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Who is that cat-in-the-hat? That "Rad Hatter" is Jason "Jay" Kay, the lively front man for the band, Jamiroquai. Kay has a fondness for oversized, colorful, and sometimes furry stovepipe hats. JK, for short, is the driving force behind the eleven member British band, Jamiroquai, pronounced Jam-ear-o-kwai. Kay admitted in an online interview with Steve Dougherty and Kimberly Chrisman athttp://www.xsite.net/, that his signature Dr. Seuss-like hats sometimes worn on stage "are part of my stage character." Perhaps the unusual hats, which sometimes appear to almost swallow him up, helped create an easily recognizable figure in the group’s early days.

Right from the start, British fans loved their eclectic musical style with its strong jazz influences, and soulful rhythm and blues sound. The group was received enthusiastically by fans in the club scene. Performing live gives Kay the greatest opportunity to use his theatrical costumes and high energy dance moves. In 1992, their first hit single, "When You Gonna Learn?," was released on independent record label, Acid Jazz. It was an instant success in the U.K. On the basis of this one hit single, and the opinion held by record companies that this band had what it takes to last, competition broke out to sign the new band with a recording company. Sony Music emerged the victor when Jamiroquai signed an eight record deal with them for $1.9 million dollars. The group skyrocketed to fame and fortune in the early 1990s in Great Britain. Their success in the United States was stimulated at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Nominated in ten categories, Jamiroquai walked away with four awards for "Virtual Insanity."

Kay organized the band in 1992. He created the name, Jamiroquai, to pay homage to the Native American nation of the Iroquois. He added the prefix, "Jam," short for jamming. The Iroquois treated the earth they dwelt upon with spiritual reverence. This ecological motif has inspired many of the socially conscious themes in the band’s lyrics. In addition to expressing these themes lyrically, Kay personally sewed jackets for band members fashioned from hand woven Native American blankets. Kay posed with his originally designed jacket for Seventeen magazine and, he told the magazine’s Carl Fysh why he is drawn to the Native American approach to life. "What attracts me is that these people give back to the Earth what they take out. That’s something we’ve got to learn to do."

Kay’s expressed ecological ideology collides directly with his actions that has, at times, gained him criticism, particularly in the U.K. Kay and fellow band member, Toby Graffety-Smith have been able to satisfy their

fetishes for expensive, gas guzzling, luxury cars, due to the band’s financial success. Kay owns a Lamborghini, two Mercedes, two BMW’s, three Ferraris, an Aston Martin, and a Ducati mini-motorcycle. Kay admits that this can be a conflict for him, at least in his music writing. Kay says, that he agonized about using automobiles as the theme in the 1996 release, Travelling without Moving. He spoke about this conflict in an online interview at www.jamiroquai.co.uk/, "I love speed, you see. I was a bit worried about what people would say bearing in mind that the first album was about the environment… Just because I love to drive a fast car, that doesn’t mean I believe in chopping trees down."

Their first album released in 1993, Emergency on Planet Earth, clearly reflected their socially conscious themes. The lyrics raise serious questions about the state of the planet, racism, and about the continuing arms race by national governments. Emergency hit number one on best-seller charts in Britain in 1993, and Jamiroquai became the best selling British debut band for that year. Kay’s soulful tenor voice reminiscent of Stevie Wonder backed up with jazzed up rhythm got the music world’s attention.

Emergency received mixed reviews in the United States. Reviews found online athttp://www.xsite.net, originating from newspapers all over the United States were a mixed bag. Many critics noted resemblances to other soulful sounding artists including Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. One music critic from the Daily Telegraph, called Jamiroquai "the funkiest thing this side of James Brown’s underpants." Kay used trite phrases like "you blow my mind," and "no more wars," and turned them into inspired pieces. However some critics panned Emergency as just more of the same. Washington Post reviewer Mark Jenkins wrote that "Jamiro-quai’s sound is about as revolutionary as a nonreturnable bottle of Pepsi." A reviewer from the Sunday Times seemed relieved that the band finally "gets to the heart of the matter." The same reviewer reminds us to "take the political themes in the lyrics with a grain of salt. It’s more fun that way." Although Kay’s sound may be reminiscent of Stevie Wonder, one reviewer noted, "Stevie Wonder never used a didgeridoo in his recordings."

