All about The Urban Jazz Guerrillas

The Urban Jazz Guerrillas are a modern jazz fusion outfit based in Leeds. They play “jazz with attitude” combining the sounds of classic 70's fusion from the likes of Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis with more modern rhythmic elements such as Drum and Bass, Dance and Dub. All are stylish, experienced musicians and put on an entertaining live show that appeals to a wide range of audiences. Having performed extensively around the Leeds area the Jazz Guerrillas are looking forward to extending their activities nationwide.
Formed in the year 2000 around guitarist Graham Young the UJG quickly built up a good live reputation around their home town of Leeds. Early performances were characterised by spontaneously improvised tunes and an irrepressible groove. The band proved to have a wide ranging appeal despite playing "difficult" music
As the band evolved as an entity more original compositions crept into the set giving more light, shade and character to the band.
June 2002 saw www.urbanjazzguerrillas.com going online with the mission of exposing the wider world to the music of the Urban Jazz Guerrillas. In 2003 disatisfied with the current line up Graham recruited a new rhythm section in the form of Martin Davies and Scott Devine. No longer restricted by technical constraints Graham was able to start writing and performing the sort of music he'd had in his head for a while. This new style was dubbed Heavy Fusion . August 2003 saw the UJG spending three days at Purple Studios laying rhythm tracks for the long awaited album.