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WHAT’S INSIDE? 2 MEMBERSHIP 4 Fitzroy talks to SHALAMAR 8 DARRELL’S FUNK BOX Welcome to issue 33! No ....we didn’t skip a number 10 MERCHANDISE , we had a ‘Member’s only’ magazine, which included interviews wit h Louis Vega, Beverley Kni ght and Robbie Vincent. If 12 Fitzroy chats to you join our membership send you a copy of that this month, I’ll one too. We’ve got Jaz Eric Roberson z musician Bob James the next Member’s issue. in 16 JUMP START - WORDS So onto this one, which has another 4 deep dow n personal interviews from more of our favour by Ginger Tony ites to get you ready for some up and coming concerts and releases. The re are a couple of new events 18 Fitzroy talks to coming months, so ple starting up in the ase do show your suppor t and obviously let them know you heard about George Duke them here! Things are hotting up for 21 BACK ISSUES the Soul Survivor Award s as the votes are coming in and we will be closing entries on the 7th Octob 22 RECORD REVIEWS er, so you may have tim to get your vote in wh e en you receive this issu e. You can vote on our website: www.thesoulsu 26 Fitzroy talks to rvivors.co.uk/Awards Tickets are also selling fast Josh Milan now so you will need to get them soon and we look forward to seeing you there. Don’t forget we hav 28 SOUL SNIPPETTS if you have voted and the e prizes to give away y will be given out on the night. The new website is fina 30 OUT OF THE BOX lly up and running and will be changing all the as I get used to the new time software! There is also with Marcia Carr an opportunity to adverti on there if you wish, so se just give us a call. 32 EVENT REVIEWS We were just about to pre ss the ‘ready for print’ but ton when we heard the news that Solar radio’s 36 WHAT’S GOIN’ ON? Paul Stenning had passed away. He had been ill for some time and was one of the Soul scene’s really 39 SOUL RADIO nice mis guy sed. Rest In Peace Paul; our thoughts go out to his s and will be sadly this sad time. friends and family at Now, sit back, relax and read.........
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SHALAMAR talks to Fitzroy
Howard you come originally from Ohio, home of the funk outfits Lakeside, Platypus, Slave and Sun, how did you break into the industry, as Steve Arrington advised me that being a small area there wasn’t a lot of opportunities? I come from Akron and Steve Arrington came from Dayton alongside Lakeside and it was a great time to grow up as the middle class was striving and this was the rubber capital of the world with Goodyear, Sirilin, Mowhawk and Firestone rubber factories were in the area. Some of us started putting groups together, like me with my family in gospel, The Hewitt singers. My mom was a major gospel promoter in the Akron Cleveland area working with James Cleveland, The Soulsters and Albetina Walker and The Caravans. When she realised that me and my sisters could hold a note we became the Hewitt Singers. Nepotism was alive and well in our family so we opened the shows for all the acts coming in and doing the “Chitlin Circuit” in the summer time. I got into the R&B circuit and being around 14/15 there was a group called Revelation Funk and their keyboard player only sang background vocals; his name was.... James Ingram. Groups formed and broke up as there was no vision outlet like in LA where you had Motown originally from Detroit and people driving round in Cadillacs or Rolls Royces in the music business. In Akron the first time I saw a Rolls Royce there was a pimp driving it! So we kept striving and used to call it the “rubber city” snap back. People would leave Akron to go to New York or LA then within 2 months they’d snap back to Akron after failing to do their thing and having to explain why. So it was really about getting outta there and making it. In our interview 2 years back Jeffery told me he approached you Howard first before Gerald Brown to join the group. Why did you decline and what was it that he said the second time in asking that made you join the Solar Soul Train family? 04 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
Howard: When he first asked me I was at Mavericks Flat, a club owned by John and Alphonso Daniels. It didn’t have a liqueur license but people came down in the Crenshaw district and it was also a place where they developed show booths. I formed a group called Beverly Hills and we played in Mavericks Flat in LA and put a show together to try out on the audience. Every week the Soul Train people would be there and see acts like the Commodores and Richard Prior and that’s when I met Jodie and Jeff before Shalamar existed. Mavericks used to book their acts to come to the UK and Europe and I was in England for 8 months. I went home for a month and during that time Shalamar formed with Uptown Festival but when Jeffrey approached me I was already obligated and contracted to come back to the UK. Carolyn: Having Carrie Lucas as your mother and Dick Griffey as your father, what was life like growing up in the bright lights that surrounded the Solar Records sun with groups like Shalamar, The Whispers, Dynasty, Midnight Star, Lakeside and later Collage? Carolyn: It was fantastic and awesome to be in that greatness. My father and the people he exposed me to at an early age, not just these guys but Michael Jackson and The O’Jays, people that he used to promote and it was almost overwhelming as a child. When I look back it was common as I didn’t know anything different. The joke is Shalamar was my all time above anyone else favourite group and when I heard Jody and Jeffery were leaving I was one of the most depressed teenagers in the world. It had a double impact on me as it wasn’t just my favourite group, but my family breaking up. It was very gruelling and I had the biggest crush on Howard Hewitt and thought I was gonna marry him, but now I’m around him all the time he makes me wanna throw up!
What do you remember of how the Soul Train Label set up by Don Cornelius and Dick Griffey in 1975 dissolved and re emerged to becoming Solar in 1977 and it’s impact in pushing the new disco funk & boogie through the monumental Soul Train TV show? Jeffrey: The transition from Soul Train to Solar Records was so seamless we didn’t even notice it, the only difference was that Don Cornelius was no longer involved. But for me personally what was good about Soul Train records was the company and the acts were new and both Don and Dick were hands on in the studio, and they are both like my prodigal fathers. I danced on Soul Train through Don and through music via Dick. Whatever was between Don and Dick didn’t affect us as I was still part of Soul Train through Solar Records. Dick Griffey’s vision went beyond and took Solar Records to be one of the most reputable in the industry. The way he worked our promotion tours was from the bottom, unlike today standards where millions can see you at a glance on video and you sell a lot of records. We went at the lowest level, promotional touring, shaking hands
with radio station managers, retailers and club people and steadily built a strong foundation that really paid off when we got to our second album. So it wasn’t like bam Shalamar is here, we took it step by step to build the name and the franchise and the hits which stand the test of time still today. We owe that to Dick Griffey and our producer Leon Sylvers. Howard: When I came to the group I was the third singer and Jeffery tracked me down and I was offered the lead on a Friday, did a light audition Saturday afternoon for Dick and by Saturday night I was on a plane to New Jersey, met the group, we rehearsed the Sunday and did a TV show on Monday. From that point I was straight on the road and in the studio and recording the Big Fun album, so we worked to build that foundation. That foundation will last and only yourself can take you out the game.
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What was it like travelling as a Solar roadshow at the label’s height of success after making Second Time Around, Make That Move, I Owe You One and Right In The Socket and performing those songs, as it sounds like you had fun making them?
owed them another album before the move was completed. When Leon played it to me I loved it with the “shooby do wah” and so sweet lyrics. It had a good feel and Doo Wop feel and just sung it the way I felt it. There was a lot of good stuff on that Go For It album.
We had Solar Galaxy and Stars tour, we had a ball and it was crazy as we had that family feel that would spoil us. Now we had fun in our camp but then I remember when I went solo and the rap thing came about and it was like turf wars. Carrie Lucas, Carolyn’s mum, would come on first, a very sophisticated lady not to be messed with and then Lakeside would come on burning it up then suddenly a bass amp cord would be kicked out “accidentally”. It was cool and fun.
You’ve just come back from Africa, which part and why?
Carolyn: I used to go on the tour bus with my mom, Marvin Gaye and Evelyn Champagne King on the road doing city to city. I’d travel with all the artists and my highlights were Shalamar and Disneyland. Jeffrey: It was a growing and competitive period, like if Lakeside were selling higher than us they’d wanna come on after us and visa versa so it was healthy competition. It was a family thing and I learned a lot and remain glad growing up with those experiences as it was tough in the beginning touring that way with buses breaking down and no decent hotels but it helped make us who we are.
We’ve been there before but this was special as it stemmed from a conversation with a friend of ours and some very important people happened to be present including a lawyer who is a very powerful attorney and professor in Nigeria whose all time favourite group was Shalamar. They were at university studying law and got expelled with her friends for listening and dancing to Shalamar. We were doing her wedding and her friends who were also expelled were present and asked up on stage as it was the bride’s dream to have us play at her wedding. We were privileged to be amongst the elite creme de la creme crowd of politicians, entrepreneurs and solicitors of Nigeria. People need to take note as Africa is on the up and up. The balance is beginning to happen. Africa is funky for real and interestingly I interviewed Barbara Roy of Ecstasy Passion and Pain and when peaking around 7475 they were the first American group to perform in Africa and there was a war going on at the time and they stopped the war so the band could perform, it was a big thing.
Howard: The first Galaxy Solar star tour buses were gutted and the bunks were built inside and I remember waking up and the bus was stopped, broken down, full of smoke and on fire and everybody had gotten off. We shared a bus with Dynasty then and we’d be on the road four to 5 months at a time.
Howard: Like Jeff said, when we performed the dignitaries who were all upright there were the same ones when we performed in 81 going crazy. And now those dignitaries are jumping up around to Second Time Around and Make That Move. If we had done Pop Along Kid they’d have lost their minds (All Shalamar laugh).
Carolyn: Apart from my personal memories of Gotta Keep Dancing Keep Smiling, your mother’s other major favourite is Dance With You. Tell us the story of what happened when you first heard Armand Van Helden’s You Don’t Know Me on a shopping trip.
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Carolyn: I was in Santa Monica with a girlfriend and I heard what I thought was Dance With You but in a loop and walked into the store and said to my friend Tiara that’s my mothers song and one of the teeny bobbers in the store said no that’s Armand Van Helden. I said no it isn’t and started freaking out and called my mom and said listen to this you won’t believe this. Funny thing is Armand was real big as was the song but it had no clearance, both my mom and dad didn’t know about it and my father instructed Glen to get on it soon as. It got sorted but had I not walked down the promenade and heard it, till that point no one knew they used the loop. Ironically there was a similar thing with the group Black Box who did Ride On Time in the 90’s and sampled Loletta Holloway’s Salsoul classic Love Sensation. Loletta Holloway was in a club and heard the song and tried to convince them it was her voice and this led to the big exposure and a successful lawsuit. You said The Lover In You defined Shalamar as not just a dance group but the matrix one for me is Sweeter As The Days Go By with that merry-go-round melody. Another record that reminds me of that is by a fellow Ohio native Steve Arrington’s Mellow As A Cello. What went through your mind when you first heard it as you can hear the emotion when you are singing it totally? Howard: I love that song, it was part of the commitment album of us moving from RCA to Elektra. We all at Solar 06 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
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If you have a genuine and diverse love of music it’s often very hard to answer any question that begins with the words “what’s your favourite…”, but in the case of current labels I think that BBE is the one that ticks that box for me. From the earliest compilations which kicked off with the much copied Stop & Listen series and dug deep with the many ‘Spectrum’ albums to the inspired output of the Beat Generation which featured J Dilla, Pete Rock, Will i am (his first 2 solo albums) DJ Jazzy Jeff and many many more, to the more recent offerings from Ty, DJ Vadim, Electric Wire Hustle, Space Invadas, John Morales, and compilations of the rare and un-released, such an alarming output of diverse material it’s hard to believe so few people are involved in putting this altogether I do believe they’re the hardest working label on the planet. I’m hard pushed to think of much that the label has done that I’ve not been excited by – and that’s a rare thing indeed these days. To celebrate their 15th Birthday, they’re releasing a double mix cd featuring a monster 80 tracks put together by 1xtra Mix DJ and Mixcloud competition winner Chris Read. If you are a hip-hop head, cop this, but don’t shy away if you aren't into hip hop music because this celebratory mix travels through all sorts of genres such as house, reggae, drum and bass and more. BBE is a widely respected underground urban record label in the music world, so if you haven’t heard about them until now, this is your chance to check them out!
