| Band Members | Currently making music with Annie Whitehead, Dorian Ford, Winston Clifford & Max de Wardener
SOMETHING SECRET
Carol Grimes & Giles Perring.
UK FUNK ALLSTARS
featuring
Sam Kelly, Root Jackson, Madeline Bell, Carol Grimes, Linda Lewis, Cymande, Flo Harrison, Alison Evelyn, T.J. Johnson, Spy, Paul Jobson and many more!
THE SHOUT
16 piece vocal Big Band, directed by Orlando Gough.
www.theshout.org
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| Influences |
Miles, Mingus, Mark Chagall, Flamenco & Taj Mahal, Joni Mitchell, J.S.Bach, Aretha, Marvin Gaye, Shane MacGowan & Pablo Casals... Prince and Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Philip Pullman, William Blake, Paula Rego, Anne Michaels, Raymond Carver, Chalotte Salomon, Juan Munoz and the Paintings of Karen Douglas, Andrew Goddard & Julian Merrow-Smith.
and more music music music.... words that make a difference and art that makes you think makes you smile and makes you dream
Umm Kulthum, The Staple Singers. AAron Neville. The Tango, Oscar Brown Jnr. & King Pleasure, Les Paul, Billy Strayhorn, Jeff Buckley, Les Dawson, Lucille Ball, Buster Keaton & Bjork, Ray Charles, Edith Piaf, Weather Report, Annie Whitehead & Jennifer Maidman, Dorian, Winston & Max, Fran Landesman, Sun Ra, Bessie Smith and Robert Johnson, Louis Armstrong and Tom Waites and when I need to sooth the onslaught of a savage world, Roy Orbison or Nat King Cole, Dusty or Mavis Staples....balm..........Hey.. listen to Buika...
My Children, Sacha, my loverly Niece, Issie Postill, the wonderful Pianist, good friends, laughter and a glass of wine or two. The River Thames, the sun and the stars, the earth, ancient trees and yellow daffodils, and roses and bluebells in an old wood, fish cooked simply, sharing good food with good people with maybe a sunset followed by a full moon reflected on an ocean a lake or a river. Lavender & Rosemary, raspberries and Marine Ices ..... c xxxx
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