HOLY SMOKE! It’s the Jezebel Sextet playing super-heavy Hammond funk with powerhouse horns and a killer vintage sound. They formed in 1997 inspired by classic 1970s street funk, live improvisation and a vision to create a happy dancing frenzy wherever they play.
London’s leading party promoter Raison D’Étre recently acknowledged their musical heritage saying, ‘Close your eyes… these guys sound exactly like the JBs!’. The New Orleans funk of Lee Dorsey and The Meters is another major influence, together with cult 1970s bands such as Cold Blood and Mickey & The Soul Generation.
With 10 years experience on the live circuit, they’ve played hundreds of gigs across the UK, been broadcast on BBC 6 music and appeared twice on London’s LBC Radio.
Recent bookings include: Beachdown Festival; Messin' Around; The 100 Club (Oxford Street); Tighten Up Festival (Marseille); Saint Paul Soul Jazz Festival (France); Koko, Jazz Cafe (Camden); The Pigalle Club (Picadilly); Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show (BBC 6 Music broadcast); Cargo, 93 Feet East, Favela Chic (Shoreditch); Chat's Palace (Hackney); LBC Radio; Hootananny, The Windmill, The Dogstar (Brixton); The Spice of Life (Soho); The Halo Bar (Battersea); The Crypt (Camberwell); Lost Society (Clapham); The V & A Museum foyer (for London School of Fashion); Old Billingsgate Fishmarket (for Pricewaterhouse Coopers).
"'Mr. Ears' sounds immense. Great solos, beautiful touch and wonderfully melodic...and the writing is brilliant." - Laurence Cottle
Hey! My world jazz fusion debut album 'Mr. Ears' is available to buy from TODAY! Just visit www.caimarlegarcia.com to purchase and for more information on the album and me!
Saturday 8th August - À Go-Go presents SOUL & FUNK night
SOULFUNK SECRET plays cool, funky grooves with a hint of Jazz, Soul Funk and Latin flavours. Fronted by the talented vocalist James B. Coleman who worked for Paul Weller, Carleen Anderson, Push, London Community Gospel Choir, Michelle Gail & George Michael. The rhythm section is well experienced and performed for Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies, Galliano, JTQ, Tom Jones, Channel 4, Emirates Productions & too many to mention.
Downstairs@The Comedy Pub, 7 Oxendon Street, Piccadilly, London
Hey guys! Great show at the Jazz Cafe yesterday! GROOVY as hell. Sound wasnt 100% right (couldnt hear the hammond right somehow...) but it was the STUFF! Too bad there is not so much happening in this genre in Prague...I guess I will have to make a second soul-jazz festival in the world ;-)
Hi Guys, thanks for the friends request, I’m chuffed to be your friend ... Here is a slide show of
some of my art, I hope you like it ... I hope you get time to listen to my
music and maybe read a few of my poems.
You may like to look at this “PEACE SITE” I have set up:-