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songs. The overall concept was for people to relate or escape to and from an uptempo point of view. We wanted to relate the themes to something other than a ballad, which is the normal thing. Mr Nice Guy is a song about the struggle of finding a girl who appreciates a nice guy and not a bad boy, which I can identify with in my early teens to mid 30’s. I always got my heart broken as I’m a deeply romantic dreamer and my friends used to laugh at me as they were more like players. Is that a personal reminder for you? Yeah my mother and father told me how to handle certain things but when you get into the real world you see it’s not appreciated. Holding the door for a woman gets questioned by women and lots of people today hide behind the walls but complain about the view. As men we are so caught up in routines and do not know what we’re feeling and if we really like the girl cause you focus on trying to get her number and your spiel. We need to ask is she the one and can she change my life and complete me? Meanwhile the women are worrying if we gonna hurt them and are too busy blocking the darts and not really listening or paying attention instead of learning or earning you. It does relate to my childhood and early college days of dating.
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I can relate to this album in quite a few of the songs or at least the scenario it paints...It appears that since we last spoke and your last album that you’ve been on a journey in the love lane, so what’s the albums concept? I stumbled across this album as I wasn’t intending to do another one yet as my wife was pregnant with my son who is 11 months old now. I didn’t want to be in another country whilst he was born so I kinda hung around recording things and arrived at these different concepts from conversations with my father and my grandfather where the titles Try Love and Shake Her Hand were of a result of conversing with my grandfather. The struggle of finding and maintaining love is an ongoing subject and very much spoken in a lighthearted aspect but I felt I had an album’s worth of material. I found a lead to what I was naturally speaking of by opening myself up and sharing theories. Bill Withers once said there is no difference between a male and female song outside of the male ego so with me I’m always fishing and giving out as much energy so I can take in energy, read stories and study couples and transfer that passion into 12 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
What I noticed about this album was your return to being influenced by your love for hip hop (Ahhh ok) with that Tribe Called Quest/J Dilla vibe. Strangers being one of them has a gospel aspect to it with that church hammond organ and an almost preacher’s vibe. What’s the idea behind that?
Ok I like that you picked up on that as I grew up and sung my first song in church. Not only do I have my personal connection with it but I love the passion that’s given out by the congregation, the pastor and the choir. Then you have the preachers who blow you away with every other line. The organ was funnily the last thing we added but I decided to add it and make it more gospel. The song is a lesson about getting love and if it don’t work we revert back to what we were. If the relationship don’t work then you become like strangers passing each other in the street again. So it’s really about appreciating love and paying homage to a music genre that I still really love without mocking it. Summertime from the beginning is an infectious song that reminds me of those mid 90’s summertime anthems that we used to see on the MTV videos. How did you get to hook up with my man Chubb Rock, who still sounds larger than life with his flow...in fact we forget he was the big daddy of rap before Notorious BIG but a more universally conscious one. In addition the single cover is a simulation of Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, so what’s the connection and also have you sampled George Benson’s Give Me The Night?
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You’d been on a great date and go back to her house and end up sleeping on the couch with walls between you thinking is she awake and thinking bout you too, you know what I mean? Omar really nailed it when he’s leaving the message on her answer machine and being direct asking her if she’s gonna call. How Would I Feel explains the insecurity of reading someone’s private papers and questioning how you’d feel if the tables were turned. The guilt of finding out all she wrote about mostly was you and the worst thing was about your snoring. As we are speaking the way the story is told reminds me of Eminem’s Stan where you don’t find out what the song’s really saying till the end. With Jean Baylor’s questioning lines, it is a beautiful yet sad song... In approach of that I didn’t know whether I wanted Jean’s part to be his conscience or the part where she catches him in the act. It’s about the trust, as he had no reason but his own insecurity to check her journal. Musically the song was made to suit the words and Jean captured it like Omar did on Loves Withdrawal. Talking Reckless is another favourite of mine with the old school hip hop vibe and melodious lead guitar reminds me a bit of TCQ’s The Jam. The tail of two ex’s unexpectedly bumping into each other and the spark that remains. Another universal related scenario with humour weaves and nails... Wow it’s interesting as I thought of TQC’s Bonita Applebum as I was pulling from TCQ with the openness, as it’s difficult for me to say a line with so much space in between each line. It kills me to leave
that much space on a song, I rarely ever do but it’s another fun story. Try Love reminds me of an R Kelly sermon at times but I like the cry for love, peace and unity with those harmonious horns. I like reference to even if the love you show is it’s yourself also. Again the gospel and rap theme runs through, are those live horns? Those horns are looped up and my boy Dayna played keys on it. My grandfather passed away as we were recording the album and this song is inspired by my conversations with him. It’s lighthearted but with meaning and my favourite on the album. What can we look forward too at Indigo2 in October as this is a much bigger platform than the Jazz Cafe but I believe with your diehard fans will fill out the venue. Are there any support acts? I’m not sure if we have support acts as we are trying to decide. If I had my way I’d have The Ones or some British talent like Roachford and Omar whom I’m great fans of. With the show we gonna try and bring as much love and energy of the older albums and hopefully they’ve had time to chew on the new album and know a good part of it by the time we come so we can do live versions of it. The left and rights of those turns come from being live on stage and is not pre conceived. I’m excited how they will receive Picture Perfect and grabbing the camera came from a gig in london and who knows what happens. See you in October. Thanks good to see you again Fitzroy.
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Summer was fun. In between the wet bits we had right old royal knees-ups at Margate twice (one jazz and one soul festival) and I made my debut at The Embassy Beach Club, Algarve - which was nice. We are back there in November and this time everyone’s invited! More about that later... YESSS!!! Lack Of Afro is back with a brand new album “This Time” on Freestyle Records. The 3rd album is once again full to the brim with the usual funk-tinged beats and grooves we’ve come to expect from Adam Gibbons, but this time the soulful side is also shining through. Check out the lead single “A Time For” with Wayne Giddens on vocals, ‘tis a beautiful thing indeed, as is the storming opening cut “Holding My Breath” featuring Jake Morley. Too good to not shout about is Shuya Okino’s latest album “Destiny”. Skip the next few lines if you’re already in the know, but if you’ve not been listening to the “Jump Start” for the last few months it is possible this has slipped you by. Featuring some of the finest vocalists in the business: Pete Simpson, Navasha Daya, Clara Hil and the mighty N’Dea Davenport, “Destiny” is easily one of the strongest, best produced and well packaged CDs of the year! Available as a Jap-import it may make your wallet squeak, but if you trust me (I know you do.lol), just go buy one, pop it in your player and smile. ☺ I just can’t stop dancin’... Summer 2011 has seen some stunning dance music and although I may not be the greatest dancer, I can tap my toes with the best of ‘em. Deep City Soul’s “We All Fall Down” has dom-
inated Solar Radio’s Soul Energy House Chart. The Soul Heaven stable has gifted our feet and ears with yet another stunning slice of gospelhouse. Also, Doug Willis’ “Music Speaks Louder Than Words” is still sounding glorious, it’s on Z Records, so what did we expect!? It’s 21st century disco at its best! Speaking Joey Negro, have you heard Ben Westbeech’s “Something For The Weekend”? Phwoar!!! Something for the weekender... As I mentioned earlier, I’ll be spinning some soulful goodness at the Embassy Beach Club, Algarve on the last weekend of November. Joining me will be Solar Radio’s Lil Stevie, Shep Kennedy & Tony ”All Souledup” Allen, plus - this time you’re all invited! Feel free to contact any of us for more info. It’s a very affordable weekend of winter sun, beautiful accommodation and a top notch club too – flipping ‘eck I sound like a salesman! Lol Finally, it’s about that time peeps – The Bournemouth Soul Weekender is upon us and it’s gonna be the toppermost! Taking place on Halloween weekend, the DJs include: Dr. Bob Jones, Chris Bangs, Bob Masters, Andy Davies, Stretch Taylor, some wanna-be called Ginger Tony and many more. You can find out all the info on Facebook, any of the Jocks and probably from most of the people out and about, it does appear that most of the soul world is coming...Fancy it?
Ciao for now. GT X
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George Duke talks to Fitzroy
The wealth of musical and historical legacy in California is folk law with Sly & The Family Stone, Mama & The Papa’s and the Black Panthers for starters impacting the world in the late 1960’s. What was that climate like with the changing face of music and politics from your perspective?
I read that your mother took you to see the late Duke Ellington aged four, where for reasons you cannot remember you decided you wanted to play the piano. Your inquisitiveness to learn more about black music was thirsted moreso from your church surroundings. How as a four year old does that develop before you get your bachelor’s music degree in 1967? There’s a few factors, the first time I saw Duke Ellington, even though the music was beyond me, there was a spirit that infected and affected me to watch this guy who kinda looked like me, which you didn’t get to see a lot of people in those days other than Amos and Andy (African American characters on radio and TV played by white minstrel actors). Duke was creative with his hand and then he’d lift his hands up like he was waving and the other people on stage would start playing and blowing these objects, which as a kid looked like magic to me. The sound was coming out and people were enjoying it so I did too. When I began to take lessons and play at church aged 11, the organ player in the pulpit had a tremendous affect on me watching him interplay with the preacher and that’s how I learnt to play soulfully. Listening to Ray Charles gave me the same feeling, but in a secular way. 18 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
Absolutely amazing as the Bay Area was a haven for anything. There was the political anti war movement and I saw the Haight Ashbury scene come and grow with Santana, Jimi Hendrix to Mama & The Papa’s and a lot of jazz too. I was an undergraduate working with Al Jarreau in a club called the Half Note and further down there was a jazz club where people used to come to see us as we were the neighbourhood band. There was the strong jazz latin country rock going on, especially in Marin county and we’d play at the Philmore West and musicians would talk backstage. I’d get a call from Steve Miller’s Blues Band who just heard me play and asked me to come and record on a track after a gig at 3-4am in the morning. That’s how all the fusion thing started because musicians from different genres started to talk to each other and it was an amazing and creative period for music and it would be good if that could happen again now. How confident were you to send a bold but clearly impressive letter and tape to violinist Jean Luc Ponty that you ended up working with him? Lol I wrote to World Specific Jazz Records where through a German friend of mine who produced a couple of my MPS albums advised that jazz violinist Jean Luc Ponty was coming to the Bay area. I was aware of him and heard his records on K Jazz radio. I wanted to work with him but I didn’t know Jean Luc and he didn't know me. I contacted Richard Bach at the record label and mailed a tape which he played to Jean Luc and I got the gig. My letter said I’m the only one who could play for Jean Luc, and not just me, as I had my trio band with Al Jarreau.
