The Groove Supplier is resident DJ at North Sea Jazz Club in Amsterdam and producer/remixer. Fred Wesley... do I still have to explain who he is? I hope not. In case you don't know: He's the funkiest trombone player and best horn arranger of the world and still touring.. Go to his website to find out more.
In march this year Amsterdam based saxophonist/producer Susanne Alt released her latest album 'Saxify'. It features 36 of her favourite funk musicians she met throughout the years. Amongst them are legendary musicians like Fred Wesley, Gary Winters, Reggie Ward, Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis and Michael Hampton.
So the first time we played the music from Royalty For Real wasn't in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, but in Bengaluru and Mumbai, all the way in India in 2023!Here you'll see me play Au Privave, Classy Cats and Royalty For Real, together with Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (bass) and Sven Rozier (drums).Au Privave is a well-known blues by Charlie Parker which I often like to start with, almost like a soundcheck tune. Although most of the time a soundcheck is done I found out it's a good idea to play a tune everybody of the band knows very well so we all can get used to the sound of the stage, the presence of the audience and it also gives the sound engineer the chance to adjust microphones last minute. During the soundcheck, the sound of the room is significantly different because of the lack of audience. All that flesh and clothes work a little bit like a totally empty room versus a room with furniture and carpets, if you know what I mean :-)Acoustics are so interesting and full of surprises.. Anyways.. hope you like it! - The Groove Supplier's Wednesday Funk' remix is the fifth out of a series of remixes of Susanne Alt's album Saxify.Wednesday Funk features Fred Wesley (trombone) and Susanne Alt (alto sax).Artwork by Teis Albers.For sale now at: or listen to it first: Complete credits: See Discogs.The Groove Supplier is resident DJ at North Sea Jazz Club in Amsterdam and producer/remixer.Fred Wesley... do I still have to explain who he is? I hope not. In case you don't know: He's the funkiest trombone player and best horn arranger of the world and still touring.. Go to his website to find out more. In march this year Amsterdam based saxophonist/producer Susanne Alt released her latest album 'Saxify'. It features 36 of her favourite funk musicians she met throughout the years. Amongst them are legendary musicians like Fred Wesley, Gary Winters, Reggie Ward, Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis and Michael Hampton.
