Here is an update from Jamiroquai drummer Derrick McKenzie on his thoughts surrounding band members performing and working separately to Jay - something that they've been doing to an extent for years, although not really as an (almost) complete group until recently...

Hi David.  I just checked the site and saw that people are getting a little confused over us doing low key gigs and all Jamiroquai stuff, to be perfectly honest we are doing these gigs as it keeps the band together and also it keeps us all in the right frame of mind as a band so that when we do get back together which is not in too distant future we can all be use to playing our instrument s in the same family unit that we are use to.  Jay has decided to take a break so he can recharge his batteries and come back into the business with a clear head and firing on all cylinders to move on.We have played the Jamiroquai songs for a very long time non stop for the past six years or so and there comes a time when you have to step away from those tracks and play other styles and pieces of music.  We use Hazel [Fernandez] on the first gig and Nicole Russo on the last gig we did in Cambridge which also went well.  The guys and myself really look forward to playing these small gigs as we play tunes which we were brought up on and listened too throughout our musical careers.  we play these tracks as they help us to create new ideas and explore new avenues and styles of music.I want to let  you all know that Jamiroquai as a band might be taking a break but it wont be for too long I assure you we just need time to get our new stuff together and start to enjoy dong what we love doing best which is writing playing and gigging!!!!!!!!!!!!We know you all might be thinking oh my gosh what’s going on here is there more scandal like in the papers!!!!!!! HELL NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! I can assure you we are all good, my dear fans.  If we have another gig we will let David know on this site and if you check our my space pages it will be on there also.Please remember we will play covers only, the songs that we love to play and listen too.Wishing you all the very best and making sure that we will see you all real soon!!!!!!!!much love and respectDerrickxxx