The Budos Band are an "Instrumental Staten-Island Afro-Soul" outfit recordi… Read Full Bio ↴The Budos Band are an "Instrumental Staten-Island Afro-Soul" outfit recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has eleven members (up to thirteen members at times) who play instrumental music that is self-described as "Afro-Soul," a term and sound which - in a recent interview - baritone saxophone player Jared Tankel elucidates as, being drawn from Ethiopian music the band had been listening to that had a soul undercurrent to it, which the band then "sprinkled a little bit of sweet 60's stuff on top" of.
The core of the band met as youths while all participating in an after school jazz ensemble at the Richmond Ave. Community Center, in Staten Island, New York. It wasn’t long before their common hunger for the rougher stripped down sounds of Soul Music brought them together for late night ferry rides into Manhattan, where they would sneak in the back door of the No Moore Club downtown to hear bands like Antibalas, the Sugarman Three, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. It was there, in that basement hothouse packed with the only the hippest James Brown fanatics and Fela Kuti disciples, where the kernels of instrumental Afro-Soul were first sown into the fertile minds of these talented young men. Kernels which would later germinate and grow into the roots of their strong unique sound. After meeting resistance from the band director about the direction they were trying to take the music, they left the Community Center to form Los Barbudos, (spanish for “the bearded ones”) a name which was 2005 trimmed to The Budos Band after one of the boys shaved. With the recruitment of a few horn players from the neighboring borough of Brooklyn, the band began to practice regularly, exploring the outer cosmic boundaries of afro-beat and soul music from the safety of their tiny concrete rehearsal space on Sand St. As they learned and grew together, their music matured, expanding and settling into a groove as deep and as broad as the Hudson Bay itself. By the time they had arranged a chance to play for a Daptone A&R man, their sound had hardened to a diamond. They were signed on the spot and scheduled to go into the studio immediately for a recording session where they would proceed to cut a full length album in the better part of three nights.
Deep funk, Afro-beat, Ethio-jazz and soul influences can be heard in the Budos Band albums, both of which are Daptone Records releases recorded at the label's own studio, Daptone's House of Soul, in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Numerous other funk and soul outfits appear on the same label including: The Mighty Imperials, Sugarman 3, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, plus others.
Most of the following musicians appear on both studio albums:
BRIAN PROFILIO, Drums
DANIEL FODER, Bass Guitar
THOMAS BRENNECK, Electric Guitar
MIKE DELLER, Organ
JARED TANKEL, Baritone Saxophone
ANDREW GREENE, Trumpet
DAVE GUY, Trumpet
COCHEMEA GASTELLUM, Tenor Sax/Flute
DAME RODRIGUEZ, Cowbell/Clave/Tambourine
VINCENT BALESTRINO, Shekere
ROB LOMBARDO, Bongo, Congas
JOHN CARBONELLA JR., Congas/Drums
The first album, The Budos Band, includes special guest appearances by:
NEAL SUGARMAN, Tenor Sax, Tambourine
DUKE AMAYO, Congas
JOHNNY GRIGGS, Cabasa
DAISY SUGARMAN, Flute
BOSCO MANN (a.k.a GABRIEL ROTH), Rhythm Guitar, Cowbell, Congas
The core of the band met as youths while all participating in an after school jazz ensemble at the Richmond Ave. Community Center, in Staten Island, New York. It wasn’t long before their common hunger for the rougher stripped down sounds of Soul Music brought them together for late night ferry rides into Manhattan, where they would sneak in the back door of the No Moore Club downtown to hear bands like Antibalas, the Sugarman Three, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. It was there, in that basement hothouse packed with the only the hippest James Brown fanatics and Fela Kuti disciples, where the kernels of instrumental Afro-Soul were first sown into the fertile minds of these talented young men. Kernels which would later germinate and grow into the roots of their strong unique sound. After meeting resistance from the band director about the direction they were trying to take the music, they left the Community Center to form Los Barbudos, (spanish for “the bearded ones”) a name which was 2005 trimmed to The Budos Band after one of the boys shaved. With the recruitment of a few horn players from the neighboring borough of Brooklyn, the band began to practice regularly, exploring the outer cosmic boundaries of afro-beat and soul music from the safety of their tiny concrete rehearsal space on Sand St. As they learned and grew together, their music matured, expanding and settling into a groove as deep and as broad as the Hudson Bay itself. By the time they had arranged a chance to play for a Daptone A&R man, their sound had hardened to a diamond. They were signed on the spot and scheduled to go into the studio immediately for a recording session where they would proceed to cut a full length album in the better part of three nights.
Deep funk, Afro-beat, Ethio-jazz and soul influences can be heard in the Budos Band albums, both of which are Daptone Records releases recorded at the label's own studio, Daptone's House of Soul, in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Numerous other funk and soul outfits appear on the same label including: The Mighty Imperials, Sugarman 3, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, plus others.
Most of the following musicians appear on both studio albums:
BRIAN PROFILIO, Drums
DANIEL FODER, Bass Guitar
THOMAS BRENNECK, Electric Guitar
MIKE DELLER, Organ
JARED TANKEL, Baritone Saxophone
ANDREW GREENE, Trumpet
DAVE GUY, Trumpet
COCHEMEA GASTELLUM, Tenor Sax/Flute
DAME RODRIGUEZ, Cowbell/Clave/Tambourine
VINCENT BALESTRINO, Shekere
ROB LOMBARDO, Bongo, Congas
JOHN CARBONELLA JR., Congas/Drums
The first album, The Budos Band, includes special guest appearances by:
NEAL SUGARMAN, Tenor Sax, Tambourine
DUKE AMAYO, Congas
JOHNNY GRIGGS, Cabasa
DAISY SUGARMAN, Flute
BOSCO MANN (a.k.a GABRIEL ROTH), Rhythm Guitar, Cowbell, Congas
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The Shelf
This music needs to be heard as often as possible so no problem and glad you're happy!
Tyler Stookie
Saw them live with Charles Bradley, it was incredible.
Fergus
mate fuckkkk samee
ADDICTIVEKICKS
This takes you for a ride thru so many neighborhoods, you can’t help but to look outside!
Sylvia Black
if anyone gave this a thumbs down they must be certifiable or have a personal grudge because this is the best thing Ive ever heard.
MEUAR
I've used this as a final boss fight music on a roleplay game I wrote and GM-ed, 'twas fuckin epic.
EXCEPT FOR THE PART WHEN THE TWO-PHASE BOSS GOT ONE SHOT BY THESE GODDAMN ADVENTURERS. PLOT TWIST! (While 'inadvertently' burning his mansion down. Lucky rolls all over the freaking place).
Joseph Mulvey
Absolutely amazing band saw em here in Portland at the Wonder Ballroom. do not miss these guys live. also check out "Estradasphere"
AdMa
They are coming back in 2023!
Craig Bradley Persad
this is amazing!
Jessica Truesdale
Insane 🔥