Yesss... respek to Jez Smadja and the crew at SHOOK for giving Snowboy's book a proper spread.
The Bottom End... we like that... nice headline....
That was one classic Paul Murphy Ballroom tune! This what the book says:
"Paul Murphy had closed down his record shop and he’d personally sold Gilles the key records that were integral to The Ballroom crowd - such as a mysterious white-label oddity known as The Bottom End. Originally discovered by Chris Bangs for 10p at Notting Hill’s ‘Record And Tape Exchange’ this was a fast (but not too fast) and tough, quartet jazz-jam with drums high in the mix, with a female vocalist unexpectedly coming in with the song right at the end eight minutes in. Peculiarly, on the other side of the record was what sounded like Church Organ music. It was issued to demonstrate the bottom-end on Ken Kreisel’s M&K hi-fi speakers. I remember people telling me about this record, and also my friend and jazz collector Darren Gale saying: “Murphy's got this weird one-off white-label record that’s massive. Ask him to play it for you next time you go in the shop - he keeps it behind the counter.” Such mystique! The secret has been uncovered now by DJ and dancer Seymour Nurse, and we now know it to be called 'Get Off The Ground' by Don Baaska and Valli Scavelli."
Check: (http://www.thebottomend.co.uk/)
SHOOK is available on-line from http://www.shook.fm/
THIS SUNDAY ... JAZZMATAZZ meets SNOWBOY
BRISTOL: Book Launch & Session!
Felix, Snowboy, Occi, Chris - Educated Jazzmen - Leeds 09
A night was had...
LEEDS 09: Jimmy 'Blue Note' Ambler
This is The Man behind the the www.brownswood.5.forumer.com blogspot... respek is due...
Leeds09
Ricky Challenger.... jazz!
SNOWBOY ROADBLOCK @ THE BOATYARD...
LAST WEEKEND the whole of Essex woke to Snowboy chatting about his book 'From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz' and his Leigh On Sea session with the Latin Section on the breakfast show BBC Essex. As predicted the Boatyard was rammed to then rafters... they could have sold the gig twice over... and a slamming performance was the order of the day. Sadly the corrected version of the book was not ready on time and it left a number of very disappointed punters. Interest in the book in the Essex area is LARGE due to a marvelous double page feature in the Echo... next stop Leeds.
CHECK THIS! subnav.com – share your mix! » classic dance jazz mix by colin curtis - Dance Music
This mix was put together for 2 reasons, to celebrate the launch of Mark Cotgrove’s (Snowboy to you and me) new book on the uk underground jazz dance scene between the 70’s and early 90’s’ - ‘From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz’ in the book he pays tribute to artists, dj’s and dancers. heavily featured is the influential dj, Colin Curtis. since he started dj’n in the 60’s Colin has stepped easily between northern soul, modern soul, jazz, jazz funk and soulful house. his knowledge on music is awesome to say the least. i have the pleasure to call him my friend. the second reason therefore is to provide a sample of the jazz he was playing at the time and you may then understand what a great time we had attending venues such as Blackpool mecca, the Ritz all dayers (Manchester), Rafters (Manchester), and the Berlin (Manchester), plus others. he still djs up and down the country at soul venues and including with us at any fro-disia session. we hope you enjoy it. all comments will be passed on to Colin – teecee
http://subnav.com/2009/08/15/classic-dance-jazz-mix-by-colin-curtis/
01 rare silk – new york afternoon
02 reverie – in every way
03 eddie jefferson – jeaninne
04 duke pearson – stormy
05 quartette tres bien – boss tres bien
06 jackie & roy – dont be blue
07 raices – parata gua gua
08 flora purim – casa forte
09 airto – toque de cuica
10 jon lucien – listen love
11 tobe – samba for heino r
12 jon hendricks – i bet you thought i’d never find you
13 joanne grauer – see you later
14 victor feldman – skippin
15 mike campbell – and it all goes round…
16 jimmy cobb – so that nobody else can hear
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Check the review of Snowboy's book in Soul Survivors magazine... respect to Anna and Fitzroy!
From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz meets Soul Survivors
JAPANESE JAZZ WITH ATTITUDE
The killer dancefloor jazz 180 gram J.A.M ''quiet fire'' 12 on Mukatsuku records got played not once but twice at Snowboys book launch yesterday at Cargo....Big up the spinners Gilles Peterson who kicked off his dj set with it and of course Snowboy himself !! listen and judge yourselves !! http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/345152-01.htm
IDJ Jerry + Jazzcotech's Perry Louis
Snowboy: The Jewel Bar Book Launch
Snowboy & Doctor Bob Jones
TODAY!!! SUNDAY 19th JUly
BEYOND THE BALLROOM.... BE THERE!
BEYOND THE BALLROOM -SWIFTY NICENESS!
Check the SWIFTY prints at BEYOND THE BALLROOM
Beyond The Ballroom... THIS SUNDAY... BE THERE!
BEYOND THE BALLROOM...THIS SUNDAY AT CARGO. Edge09 have joined forces with The Barbican to present a celebration of Snowboy's excellent book... and explore the potential for Jazz Dance in the summer of 2009. As the dancers hate Cargo... we have arranged for a sprung wooden danceflor to be fitted in the main room! Gwaan... it's going to busy.. Let's face it... where would you rather be... Lovebox in Victoria Park checkin' out Duran Duran? I think not!
Snowboy & Toshio Matsuura
Chillin after the British Council Tokyo Jazz Dance Forum. Pic: Philip Arneill (more pics soon + full report!)
Goto... A Legend!
The Sound Cream Steppers don
Dance Jazz Japan....
Tokyo flyer
Big up the Tokyo launch party... respek to Haruki Naoi for boldly organising the publication of the book, the release of snowboy's CDs and a guest spot for Chris Hill!
British Council - UK Jazz Dance Flyer
Jazz dance + Snowboy: Live fom the British Council Tokyo....The legendary British Latin jazz percussionist and DJ Snowboy will be touring Japan in June as part of the promotion for the Japanese edition of his book From Jazz Funk & Fusion To Acid Jazz. He will be making a number of different appearances, some as DJ and some together with his band The Latin Section, but before that he will be appearing at a UK Jazz Dance event at the British Council in Tokyo. The event is a chance to see Snowboy give a talk about his book together with some video clips and photos. In addition to the talk, Lincoln (BeBop Square) will be DJing and there will be a dance performance from Stax Groove. The event is FREE, and tickets are strictly limited to two per person, so it's better to book sooner rather than later. Visit the British Council website and click on 'Event Information' to book your place. Thanks to http://tokyojazznotes.blogspot.com/ for the write up... Check the blog for all the Toky jazz action. Nice!
SHOOK
The Bottom End... respek to Matt 'Monkey Boxer' Bailey... bon chance with the new job...
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