Far from Extinction
Return of the Space Cowboy, released in 1995, was further proof that their sound had staying power. In Great Britain, the album went platinum. Return is a little lighter on political and environmental themes and the reviews were generally favorable. The instrumental sound of Jamiroquai is highly reminiscent of the 1970s with its strong brass influence. The Washington Post’s Jenkins notes the strong resemblance of Return to Blood, Sweat, and Tears’ "Spinning Wheel." Josef Woodard of Entertainment Weekly seems to enjoy a remembrance of the 1970s sound and notes the influence of Sly Stone. Other critics also point out resemblances to artists and bands of the 1970s and criticize Return for lack of originality. Some of the technology used in producing Jamiroquai’s sound has been referred to in reviews as "retro"; this contributes to criticism of the group as sounding like a blast from the past.

Jamiroquai’s third album, Travelling without Moving, released in 1996 has earned the band world wide popularity, going triple platinum in the U.K. and gold in the U.S. Travelling containsserious themes that Kay talked about in an online interview atwww.jamiroquai.co.uk. Kay said that the album is about "finding technical ways to balance our technology and nature." And, yes it is about a subject near and dear to Kay’s heart, cars. Travelling was written by the group and produced by Kay with Al Stone. The album shows the level of maturation the band has developed, and sharpens their musical and lyrical style into clearer focus. "Virtual Insanity," a top three hit in the U.K., starts off the album and showcases what Jamiroquai’s all about: wonderful melodies and kinda-makes-me think-lyrics. Some topics in lyrics include drugs in "High Times," and the always popular theme of love in "Everyday" with a R & B twist. Switching gears, "Driftin Along" provides us with a reggae sound and "Cosmic Girl," gives us a taste of disco. Jamiroquai’s trademark instrument, the didgeridoo, returns for two of the tracks including "Didjerma."

Although Travelling without Moving has, without a doubt gained the group worldwide notice, some critics have criticized it as being too mainstream. However, People feels Jamiroquai has remained true to it’s vision and has created "some unabashedly Wonder-ful music." Hearing Jamiroquai seems to elicit strong feelings in either direction, people seem to either love them or hate them. They have a great variety of musical styles and sounds, from horn sections with jazz elements to disco rhythms. From their early days on the club scene, their music gained acclaim for its boogie-ability. People enjoyed dancing to the beats, regardless of the style or tempo. Walking away with four awards from the MTV Video Music Awards in New York in September of 1997, for their music video of "Virtual Insanity," seems to have solidified the band’s place, musically speaking. Winning the awards resulted in a surge of album sales in the U.S. and added further name recognition to Jamiroquai.

Selected discography
Emergency on Planet Earth, Sony Music, 1993.
Return of the Space Cowboy, Sony Music, 1994.
Travelling without Moving, Sony Music, 1996.

Sources
Books
Larkin, Colin, editor. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Guinness Publishing, 1995.

Periodicals
Billboard, May 10, 1997, p.72.
Newsweek, August 4, 1997, p.66.
People, January 20, 1997, p. 25.
Rolling Stone, March 20, 1997, p. 104.
Seventeen, October 1993, p. 101.

Online
http://www.hrc.wmin.ac.uk/J’sJoint/
http://www.jamiroquai.co.uk/
http://www.music.sony.com/
http://www.netlink.co.uk/
http://www.sony.com/Music/Artistlnfo/Jamiroquai
http://xsite.net/~kara/archive
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Active beginning in the early '90s, Jamiroquai has amassed a steady stream of hits in its native U.K. and experienced chart success in just about every other area of the world, with an irresistible blend of house rhythms and '70s-era soul/funk (the latter, especially, leading early on to claims of Stevie Wonder imitations). The band has gone though several lineup changes during their career, but through it all their leader has remained singer/songwriter Jason Kay (aka J.K.). Born on December 30, 1969, in Stretford, Manchester, Kay's mother, Karen, was a jazz singer who regularly performed at nightclubs, and in the '70s had her own TV show. After leaving home at the age of 15, Kay found himself homeless and in trouble with the law (by committing petty crimes to get by). After a near-death experience (where he was attacked and stabbed) and being arrested for a crime he did not commit, Kay decided to return home, where he chose to pursue a legitimate career over crime: music. Kay didn't have a band to back up his compositions, but he quickly came up with his future project's name, Jamiroquai, a name that combined the name of a Native American tribe (the Iroquois) along with the music-based word, jam.