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You were pretty much multitasking, producing albums for Raul De Souza and Dee Dee Bridgewater, as well as playing keys on Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall album, how did that happen? Through Quincy, who’d heard me performing with Jean Luc Ponty and hired me for sessions. I’d do Quincy’s albums on A&M and live Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway shows. I wasn’t the only keyboard player as there was Greg Phillinganes also but I’d just play not knowing what particular track it was for. Follow The Rainbow and Master Of The Game albums are examples of you merging black R&B and jazz funk genres. If you listen to I Am For Real, Say That You Will, Alien Changes and Games an amazing track, you hear the P Funk and EWF influences. A stand out track is the smooth jazzed Corine that is dedicated to your wife which has an EWF feel and a Roy Ayers vibe flavour? Roy’s a friend of mine and I’m not a vibe player but I wanted to have a different tambour to the piano. The whole idea was to be using vocals and spreading them out and not just me doing singing. I had me, Josie James and Lynn Davis alternating vocals and it was like a horn section to me to write melodic lyric yet jazz and latin influenced. It was an interesting time as dance music was on the horizon with disco and I wanted to see how I’d fit in with music that had a beat and a groove with different chords. I’d love to do those 70’s albums again, maybe with new singers and the right budget as a one off album today. Brazilian Love Affair was clearly a personal journey and homage to the native music and musicians of Brazil, including Milton Nascemento, Flora Purim Airto and Raul De Souza. With Summer Breezin, Crava E Canela, Brazilian Sugar and Sugar Loaf Mountain, a Robbie Vincent classic championing the album’s magnificence. We used to dance jazz fusion like we were the Nicholas Brothers to those choons 30 years back. Simply how spiritual was that album to make? Extremely. I’ve always called that album a labour of love and if pushed would say it’s my favourite album. I had to force Epic to allow me to record this album in Brazil as it wasn’t part of my regular contract but because Reach For It did so well they gave in. I didn’t want to do a typical Brazilian album but wanted to absorb the culture live for a minute with the people and record with Brazilian musicians whom I respected and bring my band to see what kind of baby we could come up with. I’m not sure if that had been done before and did not expect it to be a hit record. I was totally shocked when I discovered 20 years back that people here in the UK 20 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
were dancing to it, as it wasn't designed as a dance record but one of music I loved and not for commerciality. I believe your cousin is jazz singer Dianne Reeves and you produced her Bluenote 1987 album with the infamous Sky Island, a song she co-wrote and sung in the mid 70’s with Caldera. That was the first record I produced for her and I took her to Bluenote Records and said she’s my cousin and talented, so we made it with a small budget with Tony Williams and Herbie Hancock to give it some validity in the jazz world. Your voice has different octaves but you definitely have a falsetto preference; is that natural from your church days? It’s the one that has kinda eluded me now as I’ve got older as I cannot hit those notes. It was easier for me to do and sing in a falsetto vibe as I liked The Stylistics but my tone was different. I couldn’t sing like Stevie Wonder so other than my normal voice it was easier to sing that way. When you made I Want You For Myself which has all the jazz disco funk and boogie elements, what did you think after you made it, as in some circles that tune is a well loved record, especially with Lynn Davis’s vocals? I wanted to write a song with the disco beat with some jazz and latin changes and nice chords and room for me to do a solo. My other singer Josie wanted to sing it but I had both her and Lynn sing in their falsetto voice as a test. Lynn’s vocals had the perfect vibe, Josie was disappointed but I promised to write her something else. Did I know I had a hit? No but I knew I liked it and that if it was to be a single they could edit the piano solo if need be. How do you feel about Soul Music.com releasing the Epic four albums after 30 odd years to an old newer and much wider audience? I think it’s great. I was wondering if they were going to be re-released to the old and newer folks and glad to be able to see that. When are you coming to the UK? I’m coming to the UK on 24th and 25th November to the Jazz Cafe with my quartet band as financially I can’t afford to bring the singers and Sheila E. I’ll be playing a plethora of music from my catalogue. You realise you have to do Brazilian Love Affair with the solo at the end? Yeah I’ll do that but not in a high voice though. Thanks George. Thanks man.
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Record reviews This brief record review introduction is to entice your musical mind and ears to check out some brass band, Brazilian, southern funk, classic jazz fusion soul, nu jazz, contemporary soul, concept, broken beats and retro psychedelia music. It’s all good in the Soul Survivor hood!! Soul Persona Starring Princess Fressia - Lap Dancer www.digisoul.co.uk This concept album is based around the musical memoirs of a lap dancer through the voice of Avalon Lexus aka Princess Freesia.Utilizing some old school disco soul jazz and rare groove looped with the subtlest added drum beats, Princess Freesia’s vocal schizophrenic persona’s switch from sensually to ad-libs with the odd expletive and on occasion, especially on The Lapdancer Theme some spoken word dialect like Will Power’s Adventures Of Success. Not gonna break down the album thesis but endure the euphoric collaborations of The Girls Gotta Get her Lovin’ using Debra Laws’ On My Own, Ava’s Fantasy, Rocket Pocket, Ultrasuperlove using Midnight & You, Stretched Thin and I Got Into This Mess pt1 & 2. Princess Fressia an accomplished live backing vocalist for artists like Jean Carn gets versatile for the longest while on this stylish cd. Nice festive pressie for the more imaginative ladies and gents!! Dego - A Wha’ Him Deh Pon Dego, one half of pioneering dj/producer outfit 4Hero, has mixed and mashed up 20 tracks with a lil help from his friends Kaidi Tatham, Sharlene Hector, Nadine Charles and Obenewa. It’s very experimental with short interluding vocal and instrumental arrangements almost smacking of a soundtrack concept. Nu wave broken boogie is fertilized by tracks Da Fuzz No Bother Talk It and an early Yellow Magic Orchestra meets Ruichi Sakamoto tinged Monday Blues. Love and Hate’s a deceptive 80’s electro 4 floor fused into a two step sub bass bouncer. Late Night Fright with it’s futuristic synth and piano instrumentation is one of the longer tracks. Pushing You To Begin evokes an 80’s Jam & Lewis lick whilst We Are Virgo is a dancers bruk beat dream.With so many to choose from They Never Know feat Sarina Leah using the Hubert Eaves drum break is my boombastic album track. Maybe this the future like Fatback of da bad boy boogie? Get This!! The Original Jill Scott From The Vault Vol 1 out 31/10/11 These 12 soul nuggets have been taken from Jill Scotts’ previously unreleased Hidden Beach musical pandora box from her first 3 albums. Co-writing 13 of the tracks bar the excellent cover of Bill Wither’s Lovely Day, this piece of jazz rock & soul deserves it’s 2011 airing. Jill’s voice elevates on I Don’t Know, Wondering Why and the salacious Wake Up Baby. The rock & soul comes via Dr Mrs & Mrs Record Industry. The technology and musical balanced production is precise and paid testament on tracks like Running Away. The album closes with two soul searching one downtempo and one ballad cuts I’m Prettier and Comes To The Light reminding me of listening to vintage intoxicating Minnie Ripperton classics. To finish Holding On a lush jazz tempura with an echoed guitar solo and live feel tale of pure adulation for a woman’s man. Can’t see any dust settling on these unearthed gems. Guaranteed!! Sunlightsquare - Britannia Shing - A Ling (Sunlight Square Records) Out 5/11 Very much integrating a retro soulful edge to their latin jazz repertoire with mostly version excursion covers Sunlightsquare energize like Captain Kirk back to the late 60‘s and early 70‘s back catalogue. Sharlene Hector’s on the boogaloo Afro Azul and a mature sounding Kevin Mark Trials Idle Hands vocals work perfectly on the two opening cuts. Including Martha & The Vandella’s Nowhere To Run featuring Vanessa Freeman,Up Up & Away and Otis Reading’s Land Of 1000 Dances feat Brendan Reilly, the late Nick Ashfords’s California Soul feat Tasita D’Amour, Mongo Santamaria’s O Mi Shango, John Klemmers’s Free Soul & Deodato’s instrumental monster Skyscraper you are spoilt for choice music genre wise. The production is faultless, produced, arranged and mixed by bandleader Claudio Passavanti and is simply a quality album with some potential commercial crossover appeal. Zara McFarlane - Until Tomorrow (Brownswood) Out October 10th 2011 Backed by a few moody and magnificent musicians that transform to an acoustic trio, quartet, quintet or sextet, Zara McFarlane delivers a resounding straight ahead/trad jazz debut on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label. It’s easy to make comparisons with the greats who’ve influenced Zara’s songwriting and vocal style as she conjures up the picturesque film noir settings of a table seated audience within a smoke filled venue but with a 2011 twist. Zara punctuates her diverse jazzamataz vocals naturally and classically on these enticing and well produced compositions. Definitely more a listening album with a bluesier edge exemplified on the alternative of two versions of More Than Mine. Slightly funkier are Mama Done and Blossom Tree and the toe tapping twister prize goes to the uplifting Feed The Spirit. Chiaroscuro accompanied by just a piano is for me the matrix ballad on the album. Recommended. 22 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
The Soul Rebels Brass Band-Unlock Your Mind (Decca) Funky with brass knobs on with a New Orleans sound of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band proportion, these guys cover a variety of genres with a soulful uniqueness. Without a live bass and just a funky drummer and horn section TSRBB’s brass constructed resume starts with a funky vocal 504. Hear an unimaginable version of the Eurythmics Sweet Dreams and Turn It Up sounding like a jazz funk Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd and Wayne Henderson jamming session. With no restricted boundaries, check the vocal reggae penned Unlock Your Mind and a Gogo version of Allen Touissant’s Night People. I’m So Confused sounds like Jack Daugherty’s big band funk classic Ninety Nine and my favourite of the rap lyric cuts is the funktastic I Made It. Another two unconventional brass stabbing covers of Stevie Wonder’s Living For The City and Theme From SWAT and four bonus cuts keeps this brass construction movin’ !! Lack Of Afro-This Time-Freestyle Having exhausted the late 60‘s to mid 70‘s jazz soul and funk era there’s a new thirst currently for psychedelic 60’s hippy and flower power California Dreaming element evident on this album. Some of the individual and commercially potential stand out include Angeline Morrison’s vocals on a hammond organ and dramatic strings produced A Time For Loving. The best of a few instrumentals is a funky Contusions with great horn harmonics and a rhodes and flute solo’d One For Bielski. Morphing in to the hip hop genre P.A.R.T.Y Wax and Herbal T rap like Eminem on an acid trip. With some male falsetto vocals, polished retro production and multifaceted musical influences including the rock guitar finale Lazy Lazurus This Time is one throwback the retrospectives will enjoy. Sabrina Malheiros-Dreaming Far Out From the first track this is a much more therapeutic and cheaper hypnosis treatment than Paul McKenna. A crystal clear production from Bluey of Incognito’s son Daniel Maunick with a hint of current millennium technology helps this seductive album entice it’s listener to these rhumba samba and bossa grooves. Sabrina, daughter of Alex Malheiros, co founder and bass player of Azymuth, plays guitar, writes and composes as well as sings on this cd. The latin samba flavours like Boberia, Fragile, Candeia, Opara and a joyous sounding Tem Dende showcase her subtle but sensual and soulful octaves. The Brazilian meets British jazz funk disco hybrid track has to be the Segredo and the tantalizing Primeira is an amazing embryonic creation. With an unique cover of Skip Scarborough’s Can’t Hide Love I’d say this is a must buy album. Out Now!! Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings-Soul Time-Daptone Keeping it authentic Soul Time display the appliance and science respectfully of James Brown’s Funky People musical legacy. Be it a ballad mid tempo or a jam session number it’s funky with rich horns crisp fatback drums glorious harmonies and Sharon’s bellowing tonsils. Parts 1 & 2 of Genuine will instantly remind you of the famous King Records recordings that Lyn Collins, Marva Witney and Vickie Anderson graced vocally. Ballad’s Longer and Stronger simulates a live Angie Stone instrumentation essence and Without A Trace retains that R&B guitar plucking quality and goldenness we’re accustomed to. I’m Not Gonna Try is a certified as a killer track with brass stabs to die for. What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes is the adult social message Aint No Chimney in The Projects one from a child's perspective. To conclude check out the lush Inspiration Information and enjoy Soul Time like its showtime!! Soul Lounge 8 Various artists (Dome) Another triple whammy CD that gets a massive thumbs up from Soul Survivor’s Anna who almost wrote this review herself. There are 40 feel good factor tracks to choose from starting with CD’ 1’s Heston and the CB fresh remix of Greatest Love followed closely by Anthony David’s harmonious Forever More and Eric Roberson’s artistic broken beat Picture Perfect. Don E’s sensual two stepper Drive, Reel People feat Tony Momrelle’s cover of Stevie Wonder’s Golden Lady and Down To The Bone feat Imaani brass blowing jazz soul Watch Me Fly serve CD 1‘s retro influence well. Domu feat amazing Pete Simpson’s Aint No Fool is my jazz boogie favourite and the line up finishes with Avery Sunshine’s Motown tinged Bags Packed. Australian soul stars Electric Empire sound very smooth on a southern soul flavoured Baby Your Lovin’ with Rahsaan’s groovalicious 6am and jazz soul empress Adriana’s Evans’ Mr Big Stuff riffed Weatherman following sequence. Had to check I wasn’t going senile missing Heston’s exhilarating Ooh La La from his last album... as this amazing song wasn’t on it. Incognito and Chaka Khan’s The Song is reminiscent of Ckaka’s Rufus days complemented by Maysa’ sweet and delicious My Destiny. Beverley Knight’s trademark gospel vocals grace a fresh sounding oldie So Happy and Dome’s 2nd Beverlei (Brown duets with Dennis Taylor on a smooth cruising Could Be You. James Taylor Quartet & Omar cover respectfully Marvin Gaye’s & Leon Ware’s penned After The Dance and the powerhouse vocals of Rosie Gaines bellow on a beat bumping It’s Been A Long Time. Madeka’s slick vocal on That Tree is another example of CD 2’s stylish finesse. CD 3 is the most upbeat featuring Terry Hunter’s soulful 4 floor mix of Avery Sunshine’s Ugly Part Of Me and Bluey’s remix of Incognito’s single Put A Little Lovin’ In Your Heart. Tortured Soul get the Quentin Harris midas touch on their much loved Home To You and Reel People’s boogie disco rework of Choklate’s The Tea, is one I’ve been playing and love from two years back. Driza Bone Family sounds elevated on a disco synthesised Lift Me Up and Reel People feat Darien bring a luscious latino brilliance with Alibi. Down To The Bones’s Uptown Festival has tremors of the early 80‘s UK jazz funk era and Ski Oakenfull Remix of Incognito end the comp on a high with an uplifting floor finish. I now understand why Anna didn’t wanna part with this for two weeks as there is some tuff stuff on this package!! 24 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
Soul Music.com are releasing four expanded edition albums from one of the most versatile keyboard players in the soul jazz rock and fusion world. George Duke was part of a musical revolution coming from his Californian jazz roots to embracing various genres and music technology way before he made these four jazz funk & disco album. Follow The Rainbow and Master Of The Game from 1978-& 1979 are examples of George’s progression to incorporate the balance of the Black R&B and jazz funk and fusion influences to a select and simultaneously wider market. It’s evident if you listen to I Am For Real, Say That You Will, The Alien Challenges and Games and Look What You Find George’s D Funk is influenced by the P Funk and the latin percussiveness of Earth Wind and Fire’s instrumentation and vocal ad libs. His jazzamatzz skills show supremacy on Corine a Roy Ayers meets EWF composition dedicated to his wife,a Brazilian tinged Festival and a Cuban flavoured Dog Man. Now producing his own albums he brings the boogie with the immortal I Want You For Myself and Funking For The Thrill.With bonus singles I Am For Real and Pluck,I Want You For Myself and Every Little Step I Take included George’s gifted musicians comprised of percussionist Sheila Escovodo ,bass player Byron Miller and vocalist Lynn Davis. Dream On and Rendevous evolved Georges natural progression to make and produce the 80’s electro soul movement sound as musical as it did in the prior decade. Sounding Like MCB”s Time Is Right percussive start is a mid tempo’d Let Your Love Shine. Ride On Love and Shine On bonus singles are included in this Dream On package but my favourite other 12 inch promo is the dancer’s groove Positive Energy . As an non included outtake of his 1977 hit Reach for it Son Of Reach For It with Jean Carn and Flora Purim’s BV’s is present and the catchy titled Dream On sounds almost like a Rod Temperton / Heatwave vibe. For lushness listen to another EWF /Phillip Bailey influenced You. Rendevous’s 1984 production is pretty tight with the moog bass bonus single Secret Rendevous, an infectious Got To Get Back to Love and a smooth jazzed Thinking Of You. She Can’t Wait and Stay Awhile again are very polished ballads and mid tempo grooves and thrown in to twist the plot is a reminder of the Brazilian Love Affair’s impact on Ipanema. Like Stevie’s Sir Duke, George is one of music’s pioneering entertainers.
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JOSH MILAN
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Hi Josh on the Spiritual Speaking album, apart from the improvised Black Bryd compositions, the other two spiritual attractions are the obvious Earth Wind & Fire influenced Breath and One World. What is it about EWF’s ethos and template that influences so many artists like yourself? For me Earth Wind and Fire's music was never the sound of one person and that's what I love. Although Maurice was the producer, the sound of the music wasn't Maurice's. It was a culmination of Larry Dunn, Al McKay, Verdine White and the entire EW&F band that made it work. They had a synergy that touched the entire planet. And they sang about beautiful things and positive messages. Most people want to feel good and EW&F knew exactly how to make you feel good. Artists and producers like myself want their music to do what EW&F's music did for the world. So we listen to every note and every lyric. Their music is timeless. Continuing the theme of EW&F You Are A Winner with you latest album OMG reminds me of listening to an old 70’s & 80’s album from start to finish without skipping a track. The intro is so apt and I reviewed it with great enthusiasm. For those who haven’t heard the album yet, can you embellish on the meaning of track one Introduction? I would really love to shine a light on soulful house music. It's an art form that is greatly overlooked, yet it has influenced a lot of mainstream artists. But more importantly, there are those that are unaware of what Soulful House Music really is. There is a great misconception that it's merely a quarter note kick drum going at around 126 BPM, a synthy bass line, and a woman screaming chants on the mic. The truth is "Soulful" house music is easy and complex. Some of the most skilled singers have a hard time singing it. Some of the most talented musicians sound really strained and challenged when they try to play soulful house. It's a genre that has the ability to be more than one thing. George Benson is a master at jazz guitar and his song, "You Can Do It Baby" produced by MAW, is a perfect example of what I mean when I say that it can be complex and easy at the same time. There is extreme complexity in George's playing and singing. At the same time, there are maybe 5 chords in the entire song which is extremely easy to play. Not to mention that the kick drum is NOT a quarter note pattern! My intro was cut short because of the time it would have taken me to say all of this so I just pointed to the fact that Soulful house music is getting lost. The feeling that we once received from it is missing and the musicality is at an all time low. My aim is to put the soul back into the music with a combination of the old and new. This project reminds me of the Nu Yorican Soul but with 100% original compositions. Where do I start...?? Well I’m not gonna ask you how you assembled the artists as you clearly have that command, but what inspired Kipepeo that at first I thought it 26 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
was a remix of MAW’s Butterflies featuring Patti Austin as it floated through my musical membrane and totally blew me away? Thank you very much. I wrote MAW's "Butterfly." So it's no coincidence that you may hear the similarities. Kipepeo is Swahili for Butterfly. In the song T'Zelle is singing about a love that she misses, but really never had. Just like a butterfly. We love butterflies but they fly away and are very elusive.The influence is funk bands like Brainstorm and Rufus. Belita Woods (lead singer of Brainstorm) touched me musically. So when writing songs for females I always think of how Belita Woods or Chaka Khan would do it. The afro beat is definitely coming through via the Motherland (Africa) with Cassio Ware’s prophetic Fela meets Roy Ayers Centre Of The World tinged Honey Sweet and Wake Up feat Raul Rosario. Do you find that a music audience is more receptive to listening and responding to the message in the music concept more so through the hypnotic Afro beat rhythm than the other house music genre’s? Well, hypnotic grooves, especially afro beat grooves, have a way of getting to the soul faster because they're designed to do that. In the song Raul Rosario We Miss You, the groove starts and almost seems to never stop. It's designed to force the listener to feel good immediately. Where as the songs that have lyrics requires the listener to divide his/her attention between the music, lyrics and the singer. In most cases, the listener has to listen to a lyrical song more than once before they understand what the message is.
Dawn Tillman is truly a blessed musical goddess and the befitting GOD travels on possibly the most journalistic track off the album to the highest of heights. Was the track co-written with Dawn and how within the trapping of this sometimes incestuous industry do you seem to manage to remain married to your deep gospel roots to create such spiritually lifting music? Dawn is a huge influence to me musically. She didn't do any co-writing on this project but she sang most of the background vocals on the entire project. Gospel is who I am and not what I do. My parents were both active in the church and I was raised going to church every Sunday. I was the minister of music at my church until last January. So it's very much who I am. The tune of 2010 without a doubt for me was Till You Go Home feat Chinablac. I played it religiously on my 3 radio shows and at all my dj gigs that people were pre-empting me playing it as it quickly became my signature tune. That is amongst many I’ve spoken with what we call bad boy boogie all the way. It sounds like you had the best time making that tune..what kind of vibe was going off in the studio to create that? Thank you for supporting that way. We had a ball doing that record. It was the first single I've ever done without a partner. I've been one half of Blaze for longer than I've been alive. It was also the first release on my label Honeycomb Music. That record was extremely pivotal for me. And as fate would have it, the song came out better than I could have ever imagined. It started out as me doing all of the parts myself with drum machines, and keyboards but it never sounded finished. After the live bass was added, the entire song became different and more soulful, still not quite finished. But when the drummer put his stank on it, I almost heard the song entirely different. I was able to add strings and other things to make it come alive. ChinahBlac perfectly delivered the lyrics and it was a dream come true. In all that song took about 2 years to complete from start to finish. I interviewed Louis Vega in our current exclusive members issue and he is very proud of having worked with you over the years and especially on the awesome and sexy “Your Body” released on his BBE Mad Styles and Crazy Visions 2 comp. Why was it not on this album, or are we talking it would have to have been a triple CD? Louie did an outstanding job. I am including "Your Body" on my solo project. It's going to be a double CD. I'm in the production stages, but it should be done early next year. I'm really excited about it. I'm staying true to myself and I'm doing what I love. I've teamed with some very talented musicians and I'm playing with time signatures. Really I'm doing what I always wanted to do, music that touches the world and not just the clubs. I've actually done a few covers. LOL!!!!!!! I think it’s fair to say that before MAW dominated the soulful house arena that you and Blaze were the pioneering production and artist’s outfit whom I personally came across around 1987 when I bought Reaching by Phase II and Can’t Win For Losing, both released on Joey Negro’s aka Dave Lee’s Republic label. I was immediately drawn to the deep musical soul and disco connotations as well as the social conscious messages and used to play both tracks either side of Mark IV’s It’s A Mean World. You clearly draw your inspirations from the 70‘s gospel soul and disco era, having grown up in Brooklyn and discovered and impromptu connection with the church organ as a youngster. What memories do you have of transforming from being a music lover to becoming a music player?
