In the summer of 2017 the late funk and jazz saxophone legend Pee Wee Ellis joined us in Manchester for four days of music-making with 15 chosen musicians. Together, with support from trumpeter and composer Gary Winters, they formed two funk outfits.
To finish the week, they premiered their new tunes live at Band on the Wall for a roof-raising, funk-tastic one-off performance. Scroll on to hear and see a track from each outfit, Funk Obligations and Stone Cold Outfit!
Funk Obligations
Stone Cold Outfit
Credits
Residency artists: Aaron Wood, AJ Dawson, Alex Hill, Conall Mulvenna, Dan Mitchell, Jamie Stockbridge, James Girling, Jon Needham, Josh Poole, Max Barker, Nick Waldock, Ollie Walton, Oscar Ogden, Patrick Martin and Tom Thorp.
Filmed by Sancha Blass-Laker, Bethany Stenning and Mike Spencer.
Edited by Sancha Blass-Laker.
Photos by Rachel Bywater.