Kay's home demos caught the attention of the record label Acid Jazz, which issued Jamiroquai's debut single "When You Gonna Learn?" in late 1992. With Kay enlisting the help of others (Jamiroquai's best-known lineup included drummer Derrick McKenzie, keyboard player Toby Smith, bassist Stuart Zender, and vibraphonist Wallis Buchanan), the single was a success and was soon followed by a long-term and lucrative recording contract with Sony. Jamiroquai's full-length debut, Emergency on Planet Earth, followed in 1993 and became a major hit in their native England (peaking at number one on the charts), spawning such Top Ten hit singles as "Too Young to Die" and "Blow Your Mind." The band's second release, The Return of the Space Cowboy in 1995, managed to steer Jamiroquai clear of the sophomore jinx that affects so many up-and-coming bands by out-selling its predecessor in Europe and was a sizeable hit in Japan, as well.

With most of the world dancing to Jamiroquai's beat, America was next in line for the band's third effort, 1996's Traveling Without Moving. The album spawned the worldwide hit "Virtual Insanity," for which an award-winning video was filmed and helped the album achieve platinum status in the States by the year's end (as well as a highlighted performance at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards). Despite achieving breakthrough success, bassist Zender opted to leave the group during sessions for its follow-up, which resulted in Kay scraping almost an entire album's worth of new tracks in order to start from scratch with a new bassist (the slot would eventually go to newcomer Nick Fyffe). During the downtime, Jamiroquai contributed a brand-new track, "Deeper Underground," to the soundtrack for the 1998 movie Godzilla.

But the long wait between albums seemed to kill Jamiroquai's momentum in the U.S., where a fourth release overall, 1999's Synkronized, was largely ignored (yet back home and across the globe, it was another major commercial success). Subsequently, it appeared as though the majority of Jamiroquai's U.S. media attention focused on non-music related events, such as the band turning down a million-dollar offer to play at a concert on New Year's Eve 1999, and when Kay was accused of assaulting a tabloid photographer (with the charges later being dropped). It didn't take Jamiroquai as long the next time around to issue another album, with A Funk Odyssey hitting the racks two years later in 2001. Kay also helmed a volume in the mix-album series Late Night Tales. From there, Jamiroquai spent the next two years gathering material for a sixth studio album. Dynamite, which was finally released in 2005, was written and recorded in Spain, Italy, Costa Rica, Scotland, New York, Los Angeles and Jamiroquai's own Buckinghamshire studio. The group's seventh studio album, 2010's Rock Dust Light Star, dutifully blended the disco and electronic leanings of 2005’s Dynamite with the organic, roots-based soul of the band's 1993 debut. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi
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Background information
Origin London, England
Genres Jazz funk, acid jazz, funk, neo soul, nu-disco, funktronica, blue-eyed soul
Years active 1992–present
Labels Acid Jazz, Sony Music, Columbia, Universal
Associated acts Brand New Heavies, Guru, Julian Perretta, Radio Silence
Website jamiroquai.com
Members
Jay Kay
Derrick McKenzie
Rob Harris
Paul Turner
Matt Johnson
Sola Akingbola
Past members
Gavin Dodds
Johnny Thirkell
Gary Barnacle
Simon Katz
Nick Fyffe
Stuart Zender
Simon Carter
Toby Smith
Mike Smith
Nick Van Gelder
DJ D-Zire
Winston Rollins
Adrian Revell
Howard Anderson
Wallis Buchanan
Martin Shaw
Sam Smith
Nathan Haines
Maurizio Ravalico
William Fry [1]

