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Shakatak
Biografia dell'artista Shakatak
Shakatak Is A British Jazz-Funk Band Founded In 1980.
Contents Hide Edit Career Shakatak Scored A Number Of Chart Entries Including Two Top Ten Hits In The UK Singles Chart "Night Birds" 1982 And "Down On The Street" 1984 . The Group Is Still Popular In Japan And The Far East And Generally Produces A New Album Each Year. From Their First Release In August 1980 The Bill Sharpe Composition "Steppin'" On The Polydor Record Label And Their First Album Drivin' Hard The Band's Singles And Albums Have Entered The Charts Fairly Regularly. It Was The Release Of "Easier Said Than Done" That Was To Give The Band The Radio Exposure Needed For Their First Top-Twenty Hit. This Record Introduced Their Instrumental-Unison Vocal Sound To A Much Wider Audience And The Track Stayed In The UK Chart For Seventeen Weeks. The Follow-Up "Night Birds" Was Their First Single To Reach The Top Ten And The Album Of The Same Name Gave Shakatak Their First Gold Album Entering At Number Four And Remaining In The Charts For Twenty-Eight Weeks. By Now A Major International Act The Success Of The Release Gave Them The Number-One Jazz Album Slot In Japan And Attracted Interest Across Europe And South America. Whilst All This Recording Activity Was Going On The Band Were Also Touring Extensively Through 1982 Performing A Total Of 132 Concerts In One Year. The Band Played Live Shows Throughout The UK Europe And Japan. Two More Albums – Invitations And Out Of This World – Were Recorded In 1982 And 1983 Resulting In Several More Chart Hits And Paving The Way For The Next Major Breakthrough In The Band's Career. With A Subtle Change In Musical Direction Yet Still Retaining The Band's Identity Jill Saward Formerly Of Fusion Orchestra Brandy And Citizen Gang Became Their Lead Singer To Make Shakatak's Fifth Album Down On The Street. The Resulting Single Releases "Down On The Street" And "Watching You" Had Some Success And Brought Them Attention In New Parts Of The World. The Following Year Saw The Release Of The Group's First Live Album Which Was Recorded In Both Tokyo And London. The Seventh Album Day By Day Saw The Development Of Songwriting By All Of The Band Members. In 1986 Saward Announced That She Was Expecting A Baby Later The Same Year. This News Gave The Band An Excuse To Stop Their Hectic Touring Schedule For A While And Concentrate Purely On Recording. The Band Were In The Top Five Foreign Acts In Japan And After Winning The Coveted Silver Award In The Tokyo International Song Festival Shakatak Were Asked To Produce An Extra Album Each Year Exclusively For The Japanese Market. By This Time They Had Two Extra Albums Released There Entitled Into The Blue And Golden Wings. Both Sold Reasonably Well The Latter Winning The "Best Instrumental Album 1987" At The Japanese Phonograph Record Association Awards. However Following This Success The Band Felt It Was Time That They Re-Directed Their Efforts Back To Singles And An Album For Release To The Rest Of The World. The Result Was Something Special Closely Followed By The Night Club And Chart Hit "Mr Manic & Sister Cool" From Their Next LP Manic And Cool. In The 1990s The Band Had Great Success In The U.S. When They Had Two Albums That Went To No 1 In The Contemporary