Did You Go To Jazz Funk Nights ?

[Guest highlander]

The jazz-funk scene of the late seventies was a fantastic place to be, great clubs with a new music born out of the progressive mucic policy of clubs like the mecca. Colin Curtis was the man . Levine- loathe him or loathe him he probably made the greatest contribution to soul music scene in the seventies. Seems like quite a few on here moved to the' dark side'. whats not to like, great clubs , great music and great women. The fashion, well.... you're young you're out to impress why the hell not.! I Wouldn't wear it now though!. Can you imagine a middle aged man going out in 70s clothing

[Russ Vickers]

I went to a lot of Jazz Funk mid week do's darn south, in particular the Black Velvet events in & around the South Coast, did the JF stuff in the week & then travelled Northwards at the weekends, during the 8ts did all the Rare Groove stuff mid week too.......think it added to my soulful eveolution & my eclectic tastes in Northern & Rare Soul, still on the Northern scene, always will be, but hopefully appreciate lots of other black dance music too............

Best Russ

[Guest JIM BARRY]

went to some great jaz funk nites in manchester late 70s....the men who reigned supreme behind the decks were colin curtis..mike shaft...and john grant and the clubs were rufus pips and the best of them all for me...rafters..to many great tunes to mention them all but a couple of the best for me..roy ayres...running away...charles earland...let the music play.

[grantdyche]

went to some great jaz funk nites in manchester late 70s....the men who reigned supreme behind the decks were colin curtis..mike shaft...and john grant and the clubs were rufus pips and the best of them all for me...rafters..to many great tunes to mention them all but a couple of the best for me..roy ayres...running away...charles earland...let the music play.

Good call Jim,

Rafters was a great club,Nice tunes mentioned also,I can't even think about Charles Earland without also linking it to Hamilton Bohannon "Let's Start To Dance",

Another I also remember was Foxy "Get Off",

One mentioned in an earlier post Larry Graham "Sooner Or Later" I think that was a bit later on than Rafters days maybe very late 70's or early 80's,The B side was a killer slow soul tune called "One In A Million",

Not in anyway Jazz-Funk but a blinding good tune,

Will you be at the next Heywood night ??

I'm going would be nice to say hello

Grant

[Guest JIM BARRY]

Good call Jim,

Rafters was a great club,Nice tunes mentioned also,I can't even think about Charles Earland without also linking it to Hamilton Bohannon "Let's Start To Dance",

Another I also remember was Foxy "Get Off",

One mentioned in an earlier post Larry Graham "Sooner Or Later" I think that was a bit later on than Rafters days maybe very late 70's or early 80's,The B side was a killer slow soul tune called "One In A Million",

Not in anyway Jazz-Funk but a blinding good tune,

Will you be at the next Heywood night ??

I'm going would be nice to say hello

Grant

hiya mate, gonna do my best to be there......i'll buy you a pint...atb jim

[Guest sharmo 1]

Many years ago I was given a tape that had "New york lable" written on it with no listing these were really good jazz funk type sounds I lost the tape and never knew what they were, the person who gave me the tape was from Standish lower ground (crook road) near wigan they told me that this new york lable scene was a brief phenominun towards the end of the 70's this mutated into the jazz funk scene , I'm desperate to know more information .Can any one please shed any light on this please I'd be very greatful also if anyone knows about this scene if they know any titles many thank's Simon.

[Guest dave nowell]

This was played at Wigan in 1976

It was indeed Pete!

I distinctly remember going to Blackpool Mecca on Saturday night and hearing Miroslav Vitous - New York City

What a fantastic record - years ahead of its time.

At 1am I jumped in the car, took off the bondage pants and sandals, put on the jeans and the teeshirt and went to Wigan

About 4am Keith Minshull played it - - it cleared the floor! No surprise there...

Some funky records worked at Wigan, others didn't. Miroslav was a bit too out there.

Personally I loved going to the Mecca, Rafters, Cassinellis, etc and then taking a carfull to Wigan to hear old soul

There were a lot of us who enjoyed (and still enjoy) both camps

No boundaries!