Soul Funk : Moonlight Feels Right

Ryan Cross' SoulFunk Tuesday night residency hosted the usual gang and rocked the club til close.

Popp, Zane Musa and Dale Black

Popp and Dale Black

(above - Eric Parker in control)
Cedric Anderson, Nick Miller and Punky all took turns on the sticks n stones.

happy bday Sophie!

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Funky Birthday Shots

First off - Happy Bday to the righteous funky brother number one: David Ormesher!


Miss Heather with David O


John "Pop" Clark on wicked guitar.


above - Octavia with Kenny Crouch (keys).

A pre-birthday bash of sorts -
no doubt this celebration will be continuing on for the next 24 hours (or so). Cheers to another trip round the sun.



The house is full of funkateers and soul babes. (above - Miss Heather w your humble blogger). Like Putney Swope says "the Boorman 6 girl has GOT TO have soul". Singers Lisa Foreman and Octavia have got the soul.



above David O w J (from CT)

Big-ups to Kenny Crouch (keys), drummer Cedric Anderson, Miss Heather & photographer Josh, Tom McNalley, singer Ella, J (all the way from CT), bassist Cornelius, the marvelous Lisa Foreman, guitarist John "Pop" Clark, Singer/DJ Reesso, Tanisha and of course Ryan Cross.


above - Lisa Foreman is funkin' for Jamaica.


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Ryan Cross : Cat In The Hat

Ryan Cross knows soul. And he knows funk. He knows jazz. And he knows a lot of people - many of which play their musical instruments with such finesse and grace that they have made their way in the world as troubadors.

Tonight the stage is blessed with several of them. Kenny Crouch on keys. The dude simply dazzles his way across, up and down the black and whites, coaxing notes out of that thing that it may not have known it was capable of playing.

Ryan Cross

Kenny Crouch

R.C. and violinist Lea.

Also in the house: Jacob Lutrell, Zane Musa, Urie Norris, Colin Gordon and drummer Cedric Anderson.

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Ain't We Funkin' Now

Ryan Cross' Soul Funk.
Soul, acid jazz, secular blues, hard bop and fusion. All live, all musicians unrehersed jamming into another fabulous Tuesday night heading into Wednesday morning.

All that and DJ Vicious Lee on the 1s and 2s.




Very excited to see Kamasi Washington sitting in on sax,
Cedric Anderson on drums and the return of guitarist Matt Roberts.

SoulFunk. Every Tuesday night.










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Location:4th Ave,Santa Monica,United States