From: George Beardsall (georgebeardsall_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 2003-02-12 11:26:43
when is this gig then?
>From: nethed <nethed_at_ninjatune.net>
>To: acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] GIG GUIDE for London
>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:38:13 +0000
>
>Brian
>
>not sure who was dissing weller on the list, but last nite jazz fm late
>lounge
>(ok middle of the road sure, but this show at least mixes it up) played
>some Paul Weller... I was round @ the beginnings of Talkin Loud workin with
>Gilles.
>The Disciples were in the studio with weller all the time - he came round
>my house cause my partner had the entire original blue note & fantasy
>collection & weller was deeply into jazz, house, soul. I was dragged
>kickin & screaming to a Jam gig in Oakland in the 70's, hated them, and in
>the early 80's someone played me "The Long Hot Summer" by The Style Council
>and I was hooked onto the entire uk "blue eyed" soul scene which included
>everyone from Style Council, Dr.Robert and the Blow Monkeys (who lived
>across the street from Madness studio and around the corner from my house
>when I moved to London in 88 after Bush sr entered the white house), Swing
>Out Sister (they were all such talented session musicians), Simply Red (ok
>dis me, but Mick Hucknell was/has been known to be a northern soul boy dj
>deeply into dub), Brilliant (youths attempt via Beggars) and more than I
>can remember but are all still cherished in my 80's collection.
>
>The biggest risk Weller ever took was in 1991 when, after Polydor rejected
>his
>house album, he appeared at the Royal Albert Hall and played an amazing mix
>of house, soul, jazz, funk and failed to satiate the aging mods who stood
>up angrily during the gig.....and were totally ignored as the band played
>on. Mick Talbot later was the genius on the road with Galliano..... and
>Weller was good mates with the Disciples and formed a fast friendship with
>Carleen Anderson who then did backing vocals on a few Weller tunes and at
>some gigs.
>
>And I even stand by his recent decision to remove himself from the
>political fray of taking any position about politics @ the mo.
>
>wendy
>
>
>
>At 7:41 pm -0800 7/2/03, BRIAN wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>
>>A Also here this week, Paul Weller on the second gig of the Illumination
>>tour. Was baffled by a note on the acid jazz list dismissing Weller as
>>simply mod and questioning his a-jazz credibility. Absolutely,
>>unforgivably
>>ridiculous. The Style Council were at least as-IF NOT MORE-responsible
>>for
>>creating the archetype for the sound that became acid jazz as any other
>>group in the years immediately preceding the birth of the sound. Why the
>>hell do you think Mick Talbot went on to help form Galliano and mentor the
>>Young Disciples? And Weller's songwriting has-albeit only at its
>>best-come
>>closer to offering an Anglo counterpart to Terry Callier, Jorge Ben or
>>Marcos Valle than just about any other male vocalist/songwriter in recent
>>years. Acid jazz owes plenty to the Style Council, and I think most
>>people
>>realize that. If they don't, they should go back and listen to the
>>catalogue again (check Universal Japan's immaculate Café Blue Café Best
>>comp). At any rate, I'm sadly too broke to catch it, but the word is that
>>he's doing Style Council and Jam songs with a band for the first time
>>since
>>the originals.
>
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