Jamiroquai Listeni/dʒəˈmɪrəkwaɪ/ is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992.[2] Fronted by lead singer Jay Kay, Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as 'Moses Mayes' and Groove Collective are popular comparisons. Subsequent albums have explored other musical directions such as pop, rock and electronica. Their best known track is "Virtual Insanity", which won four awards at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Jamiroquai have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1998.[3]

Contents

History

Formation

The band name is a portmanteau of "jam session" and "iroquai", based on the Iroquois, a Native American tribe.[4] The original band was Jay Kay (vocals), Toby Smith (keyboard), Stuart Zender (bass), Nick Van Gelder (drums) and Wallis Buchanan (didgeridoo). These are the founding members of Jamiroquai and were involved in the writing and production of the first album. The lineup of the band has changed several times, and the longest serving and now core members of the band are lead singer and songwriter Jason "Jay" Kay and drummer Derrick McKenzie (since 1994). Kay was the impetus behind the formation of Jamiroquai, deciding to form the band after an unsuccessful audition to become the singer of the Brand New Heavies. Despite his self-professed attempts to treat Jamiroquai as a band, Kay has always been at the forefront of how the group is marketed, and has therefore always had the lion's share of media attention.

Sony Music

Jamiroquai's first single, "When You Gonna Learn", was released in 1992 on the Acid Jazz label. Following its success, Kay signed an eight-album record deal with Sony Music Entertainment. The first Sony album, Emergency on Planet Earth was released in 1993. It was followed in 1994 by The Return of the Space Cowboy. The single "Space Cowboy" gained notice on the charts and in club rotation.

While Jamiroquai was growing in popularity in the UK, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, they remained relatively unknown to U.S and other international audiences. The band's American breakthrough came with the third album, Travelling Without Moving in 1996, which yielded two big hits, "Virtual Insanity" and "Cosmic Girl". The success of "Virtual Insanity" was due in part to its Jonathan Glazer-directed video, which featured Kay's dance moves and some physics-defying images. At the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, the creative music video for "Virtual Insanity" won four awards; Best Video, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, and Breakthrough Video, and the band performed the song at the ceremony.[5]

In 1998, Jamiroquai released "Deeper Underground", the first single from their fourth studio album, Synkronized, which also appeared in the soundtrack for the 1998 movie Godzilla. The acid jazz flavours and ethnic influences of the first three albums continued with the release of Synkronized, and Jay Kay's interest in funk and disco music were shifting the band's directions towards such. By their fifth album, A Funk Odyssey (2001), they had evolved so drastically, that some critics and listeners would remark they lost the 'Jamiroquai sound'. With the departure of more and more original band members, including Wallis Buchanan and his didgeridoo, Jamiroquai had become a very different band than that of 1992. In spite of the changes, the fifth album's first single, "Little L", reached #1 in many charts worldwide.

In 2003 Jamiroquai compiled and mixed a DJ mix album for the Late Night Tales series for Azuli Records. The track selection shows some of the band's funk, soul and disco influences, including tracks from The Pointer Sisters, The Commodores, Johnny "Hammond" Smith and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

Their sixth album, titled Dynamite was released on 20 June 2005. It reached #3 on the UK charts. The first single, "Feels Just Like It Should" was released early in June, the second, "Seven Days in Sunny June" released on 15 August 2005, followed by the third, "(Don't) Give Hate A Chance" on 7 November 2005.

Jamiroquai released a greatest hits collection, High Times: Singles 1992-2006 in November 2006. The release of this album marked the end of Kay’s eight-album contract with Sony. The album reached the number 1 spot in the UK album chart after its first week of release. The album featured two new tracks, "Runaway" and "Radio". On 18 September 2006, "Runaway" was given its first play by UK radio stations. It was released as a single on 30 October 2006. Kay remarked that compilation was released purely out of contractual obligation: "2006, they're out of the picture."[6]

Jamiroquai have had 13 nominations for The Brit Awards, and have yet to win one.

Post-Sony
Shoot The Moon (Montreux jazz festival, 2003)
30-second snippet of the only recorded live performance of "Shoot the Moon", a song which was dropped in the early days of the A Funk Odyssey recording sessions.
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In October 2006, Jamiroquai recorded a live session for Live from Abbey Road at Abbey Road Studios. Their performance was shown alongside those of Damien Rice and the Goo Goo Dolls on the UK's Channel 4 in January 2007. In May 2006 Jamiroquai performed during the Laureus Sports Awards in Barcelona;[7] the event was later televised by NBC in June.

