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This page has come about through repeated Questions from students, who are looking to research into or just plain curious, regarding the many musicians that played with the Jazz Warriors from its inception in the mid 80s through to its conclusion in the early nineties. For now here is the beginnings of some kind of resource. |
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One song was included on this compiliation. A cover of The Herbie Hancock composition Chameleon. |
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This was an EP issued on Jazz Warriors Records. It featured 2 songs: Chameleon( Herbie Hancock) Swing For All ( F. Virgi, K . Robinson) |
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There was also an unfinished album? |
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Courtney Pine launched TAJA the Abibi Jazz Arts dedicated to the promotion of black music and culture in 1985 ( Abibi means Africa in the Twi language of Ghana) to encourage black British youth to find their own voice. Musicians frustrated at the lack of opportunities to play jazz were brought together by Courtney to form the big bang JAZZ WARRIORS. They debuted at the Brixton venue the Fridge in January 1986 and established what was to become the catalyst for young players of that and the following generations of musicians. The Warriors played outside what was regarded as the Jazz circuit. Attracting a hip young and appreciative audience in the process, The media spotlight soon followed. The Warriors however were more than just a gigging band it was also a school and an attitude that soon attracted younger musicians from ever increasingly diverse backgrounds, Its strength was that it collectively offered to a new generation of musicians a platform to explore music in the UK like never before. On the 13th / 14th March 1997 the Jazz Warriors Recorded 2 shows at the Shaw Theatre in Kings Cross for release as an album titled OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE. The album documented an important period in Black British music. |
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These are some of the musicians who Played with the Orchestra both LIVE and on Record. There was also a large Afro/Classical Ensemble project called AHUM that performed only once this was at the ASTORIA in London in the late eighties. The Jazz Warriors undertook many concert dates throughout the UK and Europe this included a large scale CMN arts council tour in 1987. |
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WOODWIND: Courtney Pine, Ray Carless, Michael (Bami) Rose, Jeff Gordon, Steve Williamson,Andy Harewood, Brian Edwards, Glen Williams, Rowland Sutherland, Phillip Bent, Jason Yarde, Gail Thompson, Patrick Clahar, David Jean Baptiste, Denys Baptiste, Tony Kofi, Vaughan Hawthorne |
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BRASS: Claude Deppa, Kevin Robinson, Harry Becket, Colin Graham, Andy Grappy, Fayyiz Virgil, Dennis Rollins, Clarence Adoo, Winston Rollins, Byron Wallen, Mark Bassey, Oren Marshall, Richard Henry, Paul Jayasinha, Robin Walker, Kenny Wellington,Trevor Edward, Eddie (Tan Tan) Thornton |
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