They came from across the nation, in celebration... of UK Jazz Dance and Snowboy's long awaited From Jazz Funk & Fusion To Acid Jazz. As we opened the doors at 3pm, they were still fitting the last pieces of that wooden dance floor into place. Dave Pattman and Dilanga braved the storm laden skies and set up to the yard. Rootical Cuban rumba soon echoed around the yard as Swifty set up his stall of wikkid Jazz prints (Ra / Herbie/ Leon Thomas) and his sweetly framed, twisted reggae-fied classics.
Once he'd located the stylus' for the turntables Snowboy took control of the main room to pave the way for Dick Jewell's film of the legendary Jazz Room. It was the director himself who introduced the film to a room packed with dancers and the curious, all eager to take that step back in time. The rapport between the audience and what was taking place on the big screen was magical and by the time the credits rolled everyone was ready to hit the floor.
As promised Snowboy gave the dancers "a good caning" and everyone was immersed in the heat and the intensity of the session. A host of dance legends dancers were in the house - The Floor Technicians, Mark Hopkinson, Mark Armstrong, Mark Nicholas, Jerry IDJ, Gary Nurse, Rocky, The Hylton Brothers,Irven Lewis, Derek Waugh, Ade, Kola, Tony, Alex, Afro, Juliet, Stretch, Lizard, Brezhnev, Smiler, Bruce Q... amongst others... but it was great to witness the unitiated join the affray.
Gilles Peterson slipped behind the decks to build on Snowboy's set having opted to plunder the Brownswood vaults for an equally intense selection. That said, a brace of old skool Cuban classics added a deep, spiritually charged but mellow touch that had the legendary Eyvon, dancing gracefully on her own in the corner of the room. It was a magical sight.
Fresh from Okinawa was Patrick Forge and fresh from the backwoods of Canada were Robi & Leanne. In the house was Dom Servini, Nick Weston, Spry, Barrington (Jazz Defektor), Kathryn Willgress, B, Colm, Andy Thomas, Steve & Mike - UK Vibe, Andy Ward... so many people!
It was left to the Mighty Jeddo to deliver the nu-skool. The brainchild of drummer Daniel Crosby, they came on like x-press train coming through a tunnel and took us on a journey that won them a whole new bunch of admirers. Vanessa Freeman took it onto a whole new level and provided a sweet dose of yin to some heavy duty yang. Mighty Jeddo finished the set and closed the session with a swinging, energy fuelled version of Pharoah's 'You Gotta Have Freedom'... Shabaka blew the house down!
It was a day and a night to remember. Thanks to Des Toussaint for selling the vinyl. A massive big-up to Ruben for keeping it all rolling, Marie for bringing the Barbican vibes and precision and my Edge09 compadre Jason Jules for sorting the filming and providing back up in all forms. Fiinally, the most respect for the ever present Janine for handling Snowboy's books and signing.
Paul Bradshaw - Straight No Chaser/ Edge09
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.
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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
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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...
nice site, hooked you up:
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waiting for the book now and looking forward to it :)