Jazz Charts And Were Also Awarded The Japanese Grammy For Best International Instrumental Album Six Years Running. Since 2000 The Band Has Continued To Record And Tour The World. In January 2010 The Group's Keyboard Player Bill Sharpe Was Interviewed By Mike Howard On Internet Jazz Funk Radio Station Vinyl Morpher Radio. Singer Jill Saward Currently Owns A Property In Sardinia And Travels Between Her Home Abroad And The UK On A Regular Basis. In 2009 Bassplayer George Anderson Released His Solo Album 'Positivity'. The Band Are Currently Celebrating Their 30 Yr Anniversary With Concert Appearances Around The World. Edit Personnel Edit Present * Jill Saward — Vocals Occasional Percussion Flute When Live. * Bill Sharpe — Keyboards * Roger Odell — Drums * George Anderson — Bass * Alan Wormald — Guitar Edit Former And Occasional Members * Keith Winter — Electric Guitar On All Albums Until Early 1990s. A Founder Member Of The Band Winter Had To Give Up Playing Guitar Due To Serious Nerve Damage Although He Stayed In Close Contact With The Band And As Of 2007 Update Has Just Started To Play Again After Eighteen Years. * Steve Underwood — Bass Guitar On The Album Drivin' Hard * Jackie Rawe — Vocals On The First Four Albums * Dick Morrissey — Saxophones On Night Birds And Invitations * Nigel Wright — Keyboards Producer Of Night Birds * Tracey Ackerman — Backing Vocals On City Rhythm Manic And Cool And Open Your Eyes Edit Discography Edit Albums * 1981 Drivin' Hard * 1982 Night Birds * 1982 Invitations * 1983 Out Of This World Shakatak Album * 1984 Down On The Street * 1984 Shakatak Live In Japan Live * 1985 Live! February 1985 Live * 1985 Day By Day/City Rhythm * 1986 Into The Blue * 1987 Golden Wings * 1987 Never Stop Your Love * 1988 Manic And Cool * 1988 Da Makani * 1988 Coolest Cuts * 1988 The Very Best Of Shakatak * 1989 Nightflite * 1989 Turn The Music Up * 1990 Fiesta * 1990 Greatest Grooves * 1990 Perfect Smile * 1990 Night Moves * 1991 Bitter Sweet * 1991 Utopia * 1991 Open Your Eyes * 1991 The Remix Best Album * 1992 Night Moves * 1992 Christmas Dreams * 1993 Street Level * 1993 On The Street * 1993 Under The Sun * 1995 Full Circle * 1996 Shakatak The Collection * 1997 Let The Piano Play * 1998 Live At Ronnie Scott's * 1998 Shinin On * 1998 Christmas Album * 1998 Collection Vol. 1 * 1999 Jazz In The Night * 1999 Magic * 2000 Shakatak The Collection Vol 2 * 2001 Under Your Spell * 2002 Dinner Jazz * 2003 Blue Savannah * 2005 Easier Said Than Done Live * 2006 Beautiful Day * 2007 Emotionally Blue * 2009 " Afterglow" Edit Compilations * 1985 The Coolest Cuts * 2003 Smooth Solos * A Three-Part Compilation Album Set Compiled By Roger Odell O Sunset Jazz O After Dark O Drive Time Edit Singles * 1980 O "Steppin'" * 1981 O "Feels Like The Right Time" O "Living In The UK" O "Brazilian Dawn" O "Easier Said Than Done" * 1982 O "Night Birds" O "Streetwalkin'" O "Invitations" O "Stranger" * 1983 O "Dark Is The Night" O "If You Could See Me Now" * 1984 O "Down On The Street" O "Don't Blame It On Love" O "Watching You" * 1985 O "Day By Day" Featuring Al Jarreau * 1987 O "Mr Manic And Sister Cool" * 1988 O "Dr! Dr!" O "Time Of My Life" * 1989 O "Turn The Music Up"
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Biography - Shakatak
Shakatak Is A British Jazz-Funk Band Founded In 1980.
