From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz

Over 600 people celebrated the publication of Mark ''''Snowboy'''' Cotgrove''''s seminal ''''From Jazz Funk to Fusion; Acid Jazz: The History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene'''' at Cargo in Shoreditch on Sunday July 19th. The event was co-sponsored by The Barbican and was part of the Blaze Festival. Snowboy joined BBC Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson on the turntables and the book signing attracted serious jazz dance afficionados from all over the UK.''''Couldn''''t put this book down - there''''s a lot of history here! A fine piece of work - respect to Snowboy for reminding me of a large chunk of my dj life''''Gilles Peterson Tune in to Gilles'''' podcast with Snowboy : gillespetersonFrom the Seventies to the Nineties Mark ''''Snowboy'''' Cotgrove illuminates the evolution of the Black music and clubbing in he meticulously traces the evolution of UK Jazz Dance; touching down at all-dayers weekenders and dozens of clubs. He interviews over 200 DJs and dancers.