SOLD OUT - Funk Affair with special guest Omar Sunday 7th March

...presenting the very best of UK funk!

Ronnie Scott's FUNK-AFFAIR! presents some of the finest UK funk talent around. Each month a variety of musicians and vocalists, together with a dash of hot brass, mixed with some wicked funky grooves, make up FUNK-AFFAIR!, an infectiously wicked evening. FUNK-AFFAIR! is hosted by REAL vocalist Louise Pollock with Jamiroquai's Derrick McKenzie (June only), The Cream Horns + a variety of guest vocalists and musicians and some very special guests from time to time including the superb Noel McKoy. (Lineup is subject to change each month)

 You will enjoy grooving to some of the finest musicians and vocalists that UK funk has to offer, playing many of the greatest rare groove & funk standards for you, including songs by Prince, Parliament, The Rebirth, Patrice Rushen, Don Blackman, Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson, George Duke and many more.

...if you want the very best of rare groove and funk!

Managed by Shades of Soul http://www.shadesofsouluk.com/

SPECIAL GUEST OMAR!

After a five-year recording hiatus - during which time he’s built his own studio, set up his own label and been touring like a madman – the one and only Omar is back.

Sing [If You Want It], released this year on Ether Records, the British soul supremo’s sixth and perhaps funkiest album so far. Featuring guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Angie Stone, Common, Estelle, Rodney P, JC Bentley, Canitbe and Ashman, and with additional production from Omar’s brother, Scratch Professor, it’s a brilliant collection of music that manages to break new ground for the artist, yet at the same time re-establishes that unmistakable, unique Omar signature sound with his army of fans.

On the last album, Best By Far, I was very influenced by soundtracks and Latin jazz,” explains Omar. “This time I wanted something a bit more funky, something to put my music back in the clubs. I still use the live instruments and the strings when I feel them, ‘cause that’s me, but the kick and the snare are much louder this time. That’s why my brother’s more involved, ’cause he’s great with those hip-hop beats.”

It is, of course, a major coup for any UK recording artist to be able to call on the services of a musical legend like Stevie Wonder. The simple truth is that Stevie has been a fan of Omar’s music since he first heard There’s Nothing Like This back in 1992 – the same year he promised to write Omar “his first number one”.