Contents Hide Edit Career Shakatak Scored A Number Of Chart Entries Including Two Top Ten Hits In The UK Singles Chart "Night Birds" 1982 And "Down On The Street" 1984 . The Group Is Still Popular In Japan And The Far East And Generally Produces A New Album Each Year. From Their First Release In August 1980 The Bill Sharpe Composition "Steppin'" On The Polydor Record Label And Their First Album Drivin' Hard The Band's Singles And Albums Have Entered The Charts Fairly Regularly. It Was The Release Of "Easier Said Than Done" That Was To Give The Band The Radio Exposure Needed For Their First Top-Twenty Hit. This Record Introduced Their Instrumental-Unison Vocal Sound To A Much Wider Audience And The Track Stayed In The UK Chart For Seventeen Weeks. The Follow-Up "Night Birds" Was Their First Single To Reach The Top Ten And The Album Of The Same Name Gave Shakatak Their First Gold Album Entering At Number Four And Remaining In The Charts For Twenty-Eight Weeks. By Now A Major International Act The Success Of The Release Gave Them The Number-One Jazz Album Slot In Japan And Attracted Interest Across Europe And South America. Whilst All This Recording Activity Was Going On The Band Were Also Touring Extensively Through 1982 Performing A Total Of 132 Concerts In One Year. The Band Played Live Shows Throughout The UK Europe And Japan. Two More Albums – Invitations And Out Of This World – Were Recorded In 1982 And 1983 Resulting In Several More Chart Hits And Paving The Way For The Next Major Breakthrough In The Band's Career. With A Subtle Change In Musical Direction Yet Still Retaining The Band's Identity Jill Saward Formerly Of Fusion Orchestra Brandy And Citizen Gang Became Their Lead Singer To Make Shakatak's Fifth Album Down On The Street. The Resulting Single Releases "Down On The Street" And "Watching You" Had Some Success And Brought Them Attention In New Parts Of The World. The Following Year Saw The Release Of The Group's First Live Album Which Was Recorded In Both Tokyo And London. The Seventh Album Day By Day Saw The Development Of Songwriting By All Of The Band Members. In 1986 Saward Announced That She Was Expecting A Baby Later The Same Year. This News Gave The Band An Excuse To Stop Their Hectic Touring Schedule For A While And Concentrate Purely On Recording. The Band Were In The Top Five Foreign Acts In Japan And After Winning The Coveted Silver Award In The Tokyo International Song Festival Shakatak Were Asked To Produce An Extra Album Each Year Exclusively For The Japanese Market. By This Time They Had Two Extra Albums Released There Entitled Into The Blue And Golden Wings. Both Sold Reasonably Well The Latter Winning The "Best Instrumental Album 1987" At The Japanese Phonograph Record Association Awards. However Following This Success The Band Felt It Was Time That They Re-Directed Their Efforts Back To Singles And An Album For Release To The Rest Of The World. The Result Was Something Special Closely Followed By The Night Club And Chart Hit "Mr Manic & Sister Cool" From Their Next LP Manic And Cool. In The 1990s The Band Had Great Success In The U.S. When They Had Two Albums That Went To No 1 In The Contemporary Jazz Charts And Were Also Awarded The Japanese Grammy For Best International Instrumental Album Six Years Running. Since 2000 The Band Has Continued To Record And Tour The World. In January 2010 The Group's Keyboard Player Bill Sharpe Was Interviewed By Mike Howard On Internet Jazz Funk Radio Station Vinyl Morpher Radio. Singer Jill Saward Currently Owns A Property In Sardinia And Travels Between Her Home Abroad And The UK On A Regular Basis. In 2009 Bassplayer George Anderson Released His Solo Album 'Positivity'. The Band Are Currently Celebrating Their 30 Yr Anniversary With Concert Appearances Around The World. Edit Personnel Edit Present * Jill Saward — Vocals Occasional Percussion Flute When Live. * Bill Sharpe — Keyboards * Roger Odell — Drums * George Anderson — Bass * Alan Wormald — Guitar Edit Former And Occasional Members * Keith Winter — Electric Guitar On All Albums Until Early 1990s. A Founder Member Of The Band Winter Had To Give Up Playing Guitar Due To Serious Nerve Damage Although He Stayed In Close Contact With The Band And As Of 2007 Update Has Just Started To Play Again After Eighteen