For as long as I can remember, I've been a music player. I don't know what it feels like to be a lover of music only and not a player. But my fondest memories of being a young musician is when I understood the difference between the love of music and the love of the message in the music. Especially the message in some instrumental songs. When I knew how to listen for instrumental messages, I felt that I'd reached a higher level spiritually. For example, if you listen to John Coltrane's "Spiritual" the song’s message is spiritual as the title suggests. It's meditative and cerebral and you can feel it as soon as the song begins. On the other hand, if you listen to Louis Armstrong's "I've Got Rhythm" the message is dancing, and happy. It's about having a good time, or to feel good. As well as with Blaze creating the marvellous If You Should Need A Friend and Coldcut’s latin afro remix of People Hold On, you also produced the amazing Let me Show YouTawanna Curry and Stardust Love Will Find A Way and the prelude to Till You Come Home La Chandra-We Just Started. What was it do you personally think that caught the attention of the soulful garage (as we knew it as back then) dance world, remembering your body of work was by 1990 five years in the making before Kenny Dope and Louis Vega formed MAW (Masters At Work)? A lot of that had to do with who Larry Levan was. Garage supporters heard what Larry played and he was a supporter of what we were doing at the time. He was a soul man. The garage was a predominately gay club and the gay community endured prejudices, and injustices that caused them to seek healing a lot of the time. Larry was a Dr. to some. The music that we were making offered such healing to the world. The gay community happened to embrace it more than anyone else at the time, so much so, that some people deemed house music as gay music. Songs like "Love Will Find A Way" and If You Should Need A Friend" were answers to some hurtful issues to a lot of people. The album 25 Years Later and it’s mesmorising album artwork was quite a revolutionary change as we heard the various tempo's and black influenced genres with a concept of black consciousness hailing the achievements of past and present black kings and queens.The fact that it came out on Motown gave it another spiritual dimension. I loved Get Up with a passion and the Marvin and Stevie Motown influences on I Wonder and All That I Should Know. How important was it in 1990 to make such a bold statement musically, and though I can guess, can you clarify why you called it 25 Years Later? Malcolm X had died 25 years prior to that album being recorded, which is why we named it that. Kevin Hedge was heavily influenced by the life of Malcolm X, and it was his idea to do an album with a concept and a story line. The same thing that's happening now was happening then. A lot of Hip Hop was saturating the market, and soulful artists became sidetracked with the glamourous riches that hip hop was bringing with it. The music was getting lost and the riches were becoming the focus so we decided to stay true to what we believed in. We listened to Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, EW&F, and Marvin Gaye every day for at least 2 years. I'm not even sure if we knew that we were listening to them that much but it was our mission to capture the feeling that our heroes gave us, and give it to the world. Thanks Josh I could have asked you so much more sir. It's my pleasure my friend. I could have told you so much more!!! www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk 27
SOUL SNIPPETS When Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards met in the early 70’s they had a concept of music, fashion and nostalgia that had a “DHM” DNA aka (deep hidden meaning). That came to fruition in the mid to late 70’s with CHIC, an iconographic anagram of sorts of the Rock outfit KISS’s name visually. Their combined bass line, lead guitar riffs and licks launched a sound that was emulated by many production outfits in the rock & soul world. With happy party lyrics and deep love messages they created concept albums for Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, David Bowie and Shelia B Devotion. Tracks like Everybody Dance, Le Freak, Good Times and Chic Cheer have been sampled and rocked many a dance floor from Studio 54 in New York to The Lyceum in London. Madonna, Duran Duran and Deborah Harry owe some of their disco and pop success to the CHIC sound. I have interviewed Nile and saw Chic at the HMV Forum 2 years ago and at Indig02 last year and they do everything to the amazement of many who are slightly unaware of how prolific their crossover sound is still present today. Catch the CHIC Cheer experience and watch Everybody Dance and have some Good Times whilst they do Le Freak 10th November at HMV Forum NW5. Doors open 7pm. Finley Quaye comes from a very jazz musical background with his father and brothers also having musician roots. His vocal style always had a Bob Marley dialect to it, especially on his most popular single Even After All. He has supported James Brown, Robbie Williams, Ken Booth and Amy Winehouse, so his versatility is well noted. Catch Finley 14th October Under The Bridge SW6. Considered at one time to have Prince Charles’s royal approval, Philly International Records supreme trio and first ladies The Three Degrees have been together for over 40 years from the Mojo Record days of Rose Garden to their hit making Philly catalogue and Ariola period and touring worldwide. With an interchangeable line up over the years Valerie Holiday remains the longest serving 28 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
member and arguably the most famous and successful line up is Valerie Holiday, Fayette Pinkley and Sheila Ferguson. With TSOP, Dirty Old Man,Take Good Care Of Yourself, Year Of The Decision and When Will I See You Again as their anchor anthems and the disco hit Giving Up Giving In. Their stage presence and sexiness made them the hottest black female trio since Motown’s The Supremes. Catch this legendary act 10th October at Union Chapel N1.Doors open 7pm. Foreplay is the brainchild of jazz musician and respected arranger and composer Bob James. He recruited his long term session drummer and friend Harvey Mason, bassist Nathan East and alternating guitarists Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenoir to form a nucleus of an experienced live soul jazz band. 20 years to date later Foreplay are performing around the world and recording albums almost with the frequency of their late 60’s to late 70’s heyday. Showcasing various vocalists over the years, including Chaka Khan and Philip Bailey, Foreplay have shown that experienced talent counts for something, Having interviewed Harvey Mason in SS issue 31 and Bob James, to be printed in our members November 2011 issue of Soul Survivors, I can guarantee the musicianship will be of the highest quality, with the addition of new guitarist Chuck Leob. With Bob’s CTI, Kudu and Tappan Zee’s history, Harvey’s solo and Mizell Brothers experience, we can expect nothing less. Catch this colossal jazz soul quartet at The Clapham Grand in SW11 November 10th. Doors open 7.30pm. Mr Erro Soul and all round nice guy Eric Roberson performs at the illustrious Indig02, to a much bigger audience, with his musical resume of jazzy soul with some hip hop flavour. He can sing rap at an impromptu request and play keyboards as easy as lemon squeezy. He is destined, I hope personally, to include his classics, Right Back To You, Change For Me and new material from his Mr Nice Guy album, Summertime and Perfect Picture. Eric is an all round music fan first of various genres and loves
the UK talent like Omar and Roachford, so looks forward always to be performing here. His fan base is loyal so this should be a well attended session…check out his new album and his older ones if you need reminding of his magnificent talent. Eric live on stage 13th October at Indig02 Greenwich SE10. Doors open 7pm. From our mutual West London Ealing childhood stomping ground, I’ve watched Simon Bartholomew, Andrew Levy and my high school headmaster’s son Jan Kincaid help plant the seeds for real live music to organically grow, so fellow Ealing borough influenced acts, The Young Disciples and Jamiroquai could also reap the fortuitous fruits. The Brand New Heavies and their trunk funk are still, since it’s conception over 20 years ago, been championing UK jazz soul and funk from their Phantasy label debut single Got To Give in 1987. They later signed with Cooltempo, Acid Jazz and Delicious labels and their meteoric rise was now making rumbles in the early 90’s USA music jungle. BNH with original compositions, covers and collaborations with leaders of the new school hip hop fraternity like Pharcyde, Masta Ace and Gang Starr, have since been flying high like one of the first album titles on a permanent Ride In The Sky! With universal anthems like Dream Come True, Never Stop, You Are The Universe and the memorising Stay This Way and a few female lead changes, including N’Dea Davenport, Sediah Garrett and Carleen Anderson, BNH have enjoyed international commercial charts and underground success. They’ll perform to an adulating audience for two live dates 12th and 13th December at the prestigious Under The Bridge venue in the Chelsea Football grounds of Stamford Bridge. The venue layout is intimate and spacious with at least two bar areas and additional seats and tables in plush surroundings with a VIP area. There will be a DJ and after party session and a meet and greet with the band. Doors open at 7pm and admission is between £30-50’s… and like the Pasadena’s, let’s pay a Tribute to 20 years of The Brand New Heavies!!
