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JON SPEEDY

About Me

Professional Guitarist / Composer / Arranger & Band Leader......... Has performed, collaborated & toured internationally with several artists including Zena Edwards, Alice Russell, Jally Kebba Susso, Jack Baker Trio, Munto Valdo, Baby Sol, Bushmen Of The Kalahari, Andreya Triana, Kutch, Helen McDonald, Soweto Kinch, Iman, LifeForce Band, Ian Bailey, JuJu Hustlers, Jason Yarde, Phuturesonic, Justina Omo, Chris Redmond - The Ventriloquist, Ife Piankhi, HKB Finn, Moka, Elisabeth Troy, Pauletta, Aina Westlye, Lily Tonico, Vibeologists & many more.......... Currently working on material for his own project The Jon Speedy Band, which features a stellar line-up of UK musicians including drummer Jimmy Norden, bass player Dan Swain, saxophonist Ian Bailey, vocalists Aina Westlye and Baby Sol, performance poet & vocalist Zena Edwards & more.....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/18/2006
Influences: Miles Davis / James Brown / Fela Kuti / Parliament-Funkadelic / Roy Ayers Ubiquity / Donny Hatheway / Jimi Hendrix / Alice Russell / Marvin Gaye / Bob Marley / Manu Dibango / Stevie Wonder / Earth Wind & Fire / Keziah Jones / Donald Byrd / Curtis Mayfield / Steely Dan / Yaaba Funk / Sly & The Family Stone / Raphael Saadiq / 4Hero / Groove Collective / Don Blackman / Herbie Hancock / Zena Edwards / The Meters / Me'Shell Ndegeocello / The Brand New Heavies / The Daktaris / Young Disciples / Billy Cobham / Prince / D'Angelo / The Crusaders / Mahavishnu Orchestra / The Soulquarians / Led Zeppelin / the future
Type of Label: Indie

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