OUT THERE ON THE NET...
Greetings... we are just beginning to get some reviews... and predictably it's the web-mags that are the first to lock in... below are a couple of snippets!
First up... www.flyglobalmusic.com - Snowboy’s book goes back further than that of course. It goes back to pre-historic Essex, the margin lands where East London’s black youth and Essex’s soul boys found common ground and it goes north for that soul thing. He talks to the movers and finger poppers across the country and assembles — painstakingly — the story of a culture that didn’t have one look, one sound and one path. A subculture that wouldn’t fit nicely into a box and too often got written off before it got written down. It’s not that I am just enjoying the book, I am thrilled to be reading it. Us old jazz cats are going to feel that something valuable has been caught before it slipped away for good. I am dipping in and coming out with gems and ‘a-ha!s’ every five minutes. (nice one Damian!)
www.bluesandsoul.com - If you read 'The Snowboy Column' on B&S you will be aware that one of our favourite sons has written a book - Longtime in the making and a true perfectionist as he is... Jazz guv'nor Snowboy has toiled long and hard to record a major concise part of music/dance history. 'From Jazz Funk and Fusion to Acid Jazz' does exactly what it says on the label, with interviews from the people that made it happen. (thanks for the taster Lee)
THIS SUNDAY... JAZZMATAZZ meets SNOWBOY
JAZZMATAZZ meets SNOWBOY
Jazz Dance session & Book launch: This Sunday, November 1st, 8:00pm - midnight @ METROPOLIS, 135-137, Cheltenham Road, Bristol
JAZZMATAZZ returns for this one-off event at Metropolis to launch Snowboy's excellent book - From Jazz Funk and Fusion to Acid Jazz.
Jazz dancers from all over the UK will be ...in attendance including Bristol's own FLOOR TECHNICIANS and PHYSICAL JERKS
DJs on the night will include
Snowboy
Bobby Speed
Suisse Tony
Ben Daley
Tickets £5 on the door (Bristol Uni Dance Society members - £2)
DIG OUT THOSE SPATS!
LEEDS BOOK LAUNCH & SIGNING: SUNDAY 20th SEPTEMBER
Gip Dammone - jazz man and restauranteur - invites you to:FROM JAZZ FUNK & FUSION TO ACID JAZZ: The History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene - Book Launch and Jazz Session!Host: Mark ‘Snowboy’ Cotgrove & Chaser PublicationsTime: Sunday, September 20 at 7:00 - 11pm... Read More
Where: SELA BAR, 20 New Briggate, Leeds
DJs: Gip, Chico, Ian Hylton, Mike Walwyn
(Luby is outta town... gone outernational!)
PLEASE RSVP! follow the link below: for more info.
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=118256664230&mid=f4db91G605ab564G7faf22G7
THE MELBOURNE PODCAST
MELBOURNE: From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz... an hour long feature on 'From Jazz Funk & Fusion...' built around interviews with Snowboy and Gilles Peterson was broadcast last Thursday (10 September) .
CHECK THE PODCAST: http://modalbailey.podOmatic.com
This is what John Bailey said:
"The show was a hit fellas.
We got enough text and emails during the broadcast - it was very humbling to be honest
As I was packing up the station manager came in and said phone call line 1.
Some lady was picking her son up from taekwondo and she said she couldn't leave the car to get him because she was engrossed with the show!
I was so chuffed - she said she was going to author house to get a copy - I'm sending her the show on cd.
It was such a buzz." Watch out for news on a Melbourne launch!.
We are looking for a distibutor for the book in Oz... any ideas please mail us on chaserimprint@gmail.com
URGENT FAULT ALERT: : IMAGES MISSING FROM SNOWBOY'S BOOK
SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A COCK UP AT THE PRINTERS!
There are images missing from the most recent copies of the book... pictures missing are on pages 31, 41,
51, 58, 63, 91, 148, 162, 163, 2 x 165, 168, 176, 184, 190, 213, 217, 218, 224, 225, 232, 233 and 238.
If you a have a faulty copy of the book please contact your supplier - authorHouse or Amazon etc - and they will replace it.
Please let us know you have done so in order that we can follow this up - email: chaserimprint@gmail.com /
attn: P. Brad
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
more @ myspace.com/frodisia
artwork by teecee
Posted in Acid Jazz, Audio, Funk, Fusion, Jazz, Mix, Nu-Jazz, Soul 
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ON AIR: SNOWBOY talks to MICHAEL O'DONNELL about FROM JAZZ FUNK & FUSION TO ACID JAZZ
Just to let you all know Snowboy's interview with Michael O'Donnell on the Soul Discovery radio show is available as a podcast... check it out...
RESPECT TO THE DOOD & UK VIBE...
Big Mike comes through with one wikkid piece for UK Vibe.... very nice Q&A with Snowboy and bunch of shots from the Jewel Bar launch.
http://ukvibe.org/index.php/interviews/the_history_of_the_uk_jazz_dance
TODAY.... SUNDAY 19th July - BEYOND THE BALLROOM.... A CELEBRATION OF UK JAZZ DANCE @ Cargo, Rivington St. Shoreditch, EC2 - 3.00pm onwards.... respek to the jazz dance posse that are travelling from around the UK... Snowboy is promising a serious work out... Gilles P is threatening to dig into the Brownswood basement to seek a bunch of classic post Dingwalls jazz 'n' nu-jazz cuts..
www.cargo-london.com/event/beyond-the-ballrooma-celebration-of-uk-jazz-dance
TODAY! SUNDAY 19th July - BEYOND THE BALLROOM at Cargo
Yes... TODAY - 19th JULY.... Snowboy & Gilles Peterson on the dex.... live inna the CARGO yard - Cuban Rumba from Dilanga... on the screen Dick Jewells' The Jazz Room... live Mighty Jeddo feat. Daniel Crosby and Shabaka Hutchins... check the Swifty prints... book signing.... kicks of at 3.00pm... it's BEYOND THE BALLROOM - Be there!
On Air this Friday - BBC Radio London : Snowboy Meets Robert Elms
Yes... on the eve of Beyond The Ballroom, the man called Snowboy drops into BBC Radio London to meet and chat with Robert Elms (2.30pm - this Friday!). Those who have read the book will know that Robert Elms has earned his own place in dance jazz history... looking forward to it. Tune in at 2pm to ensure you don't miss out!
DICK JEWELL'S 'THE JAZZ ROOM'... London Premier at BEYOND THE BALLROOM this Sunday!!
The Jazz Room traces the development of jazz dance at The Electric Ballroom in Camden Town. Shot on Super 8 it was finally completed in 1987. Film maker Dick Jewell regularly attended the Jazz Room over a three year period. The camera was placed in front of Paul Murphy's Dj booth and left to run. At the start of each night 'the film so far’ was projected above the dance floor, before continuing to shoot more material to incorporate into the film. This created an interaction between the dancers and the film itself which is a unique document of an era. It captures the dance styles along with the humour and intensity of that now legendary room. Last year Dick finally showed his edit of the footage at The Tate in Liverpool and Beyond The Ballroom is our chance to get a taste of that legendary session!
THE JAZZ ROOM will be shown at 4.30pm following a short selection of Ballroom classics by Snowboy.
Beyond The Ballroom... Cargo, Rivington St. Shoreditch... 3pm onwards ... Sunday 19th July
TO GET A TASTE OF THE JAZZ ROOM : http://www.dickjewell.dsl.pipex.com/Jazz%20Room%20movie1.html
Good to see the book is going strong - got a little something you might like here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsUbKnb_giM
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Steve