Soul Selecta
Soul Selecta is a tight 6-piece Soul/Funk covers band, made up of members from Bucks, Beds and London.
The band got together about 4 years ago although each individual member is a true professional in their field with many years of experience with other bands. Having played many a bar/club/wedding/corporate event and private party, they are masters of their game!
Soul Selecta cover classic and modern R’n’B, Funk and Soul; from James Brown to Beyoncė.
Their performance is fuelled by their love for the music, and filtered through the band’s own soul. Whilst being faithful to the originals, they also bring their own edge involving the audience in a new moment, which demands you to dance!
They have the ability to capture the mood and generate the groove!
THE BAND:
NICKY PRINCE - VOCALS:
Nicky has been singing for 18 years, (a dancer prior to that). She grew up on Soul, R&B and Jazz-Funk. She has been in many bands and her main influences and inspirations come from both old and new artists such as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, Mary J Blige, Jill Scott, India Arie and Nikka Costa. Nicky once supported Funk Pioneer Roy Ayres and also played Glastonbury with ‘Flipside’. She was also a part of the UK’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998. Nicky has released solo original material before with Independent Record Labels and had chart success in 2000 and has supported Courtney Pine at the Stables in Milton Keynes with Soul Selecta.
STEVE MCDANIEL – KEYS:
Steve has been involved in music since his teens and played for many bands, and is also a keen songwriter. He has a wealth of gigging experience behind him that have even taken him abroad and has known and worked with the other members of Soul Selecta for some years now. Previous gigs have included Hampton Court, and the Ferrari-Marlboro Grand Prix promotional event. Steve has a natural ability to hype up the crowd and has earned himself the title of ‘Keyboard Genius’! He can take a song to a whole new level!
HOWARD NORMAN - GUITAR
Howard has been playing guitar for around 15 years. He has played in many different bands over this time, including several with other members of Soul Selecta. He is currently working on a primarily acoustic album with Soul Selecta's Bassist Robin. He also plays in the Blues band 'Andy Lee & The Blue Cats' whose album 'The Right Stuff' got rave reviews from (amongst others) Blueprint - The Official Newsmagazine of the British Blues Connection. Be warned Howard likes a ‘solo’!!
ROBIN PHILLIPS – BASS
Robin has been playing bass since '96 when he was asked to join Solstice
and was gigging in Europe and at places like the 100 Club and the Astoria with some great players. His main influences are some of the great groove players - James Jammerson (Motown), Willie Weekes (Donny Hathoway, Stevie Wonder), Donald 'Duck' Dunn (Booker T. Stax), to name but a few. Robin isn’t known as the ‘laid back groovesmith’ for nothing!
ANDY SEAR - DRUMS
Andy started playing drums about 14 years ago. Has played for Avril Lavigne at the Brit Awards and also Top Of The Pops and has been a part of many bands. Andy would also like to share with you that he can eat a whole Banoffie pie in under 4 minutes!
ZAK BARRETT – SAX
Zak started playing the clarinet at the age of eight and by the time he was 13 had decided he wanted to be a professional musician. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in his teens and received an ‘Honours’ degree. When he graduated he moved to Chelmsford, where he is still based and involved in various projects and also teaches at local schools and gives private tuition.
Saturday, 6th November
Show will start at 8.45
Ticket cost: £8.00
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Doors open from 7.30pm. £26 for 2 courses and entrance (£30 for 3 courses). Entrance for the bands is £8 but is strictly limited and on a first come first served basis. Entrance for dining or just the band includes free entrance to the nightclub
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