Vinyl Wednesday: Brand New Funk - Brand New Funk 78
This record is a typical album I would skip in the record store.. boring cover, no Fred Wesley. No famous musicians except drummer Douglas Wimbish (maybe you miss this name because later he calls himself Doug Wimbish). This is a very very funky album and you should definitely buy it when you find it! Too funky... Mixed and produced by Sylvia Robinson, the famous founder/CEO of hiphop label Sugar Hill. Well, when you click around on Discogs, then you learn that the band members are in fact significant musicians: Cecil Powell also has writing credits for funk band Dayton, singer Craig Derry has more than hundred vocal credits, of course Living Colour bassist Doug Wimbish, guitarist/producer/recording artist Skip McDonald or saxophone player Seldon Powell, never heard before, but appearently a well-known session and jazz player.. Was Seldon Powell the father or uncle of piano player Hubert Powell, and singer Cecil Powell? Thanks to DJ Maestro for passing it on to me! Link Discogs
Before we start with all adventures around the new album DARK HORSE, let's stand still for a second and look back to the events of 2025...For me it was a busy and buzzing year with lots of different & exciting stuff going on and more that I could wish for. I am truly grateful and humbled. Thank you, dear people and agencies who continue to want to work with me, thank you, dear concert audiences, music lovers, dear friends&family, new acquaintances, and also extra thanks to my own body who lets me do all this! I decided to put a reel together with some of the activities on stage to give you an impression. If your activity together with me is not there, it doesn't mean I didn't like it but maybe there was no video evidence. There were even more off stage activities, therefore multiple shoutouts to: ArtEZ in Arnhem where I am teaching with a lot of joy, and these organisations/boards I am involved with and who contribute to our arts/music/jazz eco system: De Creatieve Coalitie, Bimpro.nl, VCTN, Kunstenbond Platformacct, Concertzender, BumaStemra, Stichting Brein. I wish you a happy and healthy new year and hope to see you again soon! P.s. Let's meet on 16th of January at Bimhuis! We will play the premiere of my new album DARK HORSE and there are still some tickets left. - This record is a typical album I would skip in the record store.. boring cover, no Fred Wesley.No famous musicians except drummer Douglas Wimbish (maybe you miss this name because later he calls himself Doug Wimbish). This is a very very funky album and you should definitely buy it when you find it! Too funky...Mixed and produced by Sylvia Robinson, the famous founder/CEO of hiphop label Sugar Hill. Well, when you click around on Discogs, then you learn that the band members are in fact significant musicians:Cecil Powell also has writing credits for funk band Dayton, singer Craig Derry has more than hundred vocal credits, of course Living Colour bassist Doug Wimbish, guitarist/producer/recording artist Skip McDonald or saxophone player Seldon Powell, never heard before, but appearently a well-known session and jazz player.. Was Seldon Powell the father or uncle of piano player Hubert Powell, and singer Cecil Powell? Thanks to DJ Maestro for passing it on to me!Link DiscogsListen to this grooving instrumental tune:
