‘Precious Time (The Lament)’ – The Time Thief blog #3
‘The Lament’ is an unusual piece for a Funkestra record, yet, I deeply love it.
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‘2048 (feat. Andy Snitzer)’ – The Time Thief blog #2
The title of this track might seem a random number and probably evokes the question: “why this number?”
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‘Guilty’ – The Time Thief blog #1
‘Guilty’ is a very evocative title and could be associated with many different things…
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40 years 606 Jazz Club – 10 years Redtenbacher’s Funkestra
We’re playing at flutist Steve Rubie’s 606 Jazz Club on Friday 28th October to celebrate it’s 40th birthday – what an incredible achievement – Steve who has owned and managed this legendary jazz club in West London for four decades surely deserves a massive award and if I would have one – I surely hand it to him – in GOLD!
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Free Jazz at Boaters
Sunday 31st of JulyCome down to Kingston to get a dose of sweltering Jazz Funk at Jazz at Boaters!
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At the 606
Friday 9th of SeptemberGet back into the swing of things after your summer break with some hot funky music at the 606 Club!
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At the 606
Friday 29th of July Come down to see you the end of July and have a boogie with us at the 606 Club!
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The Big Meat 2016
We had a blast at this BBQ Festival last year, so are really up for our return visit on Sunday, 28th August! Craft Beer, amazing BBQ food and all on our doorstep 🙂
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The short but exciting life of ‘Princess van Hofner, the I.’ – long live ‘Princess, the II.’
It was only about a year ago that thanks to the lovely people from Hofner I received a beautiful purple Hofner bass – in the color of the artwork of “Dr Hypenstein”, our latest record…
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The Redtenbacher’s Funkestra and RNCM Session Orchestra concert
Last week the Funkestra played a fantastic concert with the RNCM Session Orchestra at the RNCM theatre in Manchester – I think it is safe to say that it was a funktastic success!
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Peter Tomasso | Big Band Arranger | Conductor
Big Band arranger, conductor Peter is a formidable composer, song writer, conductor, arranger and record producer. I’ve met him over a decade ago in his role as Musical Director and arranger for the all star band “The Staxs” (for which I had the pleasure to play with since 1999). As long as I remember I…
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Lionfest!
on Sunday 3rd July we make a welcome return to the Main Stage of the biennial Haslemere Fringe festival!
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