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The Shuffle Demons

The Shuffle Demons are a Canadian jazz fusion band from Toronto.[1]

The Shuffle Demons
Shuffle Demons in concert at the Guelph Jazz Festival. Left to right: Perry White, Richard Underhill, Stich Wynston, George Koller, Kelly Jefferson
Background information
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresJazz fusion, Pop, Jazz rap
Years active1984–1997, 2004–present
LabelsVerve
MembersRichard Underhill
Dave Parker
Stich Wynston
George Koller
Perry White
Kelly Jefferson
Matt Lagan
Mike Downes
Past membersMike Murley
Jim Vivian
Eric St. Laurent
Greg Smith
Websiteshuffledemons.com

Early career edit

The band were formed in 1984 by saxophonist Richard Underhill in collaboration with a variety of Toronto-area jazz musicians including Mike Murley, Dave Parker and Stich Wynston.[2] They performed as buskers in the Toronto area before recording the full-length album Streetniks, which was released in 1986.[3]

The band had a surprise Top 40 hit in Canada with their 1986 single "Spadina Bus".[4] The song referred to the Toronto Transit Commission's Spadina Avenue bus in Toronto.[4] The album became the best-selling independent release in Canadian music history as of that time, and was a Juno Award nominee for Best Jazz Album at the Juno Awards of 1987.[5]

"Spadina Bus" was also later used as the theme to CITY-TV's show Speakers' Corner.

The Shuffle Demons released four more albums over the next seven years. They never scored another mainstream pop hit, although the video "Get Out of My House, Roach" received considerable airplay on MuchMusic. They retained a devoted following on the jazz scene, however.

In 1987, they appeared on the children's television program Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show during season four.

Later career and breakup edit

The group played jazz, folk, world and rock festivals from Halifax to Vancouver and from Italy to Estonia from 1986 – 1997, touring across Canada 15 times and through Europe 15 times. The Shuffle Demons featured a fusion of hard bop and rap combined with exotic costumes and a no-holds-barred performance style. Over the course of 15 European tours they were a hit at several Jazz festivals including the North Sea Jazz, Molde Jazz, London’s Outside In Jazz festival, the Edinburgh Jazz festival, the Sfinks festival, Jazz a Vienne, and FiESTa Internationale in Estonia.

Murley and Vivian left the band in 1989, and were replaced by Perry White and George Koller. Koller left in 1993, and was replaced by Mike Milligan. The following year, Wynston and White left the band, and were replaced by Eric St. Laurent and Greg Smith.

Parker left in 1995. The band subsequently broke up in 1997.

Reformation and international touring edit

Underhill, Parker, White, Wynston, Koller and Milligan reformed the band in 2004, releasing a new greatest hits CD to coincide with their reunion tour. During the tour, the band also coordinated a successful attempt at a world record for the largest number of people playing saxophone simultaneously. The official Guinness Book of Records count is 900 participants, all playing the theme from Hockey Night in Canada.

The Shuffle Demons continue to tour and performed at festivals in India, China and Europe in 2006 and in Thailand, South Korea and the USA in 2010 with great success. In the summer of 2011, the band performed at the Rochester, NY and Kingston, ON Jazz Festivals, as well as touring Australia and New Zealand.

In 2012, Clusterfunk, their first album of new material in seventeen years, was released. It was recorded and mixed between January and September of the previous year, at Canterbury Music and Inception Sound, both located in Toronto.

Discography edit

  • Streetniks (1986)
  • Bop Rap (1988)
  • What Do You Want? (1990)
  • Alive in Europe (1992)
  • Extra Crispy (1993)
  • Get Right EP (1995)
  • Greatest Hits (2004)
  • Clusterfunk (2012)
  • Crazy Time (2020)
  • All In (2022)

References edit

  1. ^ Gwen Dambrofsky, "Shuffle Demons liven up an often-dour jazz scene". The Globe and Mail, July 4, 1986.
  2. ^ Mark Miller, "A Demon beat out there on the street". The Globe and Mail, September 28, 1985.
  3. ^ Mark Miller, "Streetniks: Shuffle Demons". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1986.
  4. ^ a b Jonathan Gross, "Spadina Shuffle". Toronto Star, November 22, 1986.
  5. ^ Lois Moody, "Shuffle Demons outrageous and irresistible". Ottawa Citizen, October 13, 1987.

External links edit

  • The Shuffle Demons official website

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