In March 2006, Jamiroquai announced their switch to Columbia Records. Future releases will appear under the Columbia imprint.[8]

During February in 2007 Jamiroquai performed the record breaking Gig in the Sky in association with Sony Ericsson.

After leaving Sony, the band began to work on their seventh project, and several collaborations and side-projects. In a very short mid-2007 interview with Jamirotalk, drummer Derick McKenzie expressed his satisfaction with leaving Sony as the beginning of a period in which the band will have more creative control over their own work, together with plenty of room for experimentation and lack of pressure from a record company.[9]

Rock Dust Light Star and beyond

On 11 January 2008, Jay Kay himself posted a news item in which he thanked everyone who wished him the best for his birthday, and announced that the writing process for the new album had just begun.[10] Only a day earlier, drummer Derick McKenzie posted an article on his MySpace weblog that the recording process for the same record had also begun.[11]

On 15 January 2008, the band confirmed that the recording process had begun. According to the news item, eleven tracks had already been written for the new album, with more to come. As of 25 July 2010, the only known track name for the 7th album is "Rock Dust Light Star" which has been performed live and confirmed by Kay himself to be on the new album.[12] On 13 February 2008, the band announced from their website that it would perform at the World Stage of the Rock in Rio — Madrid festival, being held in Arganda del Rey, Madrid with others artists who have (then) yet to be announced.[13]

On 28 February 2008, Jamiroquai performed at the Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia at the launch of the new Audi A4 car. On 22 June 2008, Jamiroquai performed at the Wianki Festival in Kraków, Poland. On 4 July 2008, the band performed in front of a 75,000-people audience in the Rock in Rio Madrid festival. On 5 April 2009, Jamiroquai performed at the closing concert of Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in Sepang International Circuit Malaysia, and on the 9 April Jamiroquai played at the Sentul International Convention Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia.[14]

On 24 August 2009, Derrick McKenzie was interviewed on playvybz.com and talked about the upcoming album. He stated that Jamiroquai was then signed with Universal Records (UK) and that they had recorded more than 40 new tracks. Also the new album will be recorded live and have a style similar to the first three albums with the use of strings and horns. He claims the album will have less of a "disco sound" and will be a lot more funky and soulful. The album is uninfluenced by major record labels and will bring forth a new direction for the band.

During the first week of February 2010, Jay Kay mentioned the upcoming album on Jamiroquai's Facebook site, saying, "Hi Everybody, just wanted to say how amazing it is to have so many Friends on Facebook, half a million I believe. Therefore it feels like the right time to let you know that we are alive and kicking and in the final stages of our 8th album. I really can't wait to get out there and play it for you live in the very near future. Sending you all lots of good luck and love, Jay."[15]

The first week of April 2010, Jay Kay announced on the Jamiroquai Facebook page that Jamiroquai would be supporting Stevie Wonder. "I am thrilled and excited to be supporting such a luminary as Stevie Wonder, can't wait to see you all there and get to play some stuff from the new album. Love Jay".

Jay Kay has mentioned on an Italian website, CNRmedia.com, that the new album, still untitled, will tentatively be released in September 2010.[16]

Based on official mailing list e-mails (related to jamiroquai.com and Jamiroquai's record label) promoting a contest, Jamiroquai are now signed to Mercury Records/Universal[17] On 24 June 2010, the band played a warm-up gig at Debut London to a small crowd. The set list featured songs from all the Jamiroquai albums except for Dynamite as well as a brand new song titled "Rock Dust Light Star". On 26 June upon supporting Stevie Wonder at Hard Rock Calling Festival at Hyde Park, a new album was confirmed and stated to be released in October 2010, and the photography for it was taken in which Jay Kay posed in costume in front of the crowd behind him. On July 21 at a concert in Nîmes, Jay told the crowd their new album would be out in November and Paul Turner also told Funky Tivi (a French web TV) music style of the new album will be rather funk/rock. (source : http://funkytivi.jimdo.com/).

