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Biography

Led by trombone player Joseph Bowie — the son of a St. Louis-based music teacher and the brother of big band arranger Byron Bowie and late trumpet player of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago Lester Bowie — Defunkt created some of the most adventurous sounds of the last quarter of the century.

Formed in 1978, Defunkt initially took a danceable approach to jazz. Although their first three albums — Defunkt, Razor’s Edge, and Thermonuclear Sweat — made them leaders of New York’s radical underground music scene, their inability to achieve commercial expectations led them to disband in 1983, with Bowie retreating to the island of St. Croix.

Top Tracks

1	Defunkt	19
2	Make Them Dance	13
3	In the Good Times	12
3	Blues	12
5	Avoid the Funk	11
6	Illusion	10
6	Strangling Me With Your Love	10
8	Melvin's Tune	8
8	For the Love of Money	8
8	I Tried To Live Alone	8
8	Thermonuclear Sweat	8
12	You Don't Know	7
13	Ooh Baby	5
13	We All Dance Together	5
15	Steppin' Off	4