(left photo by S. Hardy/right photo by S.Alt, 2013, The Hague)
Bruno Speight plays guitar on Saxify, Open Up, You And Me, Throwback, Tudo Bem, Sugar Sweet and wrote the music of "You And Me".
The problem is, that I cannot find anything written about this master of the guitar. Fortunately we have Discogs. Where to start? In the 90's, I discovered Maceo Parker and friends of mine from Munich took me to a concert. We had Maceo Parker's "Live On Planet Groove" on repeat. In 1995, after just seeing the band at North Jazz Festival I met Bruno at the afterparty at Bel Air in The Hague, the place where musicians and fans would join and attend the jam session, lead by George Benson.
Next time Maceo came to Europe, my friends and I met the whole band, including drummer Jamal Thomas and Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley. Here's "Shake everything you got" from that movie "My first name is Maceo":
We kept in touch over the years and in 2008 I invited Bruno and Fred as guests for my 2009 album "On Track". Here's a smoking solo by Bruno...
Before joining Maceo in around 1993 or 94, he had played with Bobby Byrd. Before that, he was the guitar player of The S.O.S. Band. When I started to buy vinyl albums 10 years ago, I really got into The S.O.S. Band. The more I listened, the more I realised that I knew the music, childhood memories of teenagers dancing to it on parties.. but didn't know who it was! They had such big hits!
Look, not only Bruno (with a white cap) but also Jamal Thomas on drums :-) Bruno Speight is one of the most funky jazzy guitar players on this planet and I am very, very happy that he plays on Saxify.Bewaren
Surprise, surprise, here it is: Susanne Alt - Royalty For Real recorded live at Pop & Jazz Hilversum on October 19th, 2024. Thank you Co de Koet, Marc Broer, Ziva Sound and Buma Cultuur for making this possible. Very happy with the way it sounds! Compliments for the engineers! The band line up: Susanne Alt (sax), Hans de Wild (keys), Thomas Pol (bass), Cyril Directie (drums) and Helene Jank (percussion).Are you familiar with Concertzender? Celebrating 40 years this year, being unique in its programming of classical, jazz, world, contemporary music of all kinds. Discover new and old, listen to music as you wish, choosing between the real time radio programming and the theme channels.. Also listen to World Of Jazz, the jazz channel of Concertzender. Enjoy!You can become a vriend of the radio station and contribute which is very welcome, since this station is only partly funded and wouldn't be possible without donations. - (left photo by S. Hardy/right photo by S.Alt, 2013, The Hague) Bruno Speight plays guitar on Saxify, Open Up, You And Me, Throwback, Tudo Bem, Sugar Sweet and wrote the music of You And Me.The problem is, that I cannot find anything written about this master of the guitar.Fortunately we have Discogs. Where to start? In the 90's, I discovered Maceo Parker and friends of mine from Munich took me to a concert. We had Maceo Parker's Live On Planet Groove on repeat. In 1995, after just seeing the band at North Jazz Festival I met Bruno at the afterparty at Bel Air in The Hague, the place where musicians and fans would join and attend the jam session, lead by George Benson. Next time Maceo came to Europe, my friends and I met the whole band, including drummer Jamal Thomas and Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley. Here's Shake everything you got from that movie My first name is Maceo:We kept in touch over the years and in 2008 I invited Bruno and Fred as guests for my 2009 album On Track. Here's a smoking solo by Bruno...Before joining Maceo in around 1993 or 94, he had played with Bobby Byrd. Before that, he was the guitar player of The S.O.S. Band. When I started to buy vinyl albums 10 years ago, I really got into The S.O.S. Band. The more I listened, the more I realised that I knew the music, childhood memories of teenagers dancing to it on parties.. but didn't know who it was! They had such big hits!Look, not only Bruno (with a white cap) but also Jamal Thomas on drums :-)Bruno Speight is one of the most funky jazzy guitar players on this planet and I am very, very happy that he plays on Saxify.Bewaren