Years. * Steve Underwood — Bass Guitar On The Album Drivin' Hard * Jackie Rawe — Vocals On The First Four Albums * Dick Morrissey — Saxophones On Night Birds And Invitations * Nigel Wright — Keyboards Producer Of Night Birds * Tracey Ackerman — Backing Vocals On City Rhythm Manic And Cool And Open Your Eyes Edit Discography Edit Albums * 1981 Drivin' Hard * 1982 Night Birds * 1982 Invitations * 1983 Out Of This World Shakatak Album * 1984 Down On The Street * 1984 Shakatak Live In Japan Live * 1985 Live! February 1985 Live * 1985 Day By Day/City Rhythm * 1986 Into The Blue * 1987 Golden Wings * 1987 Never Stop Your Love * 1988 Manic And Cool * 1988 Da Makani * 1988 Coolest Cuts * 1988 The Very Best Of Shakatak * 1989 Nightflite * 1989 Turn The Music Up * 1990 Fiesta * 1990 Greatest Grooves * 1990 Perfect Smile * 1990 Night Moves * 1991 Bitter Sweet * 1991 Utopia * 1991 Open Your Eyes * 1991 The Remix Best Album * 1992 Night Moves * 1992 Christmas Dreams * 1993 Street Level * 1993 On The Street * 1993 Under The Sun * 1995 Full Circle * 1996 Shakatak The Collection * 1997 Let The Piano Play * 1998 Live At Ronnie Scott's * 1998 Shinin On * 1998 Christmas Album * 1998 Collection Vol. 1 * 1999 Jazz In The Night * 1999 Magic * 2000 Shakatak The Collection Vol 2 * 2001 Under Your Spell * 2002 Dinner Jazz * 2003 Blue Savannah * 2005 Easier Said Than Done Live * 2006 Beautiful Day * 2007 Emotionally Blue * 2009 " Afterglow" Edit Compilations * 1985 The Coolest Cuts * 2003 Smooth Solos * A Three-Part Compilation Album Set Compiled By Roger Odell O Sunset Jazz O After Dark O Drive Time Edit Singles * 1980 O "Steppin'" * 1981 O "Feels Like The Right Time" O "Living In The UK" O "Brazilian Dawn" O "Easier Said Than Done" * 1982 O "Night Birds" O "Streetwalkin'" O "Invitations" O "Stranger" * 1983 O "Dark Is The Night" O "If You Could See Me Now" * 1984 O "Down On The Street" O "Don't Blame It On Love" O "Watching You" * 1985 O "Day By Day" Featuring Al Jarreau * 1987 O "Mr Manic And Sister Cool" * 1988 O "Dr! Dr!" O "Time Of My Life" * 1989 O "Turn The Music Up" read less
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Contents Hide Edit Career Shakatak Scored A Number Of Chart Entries Including Two Top Ten Hits In The UK Singles Chart "Night Birds" 1982 And "Down On The Street" 1984 . The Group Is Still Popular In Japan And The Far East And Generally Produces A New Album Each Year. From Their First Release In August 1980 The Bill Sharpe Composition "Steppin'" On The Polydor Record Label And Their First Album Drivin' Hard The Band's Singles And Albums Have Entered The Charts Fairly Regularly. It Was The Release Of "Easier Said Than Done" That Was To Give The Band The Radio Exposure Needed For Their First Top-Twenty Hit. This Record Introduced Their Instrumental-Unison Vocal Sound To A Much Wider Audience And The Track Stayed In The UK Chart For Seventeen Weeks. The Follow-Up "Night Birds" Was Their First Single To Reach The Top Ten And The Album Of The Same Name Gave Shakatak Their First Gold Album Entering At Number Four And Remaining In The Charts For Twenty-Eight Weeks. By Now A Major International Act The Success Of The Release Gave Them The Number-One Jazz Album Slot In Japan And Attracted Interest Across Europe And South America. Whilst All This Recording Activity Was Going On The Band Were Also Touring Extensively Through 1982 Performing A Total Of 132 Concerts In One Year. The Band Played Live Shows Throughout The UK Europe And Japan. Two More Albums – Invitations And Out Of This World – Were Recorded In 1982 And 1983 Resulting In Several More Chart Hits And Paving The Way For The Next Major Breakthrough In The Band's Career. With A Subtle Change In Musical Direction Yet Still Retaining The Band's Identity Jill Saward Formerly Of Fusion Orchestra Brandy And Citizen Gang Became Their Lead Singer To Make Shakatak's Fifth Album Down On The Street. The Resulting Single Releases "Down On The Street" And "Watching You" Had Some Success And Brought Them Attention In New Parts Of The World. The Following Year Saw The Release Of The Group's First Live Album Which Was Recorded In Both Tokyo And London. The Seventh Album Day By Day Saw The Development Of Songwriting By All Of The Band Members. In 1986 Saward Announced That She Was