 (Step-1 - England) June 1995
  • Skinnerbox, Scofflaws V/A: Joint Ventures of Ska CD (DVS Media) May 1996
  • Skinnerbox, Dunia & Django, The Stable Boys, Noah & The Arks, et al. V/A: Roots, Branch & Stem CD *(Stubborn), June 1996
  • This Aren't 2-Tone compilation CD (Too Hep) 1996
  • Big Skank Theory (1997, Le Silence De La Rue - France)
  • Skankaholics Anonymous (Moon Ska) Apr 1997
  • Skinnerbox, Stubborn All-Stars V/A: Give 'Em the Boot (1997, Hellcat)
    • Track 08 - "Does He Love You?"
  • Skinnerbox, The Lonely Boys V/A: Who's The Man (Full Stop) 1998
  • All Around Massive (Cole Mack) 1998
  • Ska, Punk & Disorderly (BANKSHOT!) 1998
  • NYC Ska Mob & Friends (Grover - Germany) Dec 1998

with Stubborn All-Stars

Compilation appearances

Other recordings

Compilation appearances

References

[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "King Django interview". Clevelandjewishradio.tripod.com.
  2. ^ The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the Downtown Avant-garde Rogovoy, Seth. Algonquin Books, 2000. Pages 141-143.
  3. ^ "Skinnerbox: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips". Archived from the original on 2005-12-26.
  4. ^ "Stubborn All-Stars: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips". March 11, 2007. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007.
  5. ^ "RUBIN'S ROCK N ROLL REFERENCE DISCOGRAPHY". Rockmusiclist.com.

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