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 : http://www.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.
