Mat Colman (trombone, rhodes, programming, etc) Andrew Colman (trumpet, flugelhorn, rhodes, percussion etc) - Other players over the years - Jamil Sheriff (rhodes) Ruth Hammond (rhodes, korg organ) Scott Hammond (Drums) Riaan Vosloo (double bass) Andrew Ross (flute) Andy Penny (fatboys toolbox) John Perry (drums) James Russell (programming) Dave Highley (guitar) Simon London (guitar) James Reece (turntables)
Influences
peter herbolzheimer RC&B thad jones/mel lewis orchestra kenny clarke/francy boland band frank rosolino dizzy gillespie johnny dankworth freddie hubbard conte candoli dusko goykovich supersax geoff love ennio morricone tom harrell horace silver carl fontana herb alpert ronnie hazelhurst bill conti etc etc etc etc etc
RADIO PLAY Michael Ruetten Compost Radio Show, Gilles Peterson - BBC Radio 1, Jazz Line-Up - BBC Radio 3, Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show BBC 6, Ministry of Sound Radio (BBE Show),The Jazz (Jacqui Dankworth) Kiss 101FM, Mystic Vybes (NYC) Solar Radio, Tilos Radio (Budapest) & Juice FM (Rob Luis / Tru Thoughts), Ibiza Sonica, The Jazz House - Radio Scotland (Stephen Duffy) Departure Lounge, Australia (Trevor Parkee), Radio Corax, Germany (Markus Milz), Jelly Jazz Radio, The Other Side Radio Show, Birmingham, The Vibes Unlimited Radio Show, Brighton, Jazz FM (Mike Chadwick, Bob Sinfield)
COLMAN BROTHERS - THE REMIXES 12"
REACTIONS SO FAR............
- Colman Brothers / El Nino (GCR remix) contaminated dancefloor jazz with a thumpin' bassline. Nice horns and by all means a wicked trumpet and a nice flow to it, just great! Colman Brothers / Sem amor (Scrimshire) When you put together a nice latin groove, the Portuguese language, a beautiful female vocalist like Sara Colman, a mesmerizing trumpet and a summer sunset, the result is Sem Amor. This song is so GOOD!
(Georgios Paroglou, Pavlov & Mishkin, Castablast/Athens, Greece)
- Both cracking remixes. Hard pushed to pick a fave, but I think the GRC just nicks it!! 8/10
(Ross Wakefield/Part Time Heroes)
- Niiiice! Absolutely love the two Colman Bros remixes. Will be playing both. The GRC mix is bang on and will definitely be played pretty much every week now for some time to come. I always loved the original Sem Amor but it's difficult to drop on a non-jazz dance crowd as the tempo is so high. This Scrimshire version is a much more dance floor friendly groove. (DJ Griff, Firefly, Rambunctious Social Club, Eden Project, Jelly Jazz, Plymouth & beyond)
- Oh my gosh El Nino is wicked! Absolutely feelin this one !
(Marcus Milz/Further In Fusion, Radio Corax, Germany)
- Worth dipping in the tea! Top stuff. Playlisted. (Phil Levene/Eclecticjazz.com)
- EL Nino is one of my all time favorites. And the versions are awesome too! (Angel Mishev/Sugar Club, Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Colman remixes are spot ON! Loving those and so will my listeners when play to them. (Sammy Goulbourne/The Otherside Radio Show, Birmingham)
- Flip me, it has been a while since I have received a dancefloor banger! Thanks, I will be playing th GRC remix of El Nino this weekend. (DJ Kappa/Brighton)
- The Scrimshire rub of Sem Amor is a beauty! (Greg Clifford/Son Of Soul)
- El Nino (GRC Remix) : I will support this on a future show. Good arrangement and beats. (8/10) El Nino (GRC Bonus Beats) : Always nice to have (8/10) Sem Amor (Scrimshire Remix) : Loving it! Perfect for my first half of my show, I will support this on my show. (8/10)
(DJ Nelito)
- Nice one!, GRC remix is a really cool and groovy interpretation of original track, and the Bonus track is a dance killer! Full support. (Enrique Domenech/Fusionova Records)
- Liking that GRC remix of Colman Bros christ child track, and so close to christmas too! Will be playing for sure. (Paris/Groovescooter Records)
COLMAN BROTHERS Mat (trombone) and Andrew (trumpet/flugelhorn) have been working together for over 7 years writing music for film, TV and other projects. At the moment they are writing more material to go with their massive hits ‘El Niño’ (featured on the award winning short film 'Bigboy_74') 'She Who Dares' & 'Sem Amor' for an album release as soon as possible!
Both are busy musicians who have performed/recorded with jazz, pop, funk and soul musicians across Europe. Currently Mat can be seen with the Herbaliser and has just finished recording on their latest album. Andrew has just returned from an Arts Council/Jazz Services UK Tour promoting his latest quartet album 'I Remember You' out now on 33jazz Records.
NEWS
Colman Brothers - 'The Remixes' 12" - Released 7th December!!
Also look out for the NYCT release - Various Artists "Names You Can Trust Remixes" featuring our reworking of their classic 'Guajira '78' out very soon!!
