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The One & Nines

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The One & Nines
The One & Nines at Maxwell's in 2011.
Background information
OriginJersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
GenresRhythm and blues, soul, indie, rock and roll
Years active2007 (2007)–current
LabelsMint 400 Records, Cotter Records
Websitetheoneandnines.com
MembersWill Hansen
Jeff Marino
Vera Sousa
Barami Waspe

The One & Nines are an American rhythm and blues band from New Jersey.

History[edit]

The One & Nines are an eight piece-band from Jersey City, New Jersey, named after the U.S. Route 1/9, a multi-lane route that runs through urbanized areas of northern New Jersey.[1] Vocalist Vera Sousa grew up listening to Portuguese folk music and Fado, and guitarist and vocalist Jeff Marino became interested in listening to old-school R&B while in high school in Elizabeth, and he collected old vinyl records.[2][3] On their musical style, The Star-Ledger says the One & Nines are "vintage R&B and Stax-Volt soul – right down to the punctuating blasts from the horns[;] but it's singer Vera Souza's alternately brassy, pained and pouting vocals that really gets the party swinging," and NJ.com call them "smooth[,] sensual [and] in your face and it makes you want to dance."[1][3] Marino and Sousa cite musical influences as the Stones, the Clash, Fats Domino, Howlin' Wolf, Phil Spector, Hank Williams, Arthur Alexander, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday, and the One & Nines draw comparison to Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and Booker T. Jones.[2][4]

Their first release is the seven-track EP, The One & Nines, released on compact disc on 12 December 2009 with Mint 400 Records.[5] It is described as being a "decade-hopping mix of girl-group pop, tender soul, and other whispery elements from the 1950s and '60s that feel immediate, pure, and timeless," by Stacy Anderson of WNBC. The songs "Walked Alone" and "Just Your Fool" were released on 7"-vinyl in 2010. On 25 October 2011, the One & Nines released the songs "Tell Me" and "Make it Easy" on 7"-vinyl with Cotter Records and digitally with Mint 400 Records. A review by Richard Quinlan in Jersey Beat says "Tell Me" is "a swinging soul record that includes saxophone accompaniment that could be compliments of the ghost of Clarence Clemons [and] the One and Nines seamlessly weave a classic soul sound within these more contemporary outburst." He describes "Make it Easy" as "a sultry, smoky song [...] with a hypnotic bassline, this one can pass for an obscure Fur Tops classic to the uninitiated."[6] An live version of the song "Tears Fall" appears on the 2011 album Our First Compilation.

Additional work[edit]

The One & Nines make contributions to several tribute albums. For Mint 400 Records Presents the Beach Boys Pet Sounds, they "bring their Motown swing to "I'm Waiting for the Day" and "Here Today.""[7] They also recorded renditions of "Let's Spend the Night Together" for 1967, and "Run Chicken Run" for Guitar Rebel: A Tribute to Link Wray.

Discography[edit]

EPs
  • The One & Nines (2009)
Singles
  • "Just Your Fool" (2010)
  • "Walked Alone" b/w "Something on Your Mind" (2010)
  • "Tell Me" b/w "Make It Easy" (2011)
Appearing on

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