Expecting A Baby Later The Same Year. This News Gave The Band An Excuse To Stop Their Hectic Touring Schedule For A While And Concentrate Purely On Recording. The Band Were In The Top Five Foreign Acts In Japan And After Winning The Coveted Silver Award In The Tokyo International Song Festival Shakatak Were Asked To Produce An Extra Album Each Year Exclusively For The Japanese Market. By This Time They Had Two Extra Albums Released There Entitled Into The Blue And Golden Wings. Both Sold Reasonably Well The Latter Winning The "Best Instrumental Album 1987" At The Japanese Phonograph Record Association Awards. However Following This Success The Band Felt It Was Time That They Re-Directed Their Efforts Back To Singles And An Album For Release To The Rest Of The World. The Result Was Something Special Closely Followed By The Night Club And Chart Hit "Mr Manic & Sister Cool" From Their Next LP Manic And Cool. In The 1990s The Band Had Great Success In The U.S. When They Had Two Albums That Went To No 1 In The Contemporary Jazz Charts And Were Also Awarded The Japanese Grammy For Best International Instrumental Album Six Years Running. Since 2000 The Band Has Continued To Record And Tour The World. In January 2010 The Group's Keyboard Player Bill Sharpe Was Interviewed By Mike Howard On Internet Jazz Funk Radio Station Vinyl Morpher Radio. Singer Jill Saward Currently Owns A Property In Sardinia And Travels Between Her Home Abroad And The UK On A Regular Basis. In 2009 Bassplayer George Anderson Released His Solo Album 'Positivity'. The Band Are Currently Celebrating Their 30 Yr Anniversary With Concert Appearances Around The World. Edit Personnel Edit Present * Jill Saward — Vocals Occasional Percussion Flute When Live. * Bill Sharpe — Keyboards * Roger Odell — Drums * George Anderson — Bass * Alan Wormald — Guitar Edit Former And Occasional Members * Keith Winter — Electric Guitar On All Albums Until Early 1990s. A Founder Member Of The Band Winter Had To Give Up Playing Guitar Due To Serious Nerve Damage Although He Stayed In Close Contact With The Band And As Of 2007 Update Has Just Started To Play Again After Eighteen Years. * Steve Underwood — Bass Guitar On The Album Drivin' Hard * Jackie Rawe — Vocals On The First Four Albums * Dick Morrissey — Saxophones On Night Birds And Invitations * Nigel Wright — Keyboards Producer Of Night Birds * Tracey Ackerman — Backing Vocals On City Rhythm Manic And Cool And Open Your Eyes Edit Discography Edit Albums * 1981 Drivin' Hard * 1982 Night Birds * 1982 Invitations * 1983 Out Of This World Shakatak Album * 1984 Down On The Street * 1984 Shakatak Live In Japan Live * 1985 Live! February 1985 Live * 1985 Day By Day/City Rhythm * 1986 Into The Blue * 1987 Golden Wings * 1987 Never Stop Your Love * 1988 Manic And Cool * 1988 Da Makani * 1988 Coolest Cuts * 1988 The Very Best Of Shakatak * 1989 Nightflite * 1989 Turn The Music Up * 1990 Fiesta * 1990 Greatest Grooves * 1990 Perfect Smile * 1990 Night Moves * 1991 Bitter Sweet * 1991 Utopia * 1991 Open Your Eyes * 1991 The Remix Best Album * 1992 Night Moves * 1992 Christmas Dreams * 1993 Street Level * 1993 On The Street * 1993 Under The Sun * 1995 Full Circle * 1996 Shakatak The Collection * 1997 Let The Piano Play * 1998 Live At Ronnie Scott's * 1998 Shinin On * 1998 Christmas Album * 1998 Collection Vol. 1 * 1999 Jazz In The Night * 1999 Magic * 2000 Shakatak The Collection Vol 2 * 2001 Under Your Spell * 2002 Dinner Jazz * 2003 Blue Savannah * 2005 Easier Said Than Done Live * 2006 Beautiful Day * 2007 Emotionally Blue * 2009 " Afterglow" Edit Compilations * 1985 The Coolest Cuts * 2003 Smooth Solos * A Three-Part Compilation Album Set Compiled By Roger Odell O Sunset Jazz O After Dark O Drive Time Edit Singles * 1980 O "Steppin'" * 1981 O "Feels Like The Right Time" O "Living In The UK" O "Brazilian Dawn" O "Easier Said Than Done" * 1982 O "Night Birds" O "Streetwalkin'" O "Invitations" O "Stranger" * 1983 O "Dark Is The Night" O "If You Could See Me Now" * 1984 O "Down On The Street" O "Don't Blame It On Love" O "Watching You" * 1985 O "Day By Day" Featuring Al Jarreau * 1987 O "Mr Manic And Sister Cool" * 1988 O "Dr! Dr!" O "Time Of My Life" * 1989 O "Turn The Music Up" read less
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