EL NIÑO - released December 06 - is the stunning debut release from Bristol based Colman Brothers and comes in Cha Cha and Big Band versions. Inspired by Peter Herbolzheimer RC&B, Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band and Dizzy Gillespie, El Niño is a perfectly formed 7-inch that sparkles with masterful solos from both Andrew on muted trumpet and Mat on trombone as well as rhodes from special guest Ruth Hammond.
Download El Niño now from
SHE WHO DARES - released December 07 - is the second exciting release from the Colman Brothers. The follow up to their massive dance floor hit El Niño continues with the Latin/jazz theme and comes in Big Band and Lounge versions.
It perfectly captures the hip Herbolzheimer, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis band sounds of the 60s and 70s and features outstanding solos from Andrew on Flugelhorn and once again special guest Ruth Hammond on Rhodes.
Download She Who Dares now from
SEM AMOR - released March 30th 09 - is the pair's third outing on Wah Wah 45s. Its yet another horn filled latin jazz romp, but this time with vocals!! Yes, you guessed it, it's the Colman Sister, Sara, on those lush vocals giving 'Sem Amor' a fresh twist, whether it be on the hot and heavy 'Big Band Original', or the shuffling, more stripped down 'Rhythm & Brass Mix'. (kudosrecords.co.uk)
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COLMAN BROTHERS - 'THE REMIXES' 12" - Released 30 November 09
Having been consistently one of our most popular outfits over the last three years or so with their infectious dance floor latin/jazz releases, the Colman brothers finally allowed us to re-interpret a couple of their finest moments and release them on limited fat wax!
The first single, and now classic, "El Nino" gets the rough bass bending samba treatment from NYCT head honcho's and New York's finest, The Greenwood Rhythm Coalition, who also spoil us with some very handy "Bonus Beats" in the bargain too!
On the flip, our producer de jour, the mighty Scrimshire, comes through with a club friendly and very tasteful re-working of the latest Colman offering, "Sem Amor", featuring Colman sister Sara on vocals!
Vinyl copies are strictly limited on this one, so don't sleep!! (kudosrecords.co.uk)
Yo Colman Brothersasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
Hey thanks, I've asked Sonybmg this morning to ask you for the licence of "El Nino" for my new compilation .The Nightfly ! is there any way I could check out the new remixes and maybe include one of them rather than the old version.... Hey I'm also the art dir of the Blue Note in Milano if you guys get across here you are my guests .....or come and jam with my Big Band ......Cheers Nick www.nickthenightfly.com www.radiomontecarlo.net
Hey Guys, just thought I'd be abit more pro-active and tell you that I've been putting mixes on www.radiozerogravity.net for awhile, think you'll like. Last one was a Blue Note Birthday mix, here's the tracklisting; 1. Eddie Henderson - Galaxy
2. Horace Silver - Strange Vibes
3. Bud Powell - Cleopatra's Dream
4.John Lee & Gerry Brown - Mango Sunrise
5. Grant Green - Battle Scene
6. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Eygptian
The new single from Mukatsuku Records on 180 gram vinyl by Kaleta & Akoya Afrobeat called 'The Spirit Of Fela Is Alive And Well !' MUKAT 014 is out now !
dj support from Simbad,Kay Suzuki,Domu,Dom Servini,Michael Ruetten,Ennio Styles,Russ Dewbury,Adrian Gibson,etc etc !
This is the review in DJ Magazine...
Kaleta & Akoya Afrobeat The Spirit Of Fela Is Alive & Well Mukatsuku Records 4/5 An explosive slice of Afrobeat from Kaleta gets the licensing thumbs up from Mukatsuku, who finally get this gem to the Fela faithful. Originally clocking in at over 14 minutes, its been chopped virtually in half to add more punch and immediacy, whilst on the flip Guynamite and label boss Nik Weston add a more contemporary boogie house twist to the original, in doing so losing none of the vitality or the 'Fela' essence.
Hola from AIO in Miami! Hong Kong, Osaka and Tokyo stand up! Just to let you know if you're in the area to check out, Arepaz Immigrante Orchestra founder, La Mano Fria art exhibition just started at Beams in Hong Kong, as well as a series of smaller exhibitions throughout Japan such as Tokyo (Harajuku & Shibuya) and Osaka (Shinsaibashi). Dates for all 4 are: 4|10 - 4|26 .. at Hong Kong (Causeway Bay) at Beams T.
And the mini exhibitions are the same dates: 4|09 - Golden Week.. in Tokyo Beams T Harajuku and Shibuya 4|10 - Golden Week.. at Osaka Beams T in Shinsaibashi. A busy year for Beta Bodega Coalition as we celebrate our 10 year anniversary of founding the first record label! Paz y Arepaz!
thanks so much for gettin' in touch! ...hey, i'm diggin' your productions, yeah very groovy material, great voice, congrats! i'm very happy to connect with your space! keep it hot, and have a great time! tommy/suonho
p.s. feel free to listen to my airplays also when you find some spare time : http://soundcloud.com/suonho (cinematic grooves all the way ;)
The entire album is a testament to good jazz. The rhythm section sounds great, both individually and as a unit, complimenting Andrew’s lyrical style perfectly.
The Colman Brothers - “Sem Amor” Rhythm And Brass Remix played on The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show - BBC 6Music. Listen again on http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/funk_soul/"
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