ON THE SPOT (OTS) TRIO STARTED IN 2006 AS “A FIERCELY FUNKY THREESOME OF MUSICIANS FROM SANTA CRUZ, CA, DETERMINED TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION IN ESPOUSING THE DOCTRINE OF SOUL JAZZ DANCE PARTIES ACROSS THE LAND.” THEIR INSPIRATION IS ROOTED IN 1970’S SOUL JAZZ AND FUNK, WHICH HAS BEEN STEEPED IN A MILLENNIAL SOUP OF ROCK, JAZZ, AFRO BEAT, AND IMPROVISATIONAL GROOVE.