Press Release – DJ

D.J. SNOWBOY PRESS RELEASE

“Snowboy is so entwined within the British Black Music industry it would take micro-surgery to remove him” – Mark Webster, Blues & Soul Magazine.

 

Snowboy is the resident DJ at ‘The Good Foot’ at the world-famous Madame Jo Jo’s in Soho every Friday playing 60’s and 70’s Deep Funk, Soul, Rare Groove, Latin Boogaloo, Mambo, Ska and R&B (with a taste of 60’s Blue Note Jazz and 70’s Rough Salsa).

Latin percussionist, recording artist and band leader, Snowboy, has also been a D.J. since the classic Jazz Funk days of 1978 where he used to hire out the UK’s No 1 Black Music night club, ‘The Goldmine’ (made famous by the legendary Chris Hill), at the age of 17 to put on special Jazz Funk nights. It was his knowledge of Jazz, Latin, Funk and Soul records that inspired him to take up percussion and has since made 15 albums and 20 Latin, Funk and Soul singles and recorded and played with artists such as Lisa Stansfield, James Taylor Quartet, Jon Lucien, Sam Dees, Imelda May and Incognito.

As a DJ, along with Keb Darge he was one of the originators of the world-famous club night ‘Deep Funk’, spawning a world-wide scene under that clubs name. He was a resident at The Jazz Café for 16 years, The Blue Note in Hoxton, London, and he ran the world’s number one real Jazz Dance night,’The Hi-Hat’ for 13 years – which attracted dancers from all over the country. He regularly performs all over the world in countries such as Australia, Greece, the USA, Singapore, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Japan, Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Bangkok, Norway, the UK, Canada and Spain.

Not to be pigeon-holed, although known for Jazz Dance, Latin, Soul  and Funk, as a collector, his 30,000 piece record collection comprehensively covers Swing, Blues, Jump Jive, Rhythm And Blues, Ska, Broken Beat, Jazz-Funk, Disco/Boogie, Nu Jazz and Washington Go-Go amongst many other styles.

Snowboy is also a music historian and considered an authority on many styles of Black music. In 2009 he had a book published on the history of the UK Jazz Dance scene called “From Jazz Funk And Fusion To Acid Jazz”, contributed to a book on the history of Washington Go-Go Funk and was the first journalist outside of Chicago to document their ‘Juke music’ and their corresponding dance style ‘Footworking’. He wrote for the famous Funk and Hip Hop magazines ‘Big Daddy’ and ‘Grand Slam’ and is currently a columnist and reviewer for ‘Blues And Soul’ magazine.

Snowboy has three ‘Hi-Hat’ Jazz Dance compilations already released, one of Washington Go-Go Funk, called ‘Meet Me At The Go-Go’,  a Mambo compilation called ‘Afro Cuban Kaleidoscope’ for Fania Records and has 8 others in the pipeline for BBE and 1 for ACE. He has also done sleeve-notes for countless compilations of different music genres

Snowboy is also proudly a music curator for Wayne Hemingway’s incredible ‘Vintage’ festival each August and a part of the DJ team for Alex Lowe’s’ legendary yearly ‘Southport Dance Weekender’ – which is possibly the most important dance music event of its kind in the world.

In 2006 he featured in a list of the 40 most influential British DJ’s of the last 40 years in ‘Blues And Soul’ magazine and is currently the music producer and programmer for the number one show on BBC Radio 6 – Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show every Saturday.

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