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James Funclewood

About Me

Olivier, (drummer) and some friends created the band when they were at high school in France. Some members have since left and been replaced. Olivier, Manuel, Sebastien and Gaël are the oldest members. Adrien joined the group in 2003, David and Nathalie came on board in January 2005. The origins of James Funclewood came from jam sessions, people just playing, getting together, improvising music with a common passion for jazz. For a long time the group was purely instrumental until they felt that something was missing and deciced to change their musical direction. After several different trials with singers, they started to work with Nathalie Soares and now most of the previous instrumental songs now have lyrics and a voice. Others will never have words because they sound good enough as they are, nothing is missing. This mix of instrumental and vocal songs is James Funclewood's signature sound. merci à Noar et Aurél pour les funky tofs !

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Music:

Member Since: 08/06/2006
Band Members: Adrien Fromager, Pianist-composer and arrranger 26 years old from Mézy/seine, France. He plays rhodes clavinets and korg. He's fond of jazz and soul.David Taieb, Guitarist 27 years old from Cergy, France. He plays electric and electro acoustic guitar.He 's fond of jazz manouch soul funk and seird music.Gael Diata saxophonist and composer 22 years old, Montigny les Cormeilles, France He plays alto, soprano and tenor saxophon.He made classical music studies at conservatoire of Cergy Pontoise. He's like to play jazz and funk too.Olivier Drummer, 27 years old Sannois, France. He create james funclewood band with manuel bietri and other high school friends in Franconville. He's fond of soulfunk, hip hop, jazz, latin and reggae grooves.Manuel Bietri percussionist, 28 years old Franconville he plays all kind of drums and always in search of some noisy things. he fond of free jazz and all kind of very high music.Nathalie Soares, Singer writer and melodist, 31 years old, Pantin, France. She sings Soul Jazz Funk Bossa Nova tunes. She writes in english, portugese spanish and french.Sebastien de Souza bass player, 28 years old, Franconville, France. he's one of the creator of the band and likes all kind of music and grooves.
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Sounds Like: US... and all kind of band who melt jazz funk soul latin .
Type of Label: Major

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