Out The Box
......its not all four to the floor you know! Words DJ Marcia Carr It’s not long now until the Christmas and holiday festivities are upon us when we generally like to partake more than usual in good old knees ups – judging by the recent dips in attendances across clubland it’s been rather tough out there. However, without the support of you loyal musical fans far and wide, a great deal of us DJ’s (not in the league of the David Guetta’s, P Diddy’s or Paris Hilton’s [Ed - don’t make me laugh!]) would have fallen on our faces by now. So thank you for your unyielding support and keeping us all in work, whatever the genre. Plaudits are due also to those of you who purchase the music – vinyl sales are (slowly) trending upwards – good news in my book! Any of you keen on fusions of Afro rhythms (Ghanaian drums aloud), Disco House and Afro Beat ought to check out releases 4 and 5 on the Japanese-British label Round In Motion, orchestrated by DJ and highly talented producer Kay Suzuki. His own project: Afrobuddha meets Kakatsitsi Drummers with fellow partner Koichi Sakai has garnered much praise for its beat feast, less Reggae-ish Radio Mix of ‘Obame’ which carries loads of great depth for DJ’s pushing the envelope on club floors. In addition, the Dub version with subtle four by four beats and a Disco touch that deeper House followers will like – think Osun Lade, Joe Claussell, Black Coffee or Trinidadian Deep. On equal standing with gutsy authenticity is the label’s other outing masterminded by Oliver Keen – inspired by a trip to various African regions - Ghana (Accra) and Bamako (Mali) are the essence of his and his brothers Soundspecies meets West Africa Project ‘Bamana’ EP. As well-crafted traditional tapestries of sound compositions; four cuts: two of which ‘Troi Etages’ and ‘Bamana’ are set in the tone of 70’s grainy Afro, hi life funk, riddled with Keen leading on bass and heavy synths. While drummer Dave de Rose really comes into his own on the uptempo funky ‘Fassirimar’ and the more Jazz fusion-like ‘I Furati’ on which Oliver’s siblings on Rhodes and guitar really make the latter track an altogether must-see live affair – it has to happen soon. In the meantime, be sure to acquire one of the pristine packaged vinyl 12’s. The Hackney Colliery Band are the all live acoustic 9-piece brass set that play trombones, trumpets, saxophones, sousaphones, drums with a sound that encompasses hip hop, mostly raw funk and other styles have taken the world by storm. Their third release, a 7” for Dom Servini’s Wah Wah 45 label features a fun cover of the 90’s R & B classic ‘No Diggity’ (Blackstreet). Alluringly rapturous and refreshing, the HCB cover has a punchy midtempo pace that builds on the drum hook which deceptively takes the energy up to the bridge to be met by a frenzied assault of mighty fine brassy Funk. The original ‘House Arrest’ flipside score displays a Balkern-esque theme as well as the band’s strong and diverse repertoire of instrumentation - an essential gem. Having been around over 30+ years, Brit Jazz Funk Soul band Incognito continue to embrace different recycled sounds and make them their own as is the case with their new Papa records single ‘Freedom To Love’ from the ‘Tales From The Beach’ LP. Cleverly, the song infuses the current fashion of Afro Beat rhythms, a steady Hi Life beat; the signature template of some of Africa’s heartland, an amazing reggae bass line is weaved in, and a bevy of gorgeous percussion in fills back up the warm tones of singer Tony Momrelle. The Reel People Rework simply injects more claps, hi hats and snare and spruces up the rhythm on this already outstanding cut that Broken Beat heads to Reggae lovers or whoever can handle the top draw party mix! Album selections… Gospel music fans should check out the EOW project (Audio Solutions) for the bouncy R & B synths and strings filled cut ‘It’s A New Day’, plus ‘You Are The One’ with retro 90’s sounds of House given a contemporary UK funky House rhythmic mix. More wonderful UK gospel music comes in the shape of Bobby Bovell, now living in Holland. The pastor has released his own debut ‘The Emergent EcleKtic’ a fusion of Soul, hip hop and Reggae songs – his dad Dennis Bovell of Matumbi fame would have been so proud. Dub bass line thickened the song ‘Known’ features Jahaziel Elliot has a tone that is a bit Omar-ish, of whom Bovell resembles at times. The album’s title track is a catchy ballad of neo Soul, its message is profound and beautifully delivered by fresh talent Michaela Mathieu-Marius. Speaking of messages, get plugged into the wild thoughts of GIT whose new Funk, House, Breaks collection ‘Imagination’ (BBE/Yoruba). Essentially all leftfield Hip Hop, my ears really dig the more soulful ‘Higher’ featuring Big Brooklyn Red, plus the percussion weighty Funk of ‘If You Just Make Love To Me’ coming a close second. 25 years ago Expansion records was set up as a highly respected independent imprint, filling a void to push a forgotten side of Black American music. The label boasts many names on its roster including Leon Ware, Norman Connors, Gary Taylor, Jean Carne, Kindred Family Soul, Stephanie Mills. To get in on the action of being a part of celebrating the label’s birthday, get a copy of ‘Expansion Soul Sauce 25’ new CD – a comprehensive set of invaluable contemporary nuggets. Out now! Catch me the last Thursday of each month co-hosting with DJ/producer Sy Sez on www.colourfulradio.com; 9pm12am. I’m off with my record bag in tow to gigs at Egg, Plan B, East Village and elsewhere. See you about in clubland soon. Blessings ♥ For all the latest info on gigs and more with Marcia Carr and the Ladyz™ aka LadyBugZ check TMP: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59753396276 - www.myspace.com/marcia_c - the Ladyz™: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47372132317 Send 12”s / CDs for review consideration to: TALKING MUSIC PRODUCTIONS c/o 22 Eton Close, London SW18 4UD. DJ booking/enquires: marciadavinylmc@facebook.com
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Event reviews/letters Giants of Rare Groove Friday 29th July 2011 Kenny Thomas was the first to perform at one of the most anticipated concerts of the year so far, and certainly got the audience warmed up. Performing all his hits including 'Best Of You','Thinking About Your Love' and the Gap Band's 'Outstanding', Kenny left a lasting impression on the audience. Shirley Jones never disappoints, and knows exactly what tracks to perform. 'This Feeling's Killing Me' started her set which had the audience singing along to this rare groove classic and continued to sing hit after hit including 'Dance Turned Into A Romance' and 'You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else' and ended her set with her most popular Jones Girls song 'Nights Over Egypt' leaving a happy and elated audience. Performing in the UK for the first time as a solo artist, headlining act Patrice Rushen took to the stage starting her set with 'No1', the perfect aptly titled song to start with. Being an accomplished musican, Patrice showcased just what her band could do and allowed their talents to shine with some solo performances. Patrice performed 'The Hump' from her early days at Prestige Records and 'Hang it Up' as well as the classics 'Remind Me', 'Haven't you Heard' and her biggest hit 'Forget me Nots' to the great delight of the audience. Playing a set that encompassed the many facets of Patrice's broad musical genres, left all her fans from whatever particular musical style they gravitate to... happy. Looking forward to Giants of Rare Groove Four. Miss Sparkle (aka June Furlong) Keni Burke and Charlie Wilson at the Indigo2 Friday 16 September Keni Burke started his performance with the uplifting and feelgood song 'Let Somebody Love You' which got everyone in the audience in the mood to party. Keni knew all the songs to perform including 'Hang Tight' and 'Love is the Answer' which included his brilliant bass solo. Despite some sound problems, Keni managed to overcome them and left us with the classic 'Rising to the Top' which had the audience singing along in unison. Charlie Wilson came on the stage with his full entourage and right from the start you knew this performance was going to be special. With slick choreographed dancers, Charlie performed a set that was worthy of a show performed in the main O2 arena. Singing songs from the Gap Band and his solo career as well as his collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Charlie was in fine form vocally and never dropped a note throughout the show. Showing his versatility, he sang 'Beautilful' from his collaboration with Snoop Dogg and Pharrell and you would have thought the song was just his own as well as the 32 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk
Snoop song 'Signs', the audience just lapped it up. With three costume changes, including suits that lit up, the show had a real Vegas feel. Seeing Charlie live was a 'Total Experience' that can only be described as truly 'Outstanding'. (Miss Sparkle aka June Furlong) MusicConnex Live Showcase 26th August 2011 Elisha LaVerne, Hannah Francis, Izzi Dunn, Monique Thomas, Charlene MusicConnex supports independent artists in the digital age. After the success of their Music and Digital conference they're now doing live events. The first one was with JMSoul (aka JM) and Solar Radio. It was great to see some fantastic UK talent play in state of the art surroundings at Roman Abramavich’s stunning venue Under The Bridge. Charlene made an impressive debut with her distinctive vocals, especially on her Conya Doss cover 'What I'd Do' and the massive 'Second Nature' from the Soul Independence compilation. Monique Thomas showed tremendous depth and vocal prowess wowing the crowd with 'What a woman needs' and her ever popular 'Daughter Shine'. Izzi Dunn stunned the audience with her acoustic set, a killer cellist and vocalist, her performance of 'Nothing But Love' was outstanding. Hannah Francis at a mere 24 years old won over the crowd with her energy and sweet vocals on tracks like 'When Life Gets You Down' and 'Let me love you'. Elisha LaVerne, a seasoned professional, delivered an excellent performance with highlights 'He's Gone' and 'Can't Hide'. A nice touch was the finale with Elisha, Hannah and Charlene performing together a tribute to Mica Paris 'I should've known better'. Great to see a well put together Live Concert supporting UK talent, don't miss the next one! We Love Soul August 28th at Hidden SE11 This was the busiest roadblocked We Love Soul and what an atmosphere with all three rooms rocking you eternally like Leon Ware. HB was celebrating his earthday and had the party room jumping like Destiny’s Child. Turntablist Dezzi D made an impressive debut with his ill skills and reputable music selection. Bobby of Zoo, Johnny Reckless and the rest of the soulful house crew had the crowd eating out of their hands in room two with some bumping soulful and disco influenced house. The boogie room saw the return of Cleveland Anderson flinging down a party disco boogie set and Colin Scott dropping the dancers kind of jazz funk. Paul Trouble Anderson again fails to disappoint a packed room with another memorable journalistic all round boogie set. The VIP area and outside heated area were buzzing all night. Bad to the bone and setting the tone!! Fitzroy Beyond Soul 17th Sept @ Black Sheep Camberwell SE5 With a couple of earthday celebrations, including resident DJ Dezzi D’s, this was truly a roadblock session way before midnight. Keith G was dropping the jazz funk boogie including Fat Larry’s Looking For Love and a wicked version of Love Till The End Of Time followed by Earthday boy Dezzi D in d mix with his bag of tricks. I was the guest DJ and was honoured to play a mixture of disco boogie, rare funk and nu soul boogie to such a musically educated audience for 2 hours...wow!!
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Tune of the night was Josh Milan Your Body with many singing like they were in the shower LOL. Dezzi D finished the night off way past 3.30am with some smooth grooves including Two Tons Of Fun Never Like This. Great happy atmosphere and travelling crowd. Next on 15th October with time to Express Yourself!! Fitzroy
Vladmir Cetkar 21st Sept @ Pizza Express Soho, W1 From New York USA via Macedonia, this handsome jazz soul singer/songwriter and guitarist performed two sets at an intimate sit down audience session. With an unassumingly young looking tight band, Johnathon Harvey on bass, Huw White on piano and Joshua Blackmore on drums, Vladimir performed Soul Splendour, Ocean of Love, All For You, my fave In The Open Space and the titled album cut We Will Never End. Even with sound issues, he entertained further an acoustic version of Stormy Weather and new forthcoming material, very much Headhunters fusion influenced Paku Funk Fi Funk, Slavica Funk and a nice sweet vocal Heavenly. Very charismatic and showcasing some Macedonian rap scatting, watch out for his new album courtesy of the info provider for the soul survivors as soon as it’s completed. Amazing night!! Fitzroy
Soul Network’s 17th Anniversary @ Agenda EC3 Sat 24th Sept The Vibe Mistress Vivy B has come a long way from her humble less than a hundred capacity venues to providing a regular 500 plus party atmosphere monthly event. I came on board in 2004 and have seen the growth of the event expand into a beyond the UK business empire. With balloons, champers and two rooms of diverse music till 5am, Vivy, Tony Rodriguez and Jerry Bascombe played and mixed a multitude of 70’s and 80’s soul and rare groove, revival reggae, classic soulful house and r&b/hip hop with practically every song getting a cheer. Soul ll Soul’s HB Darrell S and myself were in the disco boogiefying room to where the fast and furious dancers got down to the more connoisseur jazz funk disco and up to date boogie. Still busy at 5am, this was another successful anniversary, so check out 26th November for the next Soul Network shakedown!! Fitzroy
Rahsaan Patterson and N”Dambi at Shepherds Bush Empire W12 Sunday 25 September Hats off to Simon Precilla & Harmony Productions for practically ramming out the Shepherds Bush Empire on a Sunday for this show. Unfortunately I missed most of N’Dambi but caught her energetic performance and Can’t Hardly Wait routine. Rahsaan Patterson was moody and magnificent with his amazing vocal octave range. He could sing ten green bottles and make it sound good. He did some of the crowd’s favourites as well as new material from his Bleuphoria album, including a slightly beefier uptempo version of 6am. The musicians were so in sync and the backing vocalists, including Trina Broussard’s clarity, has to be the best I’ve heard in a long time, if not period. There was no Where you Are, Treat Her Like A Queen or I’ll Go, but Rahsaan still is a vocal genius!! Fitzroy Soul Cruisin’ - Sunday 28 August I have been on many of the London Soul boat trips and perhaps because it normally clashes with something else, I’m not sure, but I have never been on Mick Farrer’s boat, in spite of the fact that it has been running for nearly 25 years!! I went along with Hilary and knowing there wasn’t going to be food on this 7 hour trip, we had a nice meal in the Strand first before heading for the river. There were the usual stragglers but we left pretty much on time and set off down the Thames with music supplied by Mick Farrer himself, Gary Dennis, Steve Hobbs, Bigger, guests Snowboy, Lee Jeffries, Nick Adams and actually too many more to mention. With two floors of great music and the outside deck, which was busy because we had been blessed with the sun on a Bank Holiday weekend for a change, we danced and chatted to friends old and new. It was a great atmosphere with the music loud enough to drown some awful voices as we all sang along! For those of you who haven’t been, then shame on you….I have given myself a good talking to and will make sure I get to the future ones as it really was fab! Thanks to Mick and all the DJs for making it a great Sunday afternoon. Anna Margate Soul Weekend 6/7 August Held in the first weekend of August, The Margate Carnival/Soul Weekend is not to be missed by anyone in the South East. It is a straight road (M2) from London and takes no time at all to get to. Hilary and I only made it along on the Saturday evening as I already had plans for the rest of the weekend but really wish we had been able to stay and take part in all the fun on the Sunday with Cool Million playing live alongside The Westcoast Soul Stars. There was an array of DJs playing over the whole weekend, both outside and in the Westcoast Bar, which is like a ‘tardis’ inside and is hosted by the lovely Eli Thompson. Upstairs is a small but perfectly formed bar and then steps lead down and open up into a small nightclub with a stage; in fact if you go further, you get to a restaurant and bar area too! Downstairs was heaving with familiar and friendly faces when we got there and listened to DJs Frank Ryle of Cool Million, Soul Survivor’s bloody good Ginger Tony, Tony Matthews, Roni O’Brien and many more. When we advertise this next year, make no mistake, it will be a great weekend and well worth a trip to Kent’s Margate coast. Anna
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SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER
We Love Soul @ Hidden Club, 100 Tinworth St, London SE11 5EQ 10pm7am 3 rooms of Soul, Funk, Boogie, Soulful House & more. Jaki Graham + band live @ Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St, Newcastle, NE1 6SF Soul Delight @ Bar Chameleon, 25/27 High Street North, Dunstable, Beds LU6 1HX 10.30pm-4am, Admission ÂŁ8 on the door Solar Radio Djs Ash Selector & James Anthony playing the best soulful grooves. Move On Up @ Greyhound Bar & Club, 151 Greyhound Lane, SW16 5NJ with DJs Stevie Dundee and Tony Rodriquez. ÂŁ3 B4 11 ÂŁ7 after
SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER
UKSoulJam @ The Jazz Cafe, Camden NW1 Featuring Julie Dexter plus live performances from Greeds, Louise Golby, Sharon Rose and Sturdy. Adm. ÂŁ10
SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER
SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER
Funky Sensation @ Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts with guest Fitzroy da Buzzboy. Beyond Soul @ Black Sheep Bar Cafe, 60 Camberwell New Rd, London SE5 0RS 9-3pm Soul Shack @ Surya, 156 Pentonville Rd, Kings Cross, London N1 9JL 10.30pm-4am Djs Ash Selector & James Anthony playing the best Soul Weekender Anthems, Jazz Funk, Boogie. Adm ÂŁ10 on the door. Info 07738 592050 Celebration of African Music @ The Queen's Head Pub Stockwell - South London. DJ's from UrbanJazz radio and guests with Live performances supplied by Afrobeat All-Stars Featuring 'Ayan De First' Doors 9pm Free B4 10.30pm
FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER
Ghetto Heaven @ The Embassy, Essex Rd, Islington with Stretch Taylor & Mr Strutt. 9pm-2am. Soul Funk Reggae HipHop House. Happy Feelings and Boogie @ The Rocket Bar, 11 Churchfield Road, Acton, W3 6BD. 71am Free with vinyl from OBJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER
Craig Charles Funk â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Soul Club with The James Taylor Quartet @ Band On The Wall, Manchester.
SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER
Soul on the Harbour @ Jacksons Wharf, York St, Ramsgate Kent CT11 9DS Free, 8 till 1 with East Kent Soul Connection DJs. Move On Up @ Greyhound Bar & Club, 151 Greyhound Lane, SW16 5NJ with DJs Stevie Dundee and Tony Rodriquez. ÂŁ3 B4 11 ÂŁ7 after
THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER CHIC, featuring Nile Rogers @ HMV Forum, 9-17 Highgate Road London NW5 1JY (See Ad)
Fourplay (Bob James, Harvey Mason, Nathan East & Chuck Loeb) @ Clapham Grand, St Johns Hill. (See Ad)
Rafters vs Berlin @ Band on the Wall, 25 Swan St, Northern Quarter, Manchester N4 5JZ 9-3am ÂŁ10 Adv Tickets ÂŁ12 OTD Treacle Soul @ Queens Head, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. 8-late DJ's: Guests Big Neil H & Gerard Afro*disiac- special with hosts Marcus Bell & Keith Long Soul on the Harbour @ Jacksons Wharf, York St, Ramsgate Kent CT11 9DS Free, 8 till 1 with East Kent Soul Connection DJs. JazzFunkSoul @ Charlie Wrights, 45 Pitfield St, N1 6DA Resident DJs Neville, Colin Scott, & Stevie Day 10pm - 4am Funk Therapy @ The Recreation Ground Bar, 65 Camberwell Church St, SE5 8TR. 10-4am Free Djs Abbey, BC Funk & Akin.
The Soul Survivors 5th Birthday Party & 2nd Awards Night with very special guest: Dj Robbie Vincent. @ Fluid, 40 Charterhouse St, London EC1M 6JN. 10-4am (See Ad)
The Three Degrees @ Union Chapel, Compton Avenue, London N1 2XD (See Ad)
FRIDAY 28 -30 OCTOBER
FRIDAY 18-20 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER
FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER
SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER
MONDAY 10 OCTOBER
Eric Roberson @ Indigo2 at the 02, Millennium Way, Greenwich, SE10 (See Ad)
Lenny Kravitz & Raphael Saadiq @ Hammersmith Apollo
Silky Soul Stayover 6L O N\ 6RXO @ Potters 5 Star Resort, Coast Rd, Hopton, Gt. Yarmouth NR31 9BX 9pm-2am (See Ad) Funky Sensation @ Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts with guest Fitzroy da Buzzboy. JazzFunkSoul @ Charlie Wrights, 45 Pitfield St, N1 6DA Resident DJs Neville, Colin Scott, & Stevie Day 10pm - 4am Treacle Soul @ Queens Head, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. 8-late DJ's: Herts special with Taffy and Paul Murphy & hosts Keith Long & Dave Blow Funk Therapy @ The Recreation Ground Bar, 65 Camberwell Church St, SE5 8TR. 10-4am Free Djs Abbey, BC Funk & Akin.
Bournemouth Soul Weekender @ The Carrington Hotel, Knyveton Road, Boscombe.
Essex Soul Weekender @ Thurrock Hotel, Aveley. Tickets available from Soul Survivors.
Craig Charles Funk â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Soul Club with The James Taylor Quartet @ The Wardrobe, Leeds
Ghetto Heaven @ The Embassy, Essex Rd, Islington with Stretch Taylor & Mr Strutt. 9pm-2am. Soul Funk Reggae HipHop House. Happy Feelings and Boogie @ The Rocket Bar, 11 Churchfield Road, Acton, W3 6BD. 71am Free with vinyl from OBJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.
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Imagination ft. Leee John @ The Jazz Cafe, Camden, NW1 Courtney Pine @ Mermaid Conference Centre, Blackfriars
SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER
The Village @ East Village, 89 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3HX 2-11pm Free entry with DJs Ed Stokes, Ginger Tony, Phil Levene and guests.
THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER
Shalamar @ Indigo2 at the O2 Greenwich. (See Ad)
SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER Finley Quaye @ Under the Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Rd, SW16 1HS (See Ad)
SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER
ThrowBaak @ Babalou, St Matthews Church, Brixton, London SW2 1JF 10-5am ÂŁ7 before midnight/ ÂŁ10 after. Boogie with DJ 279, Dave VJ, Rochelle, De Lori and Jnr Mac spinning 70's & 80's Soul, Funk, Disco & Rare Groove classics all night long. 07564 117 717
Soul 360 & Soul Survivors Party Night @ Hidden, 100 Tinworth Street, London SE11 5EQ 10pm-6am. 2 rooms of 80s Soul & Funk Classics, 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s R&B/Upfront Soul & R&B, Soulful House, Broken Beats and Disco. (See Ad)
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Global Soul Launch Party @ Fluid Bar & Club, 40 Charterhouse St, London EC1M 6JN 94am 2 floors of Soulful & Jazzy House and FunkyAfro-Jazzy-Broken-Souful beats (See Ad) Soul Shack @ Surya, 156 Pentonville Rd, Kings Cross, London N1 9JL 10.30pm-4am Djs Ash Selector & James Anthony playing the best Soul Weekender Anthems, Jazz Funk, Boogie. Adm £10 on the door. Info 07738 592050
The Village @ East Village, 89 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3HX 2-11pm Free entry with DJs Ed Stokes, Ginger Tony, Phil Levene and guests.
Beverley Knight @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER
SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 25-27 NOVEMBER
Sunny Hunny Weekender @ Hunstanton, Norfolk. Northern Soul & Club Classics.
THURSDAY 24-25 NOVEMBER
George Duke @ Jazz Cafe, Camden, NW1
FRIDAY 25-27 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER
Stylistics @ Indigo2 at the 02, Greenwich
SATURDAY 3 DECEMBER
Soul on the Harbour @ Jacksons Wharf, York St, Ramsgate Kent CT11 9DS Free, 8 till 1 with East Kent Soul Connection DJs. Move On Up @ Greyhound Bar & Club, 151 Greyhound Lane, SW16 5NJ with DJs Stevie Dundee and Tony Rodriquez. £3 B4 11 £7 after De La Soul @ Indigo2 at the 02
SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER
JazzFunkSoul @ Charlie Wrights, 45 Pitfield St, N1 6DA Resident DJs Neville, Colin Scott, & Stevie Day 10pm - 4am
MONDAY 12 & 13 DECEMBER
Embassy Soul Weekender @ Embassy Beach Club, Luz, Algarve. Ginger Tony, Lil Stevie and guests. Packages start at £50pp
The Brand New Heavies @ Under the Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Rd, SW16 1HS (See Ad)
Giants of Rare Groove Part 4 with The Emotions, Natural 4 & Barbara Mason @ Indigo2 at the 02, Greenwich. (See Ad)
SATURDAY 17 DECEMBER
FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER
SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER
Soul Network Pre Christmas Party @ The Gable, Moorgate, £10 Adv tkts to members DJs Vivy B, Tony Rodriguez, Stretch Taylor, Mark Williams Soul, Funk, R&B, Rare Groove, Club Classics 020 8648 648 3 ThrowBaak @ Babalou, St Matthews Church, Brixton, London SW2 1JF 10-5am £7 before midnight/ £10 after. Boogie with DJ 279, Dave VJ, Rochelle, De Lori and Jnr Mac spinning 70's & 80's Soul, Funk, Disco & Rare Groove classics all night long. 07564 117 717 Craig Charles Funk ‘n’ Soul Club with The James Taylor Quartet @ Band On The Wall, Manchester.
SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER Kindred The Family Soul live @ The Jazz Cafe, Camden, London NW1 (See Ad)
Funk Therapy Xmas Party @ The Recreation Ground Bar, 65 Camberwell Church St, SE5 8TR. 10-4am Free Djs Abbey, BC Funk & Akin
SUNDAY 18 DECEMBER
The Boating Club @ Temple Pier with Djs Scott James, Stretch Taylor and guests.
FRIDAY 30TH DECEMBER
Soul Purpose Xmas All Dayer @ Sketchley Grange Hotel, Hinckley, Leics, LE10 3HU Soulful music from the 70's to the present day and beyond across two rooms, resident DJ's Mark Randle, Sam Evans and Mark Goddard with guest DJ's Sean McCabe, Fitzroy Da Buzzboy, Gary Dennis, Neil Self, Shaun Gallagher, Phil Levene, Andy Jackson - Soul Sam - Cressy - Mark Hopes - John Fisher Andy Baskett - Barry Cooper 3pm-2am with late bar, door tax £8 OTD (no admission after 11pm) Gig/hotel info on 07710 283281, 07771 374846 or www.soul-purpose.net.
