The sound clips above feature:
Trust Me - Keith Richards - guitar; Peter Wolf - vocals
Sugar Melts - Albert Collins - lead guitar and vocal
Never Goin' Down that Road - Ben Houston - vocal
Mary Lou's - Soozie Tyrell - vocal
Latest News for the Uptown Horns
Here are some highlights of The Uptown Horns past year: On January 20, 2009, The Creative Coalition, the advocacy arm of the arts and entertainment communities, hosted by Co-Presidents Anne Hathaway, Ron Howard, Spike Lee, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, held their Inaugural Ball, to commemorate the presidential inauguration at The Harman Center of the Arts in Washington, DC. Featured performing artists included Sting, Sam Moore, Elvis Costello and members of The Uptown Horns. In attendance were Members of Congress, leaders from the entertainment industry, business, policy and media.
In November, 2008, The 11th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Comedy, posthumously honoring the great George Carlin, featuring Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Denis Leary, Lewis Black, Richard Belzer, Margaret Cho and Ben E. King was broadcast on PBS. The house band, Cracked Ice, under the baton of the Uptown Horn’s Crispin Cioe, also included Uptown Hornsmen Larry Etkin and Bob Funk.
Other world renown artists with whom members of the Uptown Horns have been heard lately include Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Joey Kramer of Aerosmith, Al Kooper, Ronnie Spector, Joan Jett, Dion, Mike Thorne, Scissor Sisters and the Jazz Explorers.
Upcoming Events include the celebration of The Rock’n Roll Hall of Fame, April 4th, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio.
A Short History of the Uptown Horns
In 1980 Arno Hecht, Crispin Cioe, Bob Funk and Paul Litteral met up in the underground NYC rock world of The Peppermint Lounge, The Mudd Club and Tramps and together formed the Uptown Horns. After a year-long development period playing Tuesday nights at Tramps playing with everyone from Big Joe Turner and the Neville Brothers to Ronnie Spector and David Johannsen, the first big session as a group came with Iggy Pop on his "Party" album.
Pop said at that time: "You guys are ugly, I'm going to make you pretty". Shortly thereafter, The J. Geils Band took the section out on the "Freeze Frame Tour", establishing the Uptown Horns as a world class group. A long run of live and studio work was to follow. Their recording credits on over 150+ albums include James Brown's Grammy Award winning Living in America. They appeared with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, Ray Charles, BB King, etc. in concert in North America, Japan and Western Europe. Performance/recording credits also include Tom Waits, Joe Cocker, Albert Collins, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Palmer, Lou Reed and REM.
The Horns appeared in the Imax film "Live to the Max" with the Rolling Stones. Appearances on national and international television include the Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson, Late Night w/David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, etc. as well as recordings for major motion picture soundtracks, including the Oscar winning "When We were Kings". The Horns' composition, production and performance credits also include ESPN, TNT, The Food Channel, HBO and The Comedy Channel as well as the critically acclaimed CD The Uptown Horns Revue.
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