Na een intensieve periode van opnemen en touren met Dr Lonnie Smith was, na nog een laatste optreden op Camping Stortemelk (Vlieland ), de relatieve rust voor de Jazzinvaders weer terug gekeerd. Het was weer het moment om in de originele bezetting (3 horns, one vocal, one keys, one drums en de vertrouwde ‘bass in tha box’) verder te gaan en werd Ton van der Kolk onder vele lofuitingen en dankbetuigingen uitgezwaaid. Niet dat de individuele Invaders zelf tijd hadden om stil te zitten want naast dit collectief zijn de heren en dame druk met de rest van hun muzikale en professionele leven met oa Caro Emerald, The Houdini’s, Laura Vane & The Vipertones eva. Continue reading
The Jazzinvaders touring with Dr. Lonnie Smith
Recording Session Jazzinvaders & Dr Lonnie Smith
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Unique Records 25 Years
Unique Records turned 25 this year!! Blood, sweat, tears (of joy) and unconditional love for music makes Unique what it is today! Now it’s time to celebrate this with you cause without you guys (and girls) there would be no Unique Records! What’s up so far? There will some awesome live bands: PLANET ASIA (CA, USA), Laura Vane & The Vipertones (Brighton/Dordrecht), Paul Doherty (The Vals, Belfast), Rhonda but that’s not all, don’t miss out on these great deejays on different floors: FUNK & HIP HOP FLOOR: DJ FORMAT (UK), Spruzzi, Gogo, and label owner Henry Storch. On our VINTAGE FLOOR you’ll find the Legendary Keb Darge (Philippines), Eddie Piller (Acid Jazz, UK), Michael, Wink & Gu Continue reading
Invading Germany @ 23:05u am WDR
“Sie sollten in Amerika einmarschieren. Denen ein bisschen von dem geben, was sie haben.”
So urteilt Hammond-B3-Legende Dr. Lonnie Smith über die niederländische Band Jazzinvaders, auf deren aktuellen Album er zu Gast ist. Von dem über 70-jährigen Urgestein des Soul Jazz stammt auch der Name der Platte: “That’s what you say!” So misstrauisch der Titel auch klingen mag – die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Jazzinvaders und Smith lief wie am Schnürchen. Er habe die Songs lediglich ein bisschen aufgepeppt, denn im Grunde sei ja alles schon vorhanden gewesen. Continue reading
Complete Jazzinvaders show online
For those who missed out on the Jazzinvaders Tour ft no other than Hammond legend Dr. Lonnie Smith there’s some good news 
We recorded the whole show we did at Lantaren Venster Rotterdam. Thanks to Rick Keus, Simona Petescu and Frank Montis and their camera’s we’ve got some great quality footage. This on top of the audio recordings by Danny Gras results in some great clips of the band at their best. So… why wait, go check it out for yourself and enjoy. Goes without saying, you’re allowed to share this with all your friends as we like of couse as many people to see and hear what we’ve been working on so hard lately. Continue reading
Hammond B-3 jazz legend and Netherlands nu-jazz combo team up on uptempo record
During the summer of 2012, Netherlands nu-jazz superteam The Jazzinvaders teamed up with Hammond B3 legend Lonnie Smith to concoct one unusually spontaneous album. New material was literally developed in the stroke of hours, and in a matter of days they were complete. The album’s title, That’s What You Say!, borrows a common phrase used by Smith. Regardless of the term’s ambiguous meaning, it’s a cool hip marquee for what envelops on the inside. It puts the old pro in the company of a versatile jazz outfit led by producer and band drummer Phil Martin (aka Timothy van der Holst). He’s also surrounded around enough danceable funk that’s certain to take more than a few wrinkles from above his brow. On the album’s opener, there’s a rollicking dance floor rumble akin to the percussion preludes of “Hey Pachuco” before it dips into Yellowjackets funk. “No Cure” plays with lines from Diana Ross’s “Love Hangover.” Further along the journey, “Song for Lonnie” – teased as a musical tribute to the band’s guest of honor – employs a dazzling array of New Orleans horns, while “Buzzin’” flaunts with sneaky vocal echoes and smoldering “you” chants bearing the equivalence of Two Tons o’ Fun on Sylvester’s dance floor hit, “I Need You.” Continue reading
