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The Funk Brothers The Ronnie Scott's All StarsThursday 18th January - Saturday 20th January £36.00 Information on The Funk Brothers The Funk Brothers: Jack Ashford (Leader & Percussion) Joe Hunter (Keyboards), Gregory Wright (Keyboards), Larry Johnson (Lead Vocals), Jeneane Cranet (Vocals), Valencia Robinson (Vocals), Robert McDonald (Bass), Derek Organ (drums), Ronald Rathers (Guitar), Angelo Earl (Guitar), Carmelo Scaffidi-Argentina (Trumpet), Tom Ralls (Trombone), Calvin Bennett (Saxophone) Jack Ashford - Upon hearing the early Motown records that invaded England in the '60s, EMI Records' president Sir Joseph Blackwood remarked they would never make it because the tambourine was mixed too hot.. But Sir Berry Gordy of Motown Records knew something that Sir Joseph didn't: Jack Ashford was not just any old tambourine player - he was a tambourine virtuoso. Just talk to any percussionist about "the cat that played tambourine at Motown" and watch them become enraptured. But his first love was vibes, and his playing caught the eye of Marvin Gaye when he saw Jack playing with an organ trio in Boston. Coming to Motown at Marvin's request in 1963, Jack went on to become their most prolific percussionist, playing more than a dozen traditional percussion instrument as well as a few "off the beaten track" instruments like knee slaps, foot stomps, and his own invention, the "hotel sheet." A particular favorite of Marvin Gaye and Norman Whitfield, Jack's imaginative and colorful percussion grooves were one of the principal reasons why these two great artists always seemed to be breaking new ground with every recording they produced. clip from Ronnie Scotts Website more information and details and the rest of article can be read via link above

New Releases for December 2006 from Ace Records ARTIST: JERRY COLE CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDCHD 1122 TITLE: HOT ROD TWANGIN': THE 1960S CROWN RECORDINGS LABEL: ACE I first encountered Jerry Cole's music, like many others, without realising it. To explain: when the original Ace-man Ted Carroll had his Friday morning stall at London's Golborne Road he had a few Crown label albums ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7410 ____________________________________________________ ARTIST: TONY ORLANDO CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDCHD 1137 TITLE: HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE COMPLETE EPIC MASTERS 1961-1964 LABEL: ACE Forget pesky yellow ribbons for a minute. A good decade earlier, with his fabulous R&B-tinged voice and the finest material Al Nevins and Don Kirshner's stable of hip young Broadway-based songwriters had to offer, Tony ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7411 ____________________________________________________ ARTIST: JOHNNIE & JOE CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDCHD 1138 TITLE: I'LL BE SPINNING: THE J&S RECORDINGS LABEL: ACE Ace Records released "The J&S Years" by Baby Washington & the Hearts (CDCHD 1089), and "The Clickettes Meet The Fashions" (CDCHD 1095), a set containing that dual-monikered group's complete recordings for Dice Records, ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7408 ____________________________________________________ ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS (R&B COMPILATIONS) CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDCHD 1140 TITLE: EVEN MORE MELLOW CATS 'N' KITTENS: HOT R&B AND COOL BLUES 1945-1951 LABEL: ACE 'Tis the season to be jolly once again, and that means its also time for another groovy gallop through the Modern Records archives in an attempt to bring you EVEN MORE MELLOW CATS AND KITTENS than we have already done ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7409 ____________________________________________________ ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS (ROCK AND ROLL COMPILATIONS) CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDCHD 1142 TITLE: HOLLYWOOD ROCK'N'ROLL RECORD HOP LABEL: ACE There are precedents. The Dave Clark Five had hits with two completely different songs called Everybody Knows. Francoise Hardy issued, in three successive years, three LPs entitled simply "Francoise Hardy". Those of you ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7407 ____________________________________________________ ARTIST: THE MUSIC COMPANY CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDBGPM 182 TITLE: RUBBER SOUL JAZZ LABEL: BEAT GOES PUBLIC Mirwood Records is remembered primarily as a soul label but it was launched as a full-scale record company that covered all the bases. Its founder, Randall Wood, had run Vee-Jay Records at the time when their deal to ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7412 ____________________________________________________ ARTIST: THE ESCALATORS CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDHP 017 TITLE: MOVING STAIRCASES LABEL: BIG BEAT The ESCALATORS rose from the ashes of perennial psychobilly heroes the Meteors, and were ex-band members Nigel Lewis and Mark Robertson's stepping stone to their next acclaimed band, the Tall Boys. One album and a ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7413 ____________________________________________________ ARTIST: THE OLYMPICS CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDHP 018 TITLE: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW LABEL: KENT The OLYMPICS' SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW more than lives up to its name by bringing together faithful recuts of 6 of their early 60s R&B and Pop smashes for labels like Demon, Arvee and Duo Disc and what were then six ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7406 ____________________________________________________ ARTIST: DONALD AUSTIN CATALOGUE NUMBER: CDHP 016 TITLE: CRAZY LEGS LABEL: WESTBOUND 45s did not come get much more danceable in 1973 than guitarist DONALD AUSTIN's Eastbound 45 Crazy Legs. Somehow both it and its eponymously titled long-playing counterpart evaded any contact with a UK release schedule ... http://www.acerecord.co.uk/content.php?pag...mp;release=7405 ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Ace Records 42-50 Steele RoadLondon NW10 7AS tel: 020 8453 1311fax: 020 8961 8725 www.acerecords.co.uk

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Debbie asked could post the below It's with alot of sadness that I have to report the death of Terry Mac from Manchester. Terry was a true disciple of the northern soul scene and an absolute evangelist of the 60s mafia. During the dark days of the late 80s when folks were few and far between he and a select band, Tommo, Oz, Pete Lawson and Daz careered across the country in their pursuit of rare sixties excellence. Terry hadn't been on the scene for some time but he never lost his love of the music and never perfected his dancing! His funeral will be in Nottingham but for more details please contact me on 07817728064 it would be great to have some old friends say goodbye. Many thanks