Bossaphonik Presents Resolution 88

+ Bossaphonik DJs

Presented by: Bossaphonik

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0	OXFORD: Cowley Workers Social Club
P	Friday 18th August, 2023
N	8:00pm

Event information

Bossaphonik enters the realm of cosmic jazz-funk on Friday August 18th as we welcome Resolution 88 – a band widely hailed as UK leaders in the jazz funk field – taking an early 1970s blueprint and fusing it with the ultra-modern.

The band are led by virtuosic keyboardist Tom O’Grady who has a deep passion for the silky rich sound of the Fender Rhodes piano. The instrument is central to the Resolution 88 sound and alongside it he also has an array of vintage synthesizers and features in a 5 piece line up made up of drums, bass guitar, sax and percussion. Tom O’Grady draws major inspiration from the funksters of the original 1970s era such as Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters and also the likes of Chick Corea, Lonnie Liston Smith, Don Blackman and more recently, ground-breaking artists such as Kaidi Tatham.

Tom O’Grady has previously played keyboards for acid jazz legends Incognito and since launching Resolution 88 back in 2012, the band have released 3 acclaimed albums and played a wealth of sold out shows all over the UK and Europe. In this time Resolution 88 have supported global acts, the likes of Roy Ayres, Snarky Puppy, Patrice Rushen, The Blackbyrds and Marcus Miller.

Resolution 88 are such immense fans of Herbie Hancock’s music that they have played a number of gigs replicating the classic 1973 “Headhunters” album note for note at Paris’ New Morning club and also London’s iconic Ronnie Scotts. The current Resolution 88 sound will alight the Bossaphonik dancefloor with their funked up cosmic vibrations taking much material from their fusionary 2019 album “Revolutions” and we’ll also be treated to some brand new unreleased music!

“There’s absolutely no-one at all around like these guys at the moment” The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show BBC Radio 6 Music

“Wow. Soulful music, played with passion and incredible skill. This harkens to the best funk-jazz of the sixties and seventies and takes it to a new level. Think Headhunters for the new millennium.” Bob Power (Erykah Badu, The Roots, D’Angelo)

“...Revolutions is fantastic, setting a high standard for current UK jazz” Jazz Journal

Check out a video for the awesome Resolution 88 tune “Caughtus Interruptus”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUD7K9Ysh4E

Check out a video for the Resolution 88 tune “Out of Sync”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjz41D6UWbo

Check out a live video of the band at London’s Hideaway venue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ovatQxm1CQ

Following on from Resolution 88 is a Bossaphonik club session with resident DJ Dan Ofer & DJ Badger treating the dancefloor til 1:30am to the sounds of…
Jazz Funk * Afrobeat * Afro Jazz * Brazilica * Latin Jazz * Cumbia * Global Hip Hop * Balkan Beats * Soul Jazz * Electro Swing * Global Grooves * Nu Jazz Bizniz!

Friday 18th August
Bossaphonik Presents Resolution 88 + Bossaphonik DJs
Cowley Workers Social Club, Between Towns Road. OX4 3LZ (Near Templars Square Shopping Centre. Regular buses 1,5,10 from City Centre go up Cowley Road til 3am. Stopping opposite the venue)
8pm – 1:30am Band on at 9:30pm

See you there!!