Happy Birthday Jazzie B (born Trevor Beresford Romeo OBE , 26 January 1963). He is a founding member of Soul II Soul, also a DJ, Producer & songwriter. He was born in Hornsey, London, the ninth of ten children, several of whom began running sound systems in the 1960s and 1970s. With friends working under the name Jah Rico, his first gig was in 1977. He changed their working name to Soul II Soul in 1982. Soul II Soul was originally an umbrella name for several of Jazzie Bs operations, including sound systems as well as the group itself. Jazzie B has also produced and remixed tracks for The Fine Young Cannibals, Incognito, Maxi Priest, James Brown, Kym Mazelle, Rose Windross, Cheryl Lynn, Public Enemy, Johnny Gill, Caron Wheeler, Isaac Hayes, Sinéad OConnor, Teena Marie, Ziggy Marley, Yorker, The Jones Girls, Nas, and Destinys Child. Soul II Soul was one of the most innovative Soul/R&B outfits of the late 80s, creating a seductive, deep R&B that borrowed from Philly soul, disco, reggae, and 80s hip-hop. Originally featuring Jazzie B., producer/arranger Nellee Hooper and instrumentalist Philip Daddae Harvey, the musical collective came together in the late 80s. Two singles, Fairplay and Feel Free, began to attract attention both in clubs and in the press & were released as their first two minor hit singles, that warmed up the charts for bigger things to come, such as , Keep on Movin, Back to Life which not only charted in the UK, but took America & the world by storm. Other hits followed such as, Get a Life, A Dreams a Dream, Missing You ... GARY
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:51:33 +0000