SPEAK LOW: I'M GONNA GROOVE YA
Release date: 23rd April 2007 Acid Jazz Records: AJXCD/ LP178
When you think of the warm, expressive sound of the Hammond Organ, Spain is not necessarily the place that springs to mind. Sure, it evokes warm summer evenings on the seashore listening to jazz, but Hammond?
Back in 2004, a young trio from Spain’s new wave of jazz players got together to explore the works of Lonnie Liston Smith, The Meters and, closer to home, our own Brian Auger and James Taylor Quartet. They quickly found their own sound and a receptive audience. Spain has always been big into jazz and the band used its potency to unite a whole host of disparate fans, from mods to soul boys into Hammond fabs.
The band comprises Julian Maeso on Hammond organ, Jose Garcia on guitar and Antonio Pax on drums and they go under the name of SPEAK LOW..After two years burning clubs all around Spain, the band felt ready to lay down their hot sounds on record. With a new member in the band - a young talented saxophonist and horns arranger called Martin Garcia, a 5-piece horn section and new crazy percussionist David Garcia on board, they completed their first album, I´M GONNA GROOVE YA, which will be released by ACID JAZZ RECORDS in April 2007.
After this successful start, they continued to build a fan-base by supporting THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET, SUGARMAN 3 with LEE FIELDS, and BIG BOSS MAN in brilliantly received appearances in Madrid. Their growing status was underlined when they were invited to play at the GIJÒN INTERNATIONAL YE-YE WEEKEND and THE PURPLE WEEKENDER. On stageAlberto “el tigre del paral-lel”, or Josue Garcia on trumpet, now complete the band’s eleven-piece live band.
In a few short years SPEAK LOW have managed to build a reputation that now pushing International recognition. Expect a tour of the UK in the summer.
The 7" single : Trouble Maker / To My Friend Georgie
More info at www.speaklowfunk.com