On 16 August 2010 it was announced on Jamiroquai.com that the new album will be titled Rock Dust Light Star and be released in November 2010.

On 1 September 2010, Jay Kay featured on The Chris Moyles Show (This edition hosted by Vernon Kay) and the Single White Knuckle Ride was played for the first time, live on air. It was met with massive critical praise from people texting the show, many of them claiming that "Funk is back".

On 1 October 2010, Jamiroquai appeared on UK television's Later...with Jools Holland. Rock Dust Light Star was the first performance of the show, and was well received. They also performed Deeper Underground and Blue Skies.

On November 1, 2010, they released their long anticipated seventh album, Rock Dust Light Star. Recorded in Jay Kay's home studio in Buckinghamshire, it saw a return to their earlier, less pop-like sound. Despite both singles, Blue Skies and White Knuckle Ride reaching into Top 100 charts worldwide, the album sold a mere 34,378 copies on its debut, around half the amount sold of the previous album Dynamite.

On June 9, 2011, the band released a new track called "Smile" for free download on their Soundcloud site.[18] "Smile" has a sound similar to that of the early albums and has been met with high appraisal amongst fans and critics alike. The band ran a competition to choose the artwork for the cover, Jay picked the winning design which was by Australian designer Zbigniew Klej.

On July 18, 2011, Jay Kay was rumoured to joining this year's Strictly Come Dancing. Jay Kay had frequently said that this was a major goal of this.

Buffalo Man

Buffalo Man is the name of the silhouette character featured on most of the covers of Jamiroquai's releases. It was created by Jay Kay between 1992 and 1993.

The original Buffalo Man slightly modified since 1997.

Origins

Buffalo Man was created sometime prior to the release of their 1992 single When You Gonna Learn. Allegedly it was originally sketched by the band's primary songwriter and front-man Jason Kay, as Buffalo Man is seemingly a self portrait silhouette of Jason wearing a buffalo hat. The mark has been used on almost every commercial (and sometimes non-commercial) release of the band's output in some form or another; usually the unique symbol is pictured unaltered, but there have been times where it is shown in a stylised manner to suit the artwork or song.

The animated Buffalo Man as he appears in the (Don't) Give Hate a Chance music video.

Notable variations

Over the years, Buffalo Man has seen some temporary changes or interesting thematic uses:

"Half the Man", The Return of the Space Cowboy For the single "Half The Man", Buffalo Man is on the cover as a keyring with a heart in the clasp representing the fact it is a love song and the keyring itself is split down the middle in two halves to represent the song title. Buffalo Man also has a silver heart.

"Space Cowboy", The Return of the Space Cowboy For the single "Space Cowboy", Buffalo Man is present on the cover as a shaped cigarette paper for a half-complete cannabis joint, in reference to the song's praise of the drug.

"Virtual Insanity", Travelling Without Moving For the single of "Virtual Insanity", Buffalo Man appears in the place of the Ferrari horse in an homage to Jason's love of sports cars. For the album cover to Travelling Without Moving, the artwork is similar, but takes on an embossed effect and is seen on a metal grille.

"Cosmic Girl", "Everyday" For these two releases, Buffalo Man is pictured with a star over his heart and two intersecting orbital rings.

Synkronized While the design remained fundamentally unaltered, Buffalo Man has been turned into a laser-cut mirror and photographed from interesting angles by Midori Tsukagoshi. On some editions, for the disc itself, no ink has been used on the character, but the same stone background found on the front cover has been used for the rest of the disc, thus allowing the consumer to recreate the photographed effect.

A Funk Odyssey For this album, the Buffalo Man was notably absent from the cover; instead, the laser lights formed an outline of the Buffalo Man logo, which could be seen much more clearly in the album's liner notes.

Dynamite The US release and the double-disc Australian Tour Edition featured a gold Buffalo Man. Other releases saw a picture of Jay Kay instead.

Rock Dust Light Star The letter "i" in the title is replaced with the Buffalo Man, making the first appearance in a Jamiroquai album cover since 1999's Synkronized (not counting the alternative artwork for Dynamite).

