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Young Disciples
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Young Disciples was a British-American acid jazz group, founded in London in 1990 by the singer and keyboard player Carleen Anderson, the bassist and guitarist Marco Nelson and the percussionist Femi Williams. Anderson came from the United States and had moved to London with her young son, where she met Nelson. The group signed to Talkin' Loud Records and first released Get Yourself Together.
Music and breakthrough
The breakthrough came in 1991 with Apparently Nothin', which reached number thirteen in the British charts. The album Road to Freedom was released in 1991 and reached number twenty-one. It was recorded in Paul Weller's private studio, with guests such as Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker, the horn players from the funk world, and Mick Talbot and Paul Weller himself. In 1992 the group contributed a remix of Apparently Nothin' to the benefit album Red Hot + Dance. That same year Anderson left to go solo, and with that the group broke up.
Influence
Young Disciples belonged to the emerging acid jazz scene, which mixed jazz, soul and funk with hip hop rhythms. The group also had ties to British hip hop, and rappers such as MC Mell'O' and Masta Ace worked with them. The song Apparently Nothin' is regarded as one of the best-known records of that movement.
Listening
Apparently Nothin' · Young Disciples, 1991
Discography
Studio albums
- 1991Road to Freedom
In School of Rock
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- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Acid jazz Genre
Around those labels bands formed that played real instruments in the spirit of the old records: The Brand New Heavies, Galliano, Young Disciples, Incognito and Jamiroquai, whose first single appeared on Acid Jazz in 1992.