FRIDAY 6-8 JANUARY 2012
Luxury Soul Weekender @ Hilton, Blackpool. Keni Burke, Valentine Brothers, 01253 754403 Sheree Brown, and Soul Talk. Top DJ line up.
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Accompanied by a top line up of DJs playing salsa soul, upfront y2k soul, soulful dance, 90s smooth soul, 80s boogie beats, classic jazz funk and disco, Philly classics, jazz, rare grooves, reggae and 60s club soul, all in sumptuous four star luxury surroundings
Hilton Hotel
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Weekend Pass £59
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Friday Saturday Sunday event-only non-accommodation
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SATURDAY 29 JANUARY
Soul Network Mansion Party II @ Tickets available from Soul Survivors.
MONDAY 20-27 FEBRUARY
Egyptian Soul @ Sharm El Sheikh. Tickets available from Soul Survivors.
THURSDAY 10-17 MAY
Soul In The Algarve @ Portugal. Tickets available from Soul Survivors.
FRIDAY 11-13 MAY
Southport Weekender 48 @ Minehead. 25th Anniversary (See Ad)
WEEKLY EVENTS EVERY TUESDAY
Riding High @ The Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, E1 7.30 till 11.30pm DJ Abi Clarke plays rare grooves, lovers rock, 80s soul, boogie, neo soul.
WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
Funk & Soul @ Anise, 9 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YL DJ Sugaray & Guests. 1st Wed/Fri Soul, Funk, Boogie & Disco 2nd Wed/Fri All things Funky. 3rd Wed/Fri Classic R&B, Hip Hop
EVERY FRIDAY
Love Fridays @ The Brickyard, 222 South Street, Romford, RM1 2AD. 8pm-2am Djs Birdy, Tee Smith and guests.
EVERY SATURDAY
Funky Sensation @ Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts.
SATURDAY 31 DECEMBER
Soul Network New Year’s Eve Party @ Cape, Corner of Love Lane & Wood Street 9-5am Book b4 10th Nov for Dinner & Dance @ only £19.99 Dance only £10 B4 1st Dec. DJs Vivy B, Tony Rodriguez, Fitzroy da Buzzboy, Darrell S.
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Soul Radio
9pm-12 Sy Sez on colourfulradio.com with guest Marcia Carr the last Thursday 9.30-10.30pm Hidden Gems 60’s to new MONDAYS 6-8pm Darrell’s Funk Box with Jazz Funk & Soul on www.fcumradio.co.uk Soul on soulpower-radio.com 10pm-Midnight Whistle & White Socks Brigade with Simon Ford on zeroradio.co.uk 6-8pm Strictly Vinyl Sessions with Carl Dennie on solarradio.com Soul/Rare grooves FRIDAYS 6-8pm Souled Out with Colsie on Midnight-3am The Jazz House with Paul www.tongueandgrooveradio.com Ruiz on www.jazzfm.com 7-9pm Clive Ashford Soul Show. Soul, disco, 7-10pm Rob Goodman on Key56 & jazz funk on www.nationalsoulradio.com Radio.www.key56internetradio.com. 7-9pm Ian Henry with Soul, Jazz Fusion & 9-11pm Sammy Sam with Disco, Boogie, funk on generationradio.co.uk Soul & Jazz Funk starpointradio.com 7-9pm Birdy's Menagerie on zeroradio.co.uk SATURDAYS 7-10pm Rod Allsworth Classic Soul Show 8-10am Jump Start with Ginger Tony on solarradio.com From nu-jazz to funk & jazz on Fyldefm.com 8-10pm Vibe Tribe Pt2 with Matt & Andy P 8-10am Sunshineman on 89.8 FM London station898fm.net Jazz, Funk & Soul on www.soulconnexion.com 9-11am Saturday Soul Bowl with Sean P 8-10pm Souled Out with Mark K on on Hot96.co.uk www.tongueandgrooveradio.com 9-11am MK Show on starpointradio.com 9-11pm The Hot Box with Gary Turner on Zeroradio.co.uk Soul-jazz, nu-jazz & latin beat with Mark, Ricky & Trevor. Soul, Funk, Rare 10am -12pm Soulful Saturdays with Ian 10pm - Midnight Insatiable Soul with Roni Dee pointblank.fm 90.2fm Ldn. O’Brien on Solar Radio TUESDAYS 10am-Midday The Early Bird Catching 6-8pm Soul Connection with Mark Blee on The Worm Show House FM with DJ Birdy banburyinternetradio.com Soul, jazz & Funk 11am The Starpoint Radio UK Soul Chart on starpointradio.com. 7-9pm Jazz Movement with Sean P on Hot96.co.uk 11am-1pm 6MS SESSIONS Disco, soul, house, funk boogie on stompradio.com 8-10pm The Groove Collection with John Douglas on www.JFSR.co.uk Midday-3pm Soul Syndicate on Time 9pm-Midnight Stretch Taylor with the classy 107.5fm centreforcesessions.com Chris Phillips side of urban on Colourfulradio.com & DAB Midday-2pm Groove Control Show with 9-Midnight Inside America Michael Speaks Ash Selector on solarradio.com Da Costa on thesouloflondonradio.com 1-4pm Saturday Soulmine with Jonny Layton & Mr Messy on zeroradio.co.uk WEDNESDAYS 1-3pm Ian Henry with Soul, Jazz Fusion and 3-6pm Soul Syndicate with DJ Phillo funk on www.generationradio.co.uk centreforcesessions.com 107.5fm time fm 10pm-12am Steve O'Mahoney playing Soul, 2-4pm Turn the Music up with James Jazz & Funk www.radio789.net.ms Anthony on solarradio.com Classic ‘n’ current 8-10pm Soul Syndicate with Peter P on 2-4pm Dancefloor Grooves with Jamie time1075.com Taylor on www.banburyinternetradio.com 8-10pm The Triple SSS Show with Shaun 3-6pm Peter Young on Jazz FM. A mixture of Evans & Marcus Bell on www.radiomk.co.uk old & new soul with ‘The Soul Cellar’ at 5pm 10pm-Midnight Good Groove Show with 6-9pm Superior Rhythm Soul Show from Ruth Fisher on solarradio.com or Sky 0129 Spain with Dean Freeman on exitefm.com THURSDAYS 4-6pm Jazz Funk Soul with Neville on 6-9pm Soul Survivors Show with Fitzroy da solarradio.com 2nd Saturday of month Buzzboy on colourfulradio.com 5-7pm The Morpheus Soul Show www.playvybz.com DJ Johnny Rebel 6-8pm GMT Nu Soul Central with Tony Rodriguez on solarradio.com 5-9pm Club Classics Chris Brown on Star 7-9pm Ride da Rhythm with Hilary John @ 107.9/1 FM in Cambridge. Soul & Motown www.station898fm.co.uk & 89.8fm London 6-8pm Soul Inspired with David Bishop on www.zeroradio.co.uk Classic 60’s–80’s Soul 7-9pm Infiniti with Andy Jackson on 107.5 Tulip Radio Modern Soul Radio 7-10pm Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/funk_soul/ 7-9pm Angie D’s Diva Got Soul Show on www.urbanjazzradio.net 7-9pm Skippys Soul on NevisRadio.co.uk 8-10pm Angie D’s Diva got Soul Show on 10-1am A Touch of Soul with Devon BBC urbanjazzradio.net Neo, 80’s, soulful house Derby 104.5fm, Notts 103.8fm & Lincs. 94.9fm 8-11pm Soulpower with Shaun Gallagher SUNDAYS on www.soulpower-radio.com 12 Mid-4am Colin Faver on solarradio.com A soulful mix of upfront & classic house/Beats 8-10pm Nick Gunn’s Soul Armoury on zeroradio.co.uk. Jazz, Funk, Soul & Boogie 9-11am Sandra C on stompradio.com
WEEKDAYS (Mon-Fri) 1-4pm Dave Brown on Solar
9-11sm Sunday Service with Brian Kelly on zeroradio.co.uk Jazz funk and soul 10-1pm Robbie Vincent www.jazzfm.com 10-Midday The Sunday Soul Affair with Curly CJ starpointradio.com Jazz Funk & Soul 10-Midday Soul A.M with the Master J on tongueandgrooveradio.com & soulam.co.uk 11am-1pm Marky Mark Soul Motive show on www.back2backfm.net 12-3pm Soul Syndicate with Peter P centreforcesessions.com 107.5fm time fm 2pm-4pm Original Mastercuts with Ian Dewhirst & Alan Champ starpointradio.com 3-6pm Soul Syndicate with Bonnie DJ on centreforcesessions.com Time 107.5FM 3-6pm The Sunday Afternoon Affair with Sly Bang 103.6fm www.bangradio.fm 3-6pm Stumpi-Inspiration Show Soul on diversefm.com 102.8fm Herts, Beds & Bucks. 3-6pm Soul360 with Aitch B on www.colourfulradio.com & DAB London 4-6pm Neo Soul Agenda with Simon Precilla on www.vulive.co.uk. 4-6pm The Soul Cellar with Al B in Bristol. www.passionradiobristol.com 4-6pm The Music In Me Soul Show with Joe-DJ on www.tsolradio.com 4-7pm Ralph Tee on www.jazzfm.com 6-9pm Sunday Night Soul with Keith Fletcher on BBC Radio Lancashire Motown/Northern 7-9pm Miss Sparkle on stompradio.com 7-9pm Up Klose & Personal with Brother PJ on www.hot96.co.uk Jazz Funk & Soul 8-10pm Ladybugz including Marcia Carr on ministryofsound.com 8-10pm Jazzpower with Shaun Gallagher on www.soulpower-radio.com 10pm-Mid Mellow A on soulradiouk.com Midnight-3am DJ Afroogroove on 91.6FM or www.genesisradio.co.uk/afrogroove 91.6FM From 12 midnight to 3am featuring the best in jazz, fusion, latin, soul, afrobeats & spoken word. JL’s Groove can be listened to on demand on www.celticradio.com Weekly podcasts on dazlingsoul.com live365.com/station/atomicdog65 24/7 webstream Soul, Jazz & Neo Soul If in Costa del Sol, check out global.fm Jeff Thomas Mon-Fri 2-5pm, Sun 9-Midday Podcast soulpower08.mypodcast.com Tony Poole on TKO Gold 106 Wks-9pm 96.7 & 87.7 FM in Spain or tkogold.com Marky Mark of Soul Motive with soul funk.ssradiouk.com/category/shows/soul-motive/ The Groove with Suzy Chase podcast shows on www.thegrooveradio.com VibeRide Podcast/radio Shows at VibeRide.org.uk Dez Parkes, Marc Mac with an eclectic mix of black music via podcast on www.newwaveradio.co.uk
THE SOUL SURVIVOR’S 5th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
AND 2nd AWARDS NIGHT SATURDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2011 10pm - 4am at Fluid 40 Charterhouse St, London EC1M 6JN Our special guest on the night who will be presenting Awards is DJ Robbie Vincent
Two floors with DJs UPSTAIRS Vivy B Scott James Mucho Soul Dezzie D
DOWNSTAIRS Dez Parkes Colin Scott Darrell S Ginger Tony Marcia Carr
Advanced Tickets from Soul Survivors First 50 Members £5 each All others £10 or £15 OTD GO TO THE WEBSITE TO VOTE TODAY! All voters will be entered into a draw LOTS OF PRIZES TO BE WON AND CD GIVE AWAYS