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What's in The Soul Survivors Magazine?Another busy few months but here is issue 14. If you would like to receive an introductory copy in the post, or know of a venue that would like to hold the magazine or advertise please join our mailing list and let us know.Here are some snippets of what to expect in our current issue and at the bottom of this page you will be able to look and downloads previous issues. Some copies or back issues are still available to members. Please contact us if you would like one of these. Latest Issue – October/November 2008.INTERVIEWSFrankie Beverly with Fitzroy “da Buzzboy”Fitzroy: Your relationship with Marvin Gaye must have been a very spiritual one; after all you dedicated “Silky Soul Singer” to him and he took you and the group on tour with him. I believe he was instrumental in helping you land a deal with Capitol when other doors remained closed. I’m sure you saw a different and creative side that we can only imagine. Enviously I ask, what was it like to share the same space with him? Frankie: More than I can talk about. Words can’t describe being around people like him. I’m not kidding, it’s just too deep. Imagine being around Duke Ellington, Miles Davis or Dizzy Gillespie. Genius is deep. Ronald Khalis Bell of Kool & the Gang with Fitzroy da Buzzboy Fitzroy: Your writing and productions are typical of that spirited era. Other street funk bands, Fatback, Brass Construction, label mates Crown Heights Affair, Mandrill, War and the KG’s also fused jazz soul and funk into a ménage, I can only describe as musical magic. Was it difficult to maintain your individual imprint as most of the above acts had a brass section and their own brand of groove? Ronald: It’s pretty much like today in Hip Hop, like back in the Be Bop era people were listening to each other. Our sound was defined I think by the horns because that was primarily instrumental in a street background. The late Charles Smith came up with these incredible guitar lines that were almost like James Brown but not quite it. The way he expressed himself playing those licks on “Funky Stuff” our first record “Kool & the Gang” it was all influence from our predecessors that came before us. We just carved out what we liked. I remember when I first heard the “Nutcracker” I was in the 3rd grade in Ohio and that influenced me later to do “Open Sesame” some of that sounds similar as well as composer John Phillip Souza, music is universal. We’d listen Brass Construction to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and Earth Wind & Fire and the Commodores. Ask Maurice White, he played behind John Coltrane, Ramsey Lewis and Charles Stepney. We listened to everybody, Marvin Gaye, Stanley Turrentine, Elton John, and The Beatles The Stones it was all there. Like I said before we had to back up Tina Turner & Temptation, Sly & the Family Stone wanna be’s. We started trying to make our own sounds that’s when we became creative. Amp Fiddler with Fitzroy da Buzzboy Fitzroy: At what point did you decide to get into the industry. What were you doing before? Amp: I was on the basketball court and the kids asked me my name and I said Anthony, so they said, Oh your name’s Amp, that’s Amp Perry and that’s Amp Johnson, so you’re Amp Fiddler. There was a piano in my house and my Mum introduce me to it in early high school . Record ReviewsCool Million - Going Out Tonight - Reviewed by Fitzroy Lamont Dozier - Working On You - Reviewed by Fitzroy The Main Ingredient - I Only Have Eyes For You - Reviewed by Fitzroy Tyrone Davis - The Real Soul of Tyrone Davis - Reviewed by Fitzroy The Bahama Soul Club - Rhythm is What Makes Jazz Jazz - Reviewed by Ginger Tony TM Juke & The Jack Baker Trio Present Boto and the Second Liners - Reviewed by Ginger Tony Lauren Hill - The World is a Hustle - Reviewed by Femi Fem Terrence Howard - Shine - Reviewed by Fitzroy Left - Eric Roberson - Reviewed by Angy McKenzie Soul:ID-Sex, Love and Philosphy - Reviewed by JL Matti Roots - Les Get Back Together - Reviewed by Fitzroy Larry Dunn Orchestra - Lover's Silhouette - Reviewed by Fitzroy Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy - Reviewed by Fitzroy Soul Persona - The Lapdancer Project - Reviewed by Fitzroy Chanan Hanspel - Its Only Just A Garden - Reviewed by Fitzroy Phlash & Friends - Runnin Mixes - Reviewed by Fitzroy Sweeping Through the City - Shirley Caesar - Reviewed by Fitzroy Ed Meme & The Forms - Reviewed by Fitzroy Soulcyde - Hurricaine & Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - Reviewed by Fitzroy John Legend - Evolver - Reviewed by Fitzroy New Soul Woman - Various - Reviewed by Fitzroy Independent Soul Divas - Various - Reviewed by Fitzroy D'Angelo - I Found My Smile Again - Reviewed by Fitzroy Soul Unsigned Vol 1 - Reviewed by Fabian @ Soul Brother Event Reviews:Tuscany 2008 ChiSoul - 24/8/08 Stevie Wonder @ 02 Solar Radio Boat Party Stevie Wonder @ NIA Soul Network's 14th Birthday Party Maze @ Hammersmith Apollo Sprit Level Beggar & Co Soul Moves Deep Fried @ Juno Soulful Strutt The Portabello Nu Jazz Festival 2 Jazz Funk Carnival @ Dust Kool & The Gang @ Indigo2 Inspiracion in Teneriffe
Darrell's Funk Box - Making a CDYou’ll have to do me a CD……… What's Going On? CompetitionTo have a chance of winning the new Terrence Howard album...you will need to enter the competition in the mag! ArchiveClick the cover image to download the PDF. You will require Adobe PDF Reader.
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