The regular text logo.

Just like the Buffalo Man, the Jamiroquai text logo has also had several variations depending on the theme. The oldest version of the logo is the one seen on the Acid Jazz Records release of When You Gonna Learn. In comparison to the current text logo one can see that the old Acid Jazz Records version of the logo was more angular at points, together with the letters being much thinner. Several variations of the current logo also exist. Releases of "Cosmic Girl" and the promo CD of "Everyday" had replaced the dots above the 'i' letters with stars. Other slight, temporary variations include a slight vertical stretch of the typeface, as seen on the cover art of A Funk Odyssey and Rock Dust Light Star.

Tours

Main article: Jamiroquai's concert tours

Discography

Main article: Jamiroquai discography

Studio albums

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Jamiroquai - The Funkin Site". funkin.com. 2009-04-02. http://funkin.com/news/3862. Retrieved 2010-02-28. 
  2. ^ Flick, Larry (August 25, 2001), "Epic's Jamiroquai Steps Into '2001'", Billboard: 82, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_hMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA82&dq=Jamiroquai&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q=Jamiroquai&f=false 
  3. ^ "Jamiroquai Goes Back to Basics on 'Rock Dust Light Star'". 2010-10-23. http://www.billboard.com/news/jamiroquai-goes-back-to-basics-on-rock-dust-1004124012.story#/news/jamiroquai-goes-back-to-basics-on-rock-dust-1004124012.story. 
  4. ^ Greg Prato. "Jamiroquai Biography on Yahoo! Music". Yahoo! Inc.. http://music.yahoo.com/ar-252859-bio--Jamiroquai. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  5. ^ 1997 MTV Video Music Awards MTV.com. Retrieved 5 December 2011
  6. ^ "Mad hatter". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-11-25. http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/mad-hatter/2005/11/24/1132703291988.html. Retrieved 2005-11-29. 
  7. ^ "Jamiroquai | News | Laureus Sports Awards performance photos - 22 May 2006, 23:28 (BST)". Funkin.com. 2006-05-22. http://funkin.com/news/?id=3100. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
  8. ^ "Jamiroquai Switch to Columbia Records". Official Jamiroquai website (archived). 2006-03-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20070301201754re_/www.jamiroquai.com/default.aspx?url=/news/detail.aspx?Parent%3dNews%26id%3d106. Retrieved 2006-08-31. 
  9. ^ "International Jamiroquai Fan Discussion Forum". Jamirotalk. http://jamirotalk.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7129. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
  10. ^ "Official Website / Home". Jamiroquai. http://www.jamiroquai.com/?content=1&articleid=141. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
  11. ^ "Jamiroquai | News | Derrick McKenzie blog update - 11 January 2008, 13:33 (GMT)". Funkin.com. 2008-01-11. http://www.funkin.com/news/?id=3704. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
  12. ^ Jamiroquai Play Warm-up Show At The Debut Club
  13. ^ Jamiroquai - Official Website / Home
  14. ^ "Jamiroquai - The Funkin Site". Funkin.com. 2009-03-02. http://funkin.com/news/?id=3851. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
  15. ^ "Jamiroquai - The Funkin Site". Funkin.com. 2010-02-04. http://funkin.com/news/3918. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
  16. ^ "CNRmedia.com". CNRmedia.com. http://www.cnrmedia.com/cultura-e-spettacolo/newsid/10361/musica-a-settembre-arriva-il-nuovo-album-dei-jamiroquai.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
  17. ^ "Jamiroquai - The Funkin Site". Funkin.com. 2010-05-21. http://funkin.com/news/3944. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
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Jamiroquai
Emergency on Planet Earth
The Return of the Space Cowboy
Travelling Without Moving
Synkronized
A Funk Odyssey
Dynamite
High Times
Rock Dust Light Star
Compilation & Live albums
Featured singles
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Jamiroquai singles
Emergency on Planet Earth
The Return of the Space Cowboy
Travelling Without Moving
Synkronized
A Funk Odyssey
Dynamite
High Times: Singles 1992-2006
Rock Dust Light Star
"White Knuckle Ride" · "Blue Skies"
Other singles

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