Artist description Urban-Funk, Acid-Soul, Groove-Jazz... funk on the Fly... Super Funk Oil. Soulful songs with funky grooves, tight horns, jazzy solos & improvisations, rock/R&B vocals,occasional spoken word/rap and other hip-hop elements.

Music Style Urban-Funk / Acid-Soul / Groove-Jazz

Musical Influences Jamiroquai, Stevie Wonder, Brand New Heavies, Funkadelic, Groove Collective, James Brown, Steely Dan, Greyboy, Earth-Wind&Fire, Fishbone, Meters, JB's, Parliament, Liquid Soul, Average White Band, Herbie Hancock

Similar Artists Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies, Sly&the Family Stone, Groove Collective, JB's, Fishbone, Funky Meters

Artist History Based in Chicago, but drawing its talent from coast-to-coast, Fly Williams formed in late 1999. Performing at notable Chicago venues The Note, Martyr's, Elbo Room, and Subterranean, Fly Williams keeps audiences moving with hip funk rhythms augmented by tasty chord progressions & melodies, and dizzying horn solos. Vocalist Steve Johnson, guitarist Mark Sabatino and drummer Brett Holland are former members of acid-jazz group Zoogenic. Bassist Nick Thiakos and keys man Michael Cole are former members of the funk group Free Radicals.

Group Members Michael Cole - Keyboards, Brett Holland - Drums, Steve Johnson - Vocals, Mark Sabatino - Guitar, Jon Sanford - Alto sax, John Schnackenberg - Tenor/baritone sax, Nick Thiakos - Bass

Instruments bass, drums, guitar, keyboards/sampler, vocals, alto/tenor/baritone saxophones

Albums demo

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Location Chicago, IL - USA

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