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Tag Archives: Dingwalls
Swifty’s Jazz Village… New prints!
AS THIS YEAR’S annual Dingwalls Talking Loud & Saying Something session with Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge approaches El Swifto has dropped four new Jazz Village prints to add to what’s fast becoming become an iconic series. As ever the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Dingwalls, Gilles Peterson, John Coltrane, prints, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Sergio Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Swifty
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Something for the weekend… Gilles Peterson meets Ross Allen… the podcast!
Having penned the liner notes to Gilles P’s latest offering… ‘Masterpiece’ …from the Ministry Of Sound I was most happy to see GP has got together with my good friend, the ever feisty and seriously deep music fan’ Ross Allen … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Radio 1, Chicago House, Clapham Common, Deep Hose, Dingwalls, drum & bass, dubstep, funk, Gilles Peterson, House, Jazz, Jungle, Masterpiece, Ministry Of Sound, podcast, radio, Ross Allen, soul, Stoke Newington, Talking Loud, That's How It Iss, Worldwide
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Snowboy 50… ‘From Jazz Funk & Fusion To Acid Jazz: A History Of the UK Jazz Dance Scene
Sadly, I missed the Southend author, bandleader and congalero’s 50th birthday party but I’m sure it was a cracking affair with a maelstrom of fine music. As you may, or may not, know Snowboy’s seminal ‘From Jazz Funk & Fusion … Continue reading
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Tagged Afro Cuban, All Dayers, Baz Fe Jazz, Berlin, Brothers In Jazz, Charts, Chris Hill, Colin Curtis, Crackers, Dingwalls, Electric Ballroom, Floor Technicians, funk, fusion, Gilles Peterson, Hi Hat, Horseshoe, IDJ, Jazz, Jazz Dance, Jazz Defektors, Jazz Room, Jazzcotech, Mods, Paul Murphy, Pheonix, Robert Farris Thompson, Shiftless Shuffle, Snowboy, UK Jazz Dance, wag Club, Working Week, Zulus
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Push – Back on the block & on a Mission!
Posted in Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Acid Jazz, Dingwalls, funk, Galliano, Rare Groove, Seal, soul
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