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John Pope and Faye MacCalman from Archipelago raid the northern line archive to introduce three different takes on dance-friendly fusions of jazz, funk, reggae, bugalu, soul and space jazz.

Dread Supreme (Leeds - 2014)

Richard Ormrod / saxophones, Sam Hobbs / drums, Trevor Roots / vocals, Simon Beddoe / trumpet, Chris Campbell / guitar, Bob Birch / keyboards, Kenneth Higgins / bass, Spear / percussion, Supa / sound engineer

A band with roots in Jamaican music and British and American Jazz, and a commitment to breaking down musical barriers and defying categorisations with integrity, spirit and musicality.

Sam Bell's Bugalu Foundation (recorded 2015)

A true northern band with musicians from Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.
Sam Bell, percussion & BV's Martin Connor, Lead Vocal Angus Crabtree, Bari & Tenor Sax Johnny Enright, Trombone & BV's Sam Gardner, Kit Al Macsween, Keyboards & BV's Morgan Pugh, Bass Steve Parry, Trumpet & BV's Craig Scott, Guitar

An irresistible, dance-friendly fusion of jazz, funk and soul, with the beats of ’El Barrio’ – Spanish Harlem – and the Hispanic traditions of Latin America.

Ariya Astrobeat Orchestra
2013 performance at The Live Theatre, Newcastle.

Pete Williams – Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet, Leon Johnson – Tenor Sax, Si Nixon – Trumpet, Martyn Strange – Baritone Sax, Taz Modi – Keyboards, Neil Innes – Guitar, Paul Baxter – Bass, Joost Hendrickx – Drums, Kris Wright – Percussion

Drawing from Fela Kuti, Sun Ra, James Brown & Albert Ayler for inspiration. Afrobeat rhythm and language meets 70's space jazz and 60's free jazz.