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Our 3rd Stella Sonic Playlist and Drip-Drop is a special one. We’re teaming up with legendary DJ Colin Curtis ‘The Gandalf of Groove’! 30 meticulously selected tracks from the halcyon era of Jazz/Funk: 1978 – 1981



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A Foreword From Colin

It’s 1978, my journey as a DJ was about to change. I have always advocated pushing new black music forwards and I had already been including tracks (that were later referred to as Jazz/Funk) in my sets by Patrice Rushen (from her Prestige Albums) Azar Lawrence (from his Milestone albums) Donald Byrd (from his Blue Note Albums) Pleasure (on Milestone) The Last Poets (on Douglas) Johnny Hammond (on Milestone) Roy Ayers (on Polydor) Gil Scott Heron (on Strata East) and many more. I had been resident DJ at Blackpool Mecca from 1973, originally with Keith Minshull and latterly with Ian Levine. The musical journey had been an education. Our venue had gone from Live acts such as JJ Barnes Junior Walker and Edwin Starr to Roy Ayers, Brass Construction, Players Association, Sylvester and Two Tons of Fun.

It was time for a change of my Saturday night residency. My chosen destination was Manchester with a new partner; DJ John Grant. I had experience of Manchester through the hugely popular Ritz venue where all-dayers had evolved musically since 1974. I was also hugely supported by the guys from Spin Inn records on Cross Street, which at the time was Manchester’s leading record shop and had great influence. Live acts at the Ritz included Ronnie Laws, Tavares, Side Effect HiTension and more. So jumping in with both feet, we dived into an underground club space called Rafters (on Oxford Street) and so the magical ride with Jazz Funk had begun! During this period, as well as Rafters on a Saturday and the all-dayers, I played in Blackpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Leeds. The numbers grew greatly; between 500 and 2000. The Jazz Funk Scene was here and imported records led the way! 

Dive in, The JAZZ FUNK RIDE is Bucket List Stuff!

Colin Curtis – June 2024

Nightlife – Blair (Solar Sound Records ) Nightlife LP 1978
Hunt Up Wind – Hiroshi Fukumura
Hunt Up Wind LP (Flying Disk) 1980
Jazz Carnival – Azymuth
Light As A Feather LP (Milestone Records) 1979
Caveman Boogie - Lesette Wilson 
Now That I've Got Your Attention (Headfirst Records) 1981
Space Princess – Lonnie Liston Smith
Exotic Mysteries LP (Columbia) 1978
Jungle Kitten - Manfredo Fest 
Manifestations (Tabu) LP 1979
Judy Roberts - The Other World
(Inner City Records!) 1980
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NIGHTLIFE

BLAIR

BLACKJACK

LOCKSMITH

TOQUE DE CUICA

AIRTO MOREIRA

HUNT UP THE WIND

HIROSHI FUKUMURA

WEBSTER LEWIS

EL BOBO

JAZZ CARNIVAL

ANYMUTH

SPACE PRINCESS

LONNIE LISTON SMITH

DEAR LIMMERTZ

ANYMUTH

TRIP TO YOUR MIND

HUDSON PEOPLE

FESTIVAL

GEORGE DUKE

FREE

JAMES MASON

GLIDE

PLEASURE

LIFE ON MARS

DEXTER WANSEL

SAMBA DE-LA CRUZ

TERUMASA HINO

SKINDO LE LE

ALIVE!

BRASILIA

JOHN KLEMMER

HARLEM RIVER DRIVE

BOBBI HUMPHREY

SWEET POWER OF YOUR EMBRACE

JAMES MASON

SWEET ‘N’ SOUR

THE CRUSADERS

THE OTHER WORLD

JUDY ROBERTS

MISS CHERYL

BANDA BLACK RIO

KUDU

EDDIE HENDERSON

CAVEMAN BOOGIE

LESETTE WILSON

DANCING IN OUTER SPACE

ATMOSPHERE

PRANCE ON

EDDIE HENDERSON

WHISTLE BUMP

DEODATO

NEW YORK CITY

MIROSLAV VITOUS

BIG BLOW

MANU DIBANGO

LAND OF THE THIRD EYE

DAVE VALENTIN

JUNGLE CAT

MANFREDO FEST
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