At the 606
Friday 13th of May may be unlucky for some, but not for us! We’ll be at our favourite London venue, the 606 Club!
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At the 606
On Friday 4th of March, we’ll be at our favourite London venue, the 606 Club with special guest vocalist Brendan Reilly who’s worked with artists as diverse a Basement Jaxx, Florence and the Machine and Duffy.
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Redtenbacher’s Funkestra – Pioneers of original wall-to-wall (Strudel) Funk
Although their music is clearly leaning heavily on classic (Jazz) Funk, Stefan’s writing doesn’t labor under his influences and has managed to create his own brand of original Funk.
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Steve Pringle keyboards
Keyboard Player Steve has recently starting playing with the Funkestra and adds a fantastic array of vintage sounds and plenty of soul to the band. A classical trained pianist he graduated from Trinity College of Music and has recorded and played with artists including Michael Kiwanuka, Nick Mulvey, Andreya Triana, Eliza Doolittle, Joss Stone, Kate…
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Dave Limina keyboards
Keyboard Player Dave is an absolute world-class Hammond organ player who can evoke any emotion with the beast, that is a B3. His groove, soloing, total commitment and vibe are super-exciting and he has shared his considerable talents with Stefan on almost all records, starting with the very first one in 1996 – ‘Boozing Wizards’.…
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Rob Taggart keyboards
Keyboard Player Rob is a long standing member of the Funkestra and has an incredibly soulful and funky style, both when soloing and comping. Guitarist Eran Kendler and Rob have a wonderful comping hook-up which propels the band forward in a serious fashion. Rob, the quintessential professional keyboard player, studied at the Royal Academy of…
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Rob Fowler saxophone
Saxophonist Rob is a fantastic saxophone player (both tenor and bari) and brings a wonderful warm, soulful and funky style to the band. Always impeccably dressed he always delivers a rock solid, “rootsy” and grounded feel to the band both off and on stage. His career as a jazz musician started whilst the was studying…
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Stefan Redtenbacher bass
Bassist, Composer, Bandleader Austrian native Stefan Redtenbacher wears many hats: bassist, guitarist, composer, bandleader, arranger, educator, producer, music-software developer, and intrepid captain of the groove ship Funkestra. Stefan fell for Herbie Hancock and Maceo Parker early on, but it took him a few years to find his own groove; recorder lessons at age 10, for…
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Paul Jordanous trumpet
Trumpet Player Paul has played his trumpet with the Funkestra since around 2005 and brings his “soaring be-bop lines mixed with the pin-point accuracy of classical technique and achingly gorgeous melodic lines.” (Oxford Jazz Cellar) to the music and most of all – he is fantastically funky! He also bring a wonderful sense of humour…
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Sid Gauld trumpet
Trumpet Player Sid is a formidable trumpet player with a AAA resume who joined the Funkestra many funky moons ago. He brings his rock solid lead playing and exciting soloing to the band as well as his horn arranging and even co-wrote some of the Funkestra tunes. Live he also significantly embellishes the groove with…
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Eran Kendler guitar
Guitarist Eran has been the guitarist in the Funkestra from 2005 to 2018. Both a seriously driving force of the rhythm section and an exciting soloist who customarily ignites the audience with his solo flights. A native of Israel, he is also fantastically good with technology and co-founder of KnowledgeRocks, a London based Music Education…
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Simon Allen saxophone
Saxophonist Simon brings a lot of firepower and a joyously un-inhibited style to the music of the Funkestra. After years of enjoying his muscular, inventive and exciting contributions on tenor sax we’ve also come to learn that he is equally excellent on the alto and bari – and if this wouldn’t be enough – he…
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