The AllStars

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The AllStars

The AllStars is a collective of session musician

Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
s based in London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England

England

Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
such as George Michael

George Michael

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou , best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning, England singer-songwriter, who has had a career as frontman of the duo Wham! as well as a soul music-influenced, solo Pop music musician....
, Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
, Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than thirty US top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards , plus one for Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, won an Academy Award for Best Song, an...
, Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
, Massive Attack

Massive Attack

Massive Attack are a United Kingdom trip hop group, founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Daddy G, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol, England. The trio were together prior to the formation of this band, as part of The Wild Bunch ....
, Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lynn Lopez , popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American Golden Globe-nominated actor, Grammy Award-nominated singer, record producer, dancer, fashion designer and television producer....
and Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse is an England singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including soul music, jazz, rock & roll, ska and rhythm and blues....
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The AllStars was set up in spring 2004.

As well as live appearances at music festival

Music festival

A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday....
s around Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, such as More Music in The Scoop at More London

More London

More London is a new development on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately south-west of Tower Bridge in London. The southern exit is on Tooley Street....
and the Blue Balls Festival

Blue Balls Festival

The Blue Balls Festival is an annual music festival held in Lucerne, Switzerland. It has featured many famous musicians within the last few years, including KT Tunstall, Jonny Lang, UB40, Van Morrison, Jeff Healey, Jimmy Cliff, Bobby McFerrin, Billy Idol, Tracy Chapman, Jethro Tull , BB King, Bonnie Raitt, among many others....
in Luzern, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, The AllStars provide house band

House band

A house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play an establishment. It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to bands which are the regular performers at a nightclub, especially jazz and R&B clubs....
s for charity

Charitable organization

The definition of charitable organization, and of charity, varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates....
events including the Dream Auction at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is an arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
for the NSPCC

NSPCC

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is a United Kingdom charitable organization campaigning and working in child protection....
and One Voice for Anti-Slavery International

Anti-Slavery International

Anti-Slavery International is a International nongovernmental organizations, Charitable organization and a lobby group, based in the United Kingdom....
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The AllStars completed the recording

Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
of their first album

Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
of original material; featuring Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown ? sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw ? is an Rhythm and blues and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 record chart entry in her name, she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well-known in the world of dance music....
, Jim Mullen

Jim Mullen

Jim Mullen is a Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, like Wes Montgomery before him, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum....
, Angelo Starr and Hamish Stuart

Hamish Stuart

Hamish Stuart is a guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. A member of the Average White Band from 1972 to 1982, he went on to work with Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and David Sanborn before joining Paul McCartney?s band ....
(Average White Band and Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
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The album, All About The Music was released in October 2007 and was produced

Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
by Hamish Stuart.

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