Southern Freeez (album)
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Southern Freeez is debut album by the British
United Kingdom
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 jazz-funk
Jazz-funk
Jazz-funk is a sub-genre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat , electrified sounds, and often, the presence of the first electronic analog synthesizers...

 band Freeez
Freeez
Freeez were a United Kingdom dance music group from London, known initially as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s. Initiated by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others such as Andy Stennet Freeez were a United Kingdom dance music...

, released in 1981 by Beggars Banquet
Beggars Banquet Records
Beggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin, and is part of the Beggars Group of labels...

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Track listing

All songs written by Freeez
Freeez
Freeez were a United Kingdom dance music group from London, known initially as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s. Initiated by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others such as Andy Stennet Freeez were a United Kingdom dance music...

 except where noted.
  1. "Mariposa" - 5:40
  2. "Carrabean Winter" - 5:15
  3. "Easy On The Onions" - 2:37
  4. "Sunset" - 4:38
  5. "Flying High
    Flying High (Freeez song)
    "Flying High" is the third single from Freeez' debut album "Southern Freeez"."Flying High" performed moderately well in the UK, peaking at #26 on the UK Singles Chart -1981:-Credits:*Bass guitar by Peter Maas*Drums by Paul Morgan...

    " (Peter Maas) - 5:30
  6. "Southern Freeez
    Southern Freeez (song)
    In May, 1987, the song was remixed and re-released by the label Total Control. The remix reached number #23 in the British singles chart.-Cover Versions:UK Soul Singer Beverley Knight covered 'Southern Freeez' for her 2011 album 'Soul UK.'...

    " (Andy Stennett, John Rocca, Peter Maas) - "5:40
  7. "Roller Chase" - 5:07
  8. "First Love" - 4:22
  9. "Finale" - 1:59

Freeez

  • Peter Maas - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , vocals
  • Andy Stennett - keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • John Rocca - percussion, vocals
  • Paul Morgan - drums

Other musicians (horns)

  • Geoff Warren - saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

    , flute
    Flute
    The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

  • David Allison - trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

  • Lawrie Brown - trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

  • Gordon Sullivan - guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

  • Andy Stennett - horns arrangement

Album information

  • Record label: Beggars Banquet
    Beggars Banquet Records
    Beggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin, and is part of the Beggars Group of labels...

  • All songs written by Freeez
    Freeez
    Freeez were a United Kingdom dance music group from London, known initially as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s. Initiated by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others such as Andy Stennet Freeez were a United Kingdom dance music...


Charts

Title Release
date
Chart positions
Billboard 200 Billboard R&B UK Albums
"Southern Freeez" February, 1981 - - #17
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