FROM JAZZ FUNK & FUSION TO ACID JAZZ:

Blimey, welcome along Mark good to see you on here. You'll find it a place typical of the scene some young tykes, some miserable old bastards but a good place to let everyone know what's going on with you.
Ther's a few others you know that post on here too, Kev Beadle, Mark De C-L, Phlasher to name a few.

QUOTE (Wrighty @ May 14, 2009 09:22 am)

Don't forget the miserable young tykes.

Welcome to brownswood Paul / Snowboy. Nice to read your words regarding the new book and I'm definitely going to hunt down a copy, so much I want to learn about this scene...

nice to see paul and mark on board. be good if you both stay around....

snowboy - quick question:

you haven't got spares of your jazzakuti track have you?
can't find it anywhere...

cheers

QUOTE (Snowboy @ May 14, 2009 01:12 am)

Hey, here I am now too! Hoorah! It's the first chat room I've been on and I'm glad I'm amongst friends - Alan the 'Ammer, Wrighty, the Rt. Hon. C. Curtis esq etc.

As I told the 'Ammer the other week: I received the finished book to check over but somehow the book was on sale at the same time by mistake and it was hard on me because there was 250 typos in it mainly from one program (Quark) being silly with whatever one they use at the printers in the US. All of a sudden every mention of The word 'year' had a mysterious 'h' appear ie 'yeahr'. This happened 120 times. the numbers in the index became unglued, bit's of the DJ charts appeared in others, great big gaps appeared between words etc. There were a few human-error spelling mistakes too, despite it being proof-read twice (I think). That's life. Paul Brad removed the book from sale immediately but loads got through the net. Order it in a week or two and you'll be safe.

To answer one of you: I didn't see the point in giving the book a cryptic title. I wanted people to know exactly what the book was about whilst they browse on book shelves. 95% of the sales will be from outside of our scene too - purchased by music lovers, historians, people interested in UK Black history, culture, club culture, Punk, Football hooliganism, dance, DJ history, fashion etc, so it needed a direct title. The book is also being used as part of coursework at Yale University (they've ordered 70 copies alone).

Doing the book was an enormous task and was written over a period of 10 years; although I did give up many times. The reason I started the book with a short, time-lined history covering 25 years was that when people outside of our scene read the interviews they'll be familiar with what when on. As it's a history book it's essential that the people that matter tell what went on in their own area and give their views. My position was to get to the truth and sit on the fence. I cross-referenced everything but there will be the odd lie that slipped through. You would not beleive the ammount of rubbish, nastiness, back-biting, lies, claims based on area-pride (but no facts to base them on) that I had to edit out. I just got to the facts. I didn't see the point of hurting people. They'd have to live with it in print and so would I.

The fairest way to present the interviews in the book was to start at the top with Scotland and work down, to get the full picture and try and avoid all this north/south divide shit. I'm pleased about the book because it gives the innovators Colin Curtis, Chris Hill and Bob Jones the dignity and recognition that they've long-deserved as the barrier-breaking taste-makers that they are. The book is out in Japan at the end of this month and all three DJ's will be going over at some point to represent (Hilly is coming with me next month for my tour). They each have a Jazz compilation coming out there too.

Anyway, I've done my best. I'm no writer but I bothered to do it. I hope you all enjoy the book, and if you do - PLEASE spread the word. If not - well, you can't please everyone!

See you at one of the events

Snowboy

Fast becoming the who's who of Jazzdance thread!

Easy Mark!
I think this deserves to be pinned at the top of the board now. (Doc?)
Seriously... I know I keep banging on about it, but the book really does deserve to succeed after all the hard work and effort that's been put into it.

QUOTE (Beane the Noodler @ May 14, 2009 09:46 am)

so much I want to learn about this scene...

How to be a JAZZ DJ:

1. always wear a sharp suit

2. chain smoke whilst DJing

3. play plenty of Blue Notes

4. never ever under any circumstances leave the decks to go and dance

Job done.

I'll be giving a demonstration a week on Friday.

QUOTE (Paul Brad @ May 13, 2009 11:35 pm)

There's been quite a lot of posts on Snowboy's book but no-one seems to have read it yet!

Sanjiv reckons he's already read the whole thing...

Welcome to the 'board Paul.

Somehow I completely missed Paul Bradshaw's post, welcome along sir

QUOTE (appyammer al @ May 14, 2009 12:43 am)

Ive had it (albeit the rough cut

) for 3 weeks now and can't put it down!
Anyone who has the slightest interest in how this whole Jazzdance/Eclectic/Worldwide/GP scene began should buy and read this book... in fact every member of Brownswood NEEDS to read this book IMO.

Cosine.

QUOTE (Snowboy @ May 14, 2009 01:12 am)

To answer one of you: I didn't see the point in giving the book a cryptic title. I wanted people to know exactly what the book was about whilst they browse on book shelves.

Welcome Snowboy.

That was me.

Meant slightly tongue in cheek

Whatever the book is called - it's great that it's now done and out.

FULL RESPECT.

QUOTE (Sid Ford @ May 14, 2009 10:01 am)

nice to see paul and mark on board. be good if you both stay around....

snowboy - quick question:

you haven't got spares of your jazzakuti track have you?
can't find it anywhere...

cheers

Sid not sure if you know but its on the Many faces of Snowboy lp. You should be able to pick up from discogs\ebay

QUOTE (FDA @ May 14, 2009 10:24 am)

QUOTE (Sid Ford @ May 14, 2009 10:01 am)

nice to see paul and mark on board. be good if you both stay around....

snowboy - quick question:

you haven't got spares of your jazzakuti track have you?
can't find it anywhere...

cheers

Sid not sure if you know but its on the Many faces of Snowboy lp. You should be able to pick up from discogs\ebay

nice one. thanks.

FDA, Jazzakuti also came out on a 12" in Italy (with '24 For Betty Page' on the b-side). I didn't even bloody know, but I saw a copy in Japan. It's on Irma I think.

If you're thinking of playing it out, get the 12" or the CD. The album was meant to have been on double-vinyl but Dread Flimstone - who was an artist on the label at the time - mistakenly got it cut on single vinyl and it's way too quiet. As Acid Jazz was in financial trouble at the time they couldn't afford to get it re-cut. The artist name is meant to be M.F.O.S. (a play on M.F.S.B. and meaning 'The Many Faces Of Snowboy') but, annoyingly, Eddie used that on the sleeve against my will because he was worried that people wouldn't realise that the album was by me as it was so different and my Snowboy records were selling well at the time. I needed to use a different name because I wanted the musical freedom. Most latin music fans get posessive about my music and don't like me deviating into other areas. Anyway, the reason for this long-winded answer is that you will see the album as listed both by M.F.O.S. AND 'Many Faces of..........' (the italian 12" is by Snowboy, as is the 'New Avengers' 12" - bollocks!).

I've released a few records by M.F.O.S. since.

By the way folks: I have a Funk band called 'The Perceptions' on Freestyle and we have Fred Wesley guesting on a couple of singles due out soon. I hope you enjoy them both. Fred is a gentle guy. When I did the session with him in Bristol I drove he and his wife Gwen straight to Heathrow after and, at his request, I played 40's Blues shouter Wynonie Harris in the car and it was lovely seeing them both singing along and laughing at Harris' lyrics (they saw meaning in the words that'd passed me by!). I'll always remember that.

Bye all

Snowboy

Sorry, I meant the post to be for Sid not FDA. I'm rushing around trying to get going on my musical day!

thanks - i'll look for the 12 then