Description
Label Review.
2017 album (Shakatak)
Our Overview.
George Anderson the phenomenal bass player with the legendary 80's multi-award winning group Shakatak, was instrumental in co-writing many of Shakatak's repertoire past and present most famously 'Day by Day' featuring grammy award winner Al Jarraeu. George was also responsible for co-writing the song 'Perfect Smile' which was a smooth-jazz radio play hit in the US for Shakatak in the 90's. The Jill Saward (Shakatak's lead singer) album 'Just for you' with Jason Rebello on piano/keyboards was also co-written and produced by George.
Today George is busy playing bass with Shakatak around the globe while continuing to produce his own brand of new jazzfunk with his George Anderson band and recalls his first influences; “I got into music from playing the trombone in the school orchestra, this gave me the buzz for music. It quickly dawned on me that i wanted to play bass guitar. I got my first bass at 16 and set about learning it, at that time i was interested in soul and funk music locked myself in my bedroom and set about practising, learning all the bass lines I could. Then one day I heard a player that sounded like no other. Jaco Pastorius truly the greatest bassist ever period ! He rewrote the book, elevating bass players to the fore as soloists in their own right, but he did it with such style and musicality. It was an exciting time for bass players,(aah the 70's & 80's !) where once they were seen as simple background boys, they were suddenly propelled into lead hero superstars. These included players like Jaco ,Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Jeff Berlin who raised the bar regarding technique.”
George has produced three previous solo albums: ‘Positivity’, ‘Expressions’, and ‘Cape Town’ and his new album ‘Body & Soul’ has already gone straight into No.21 (at time of writing) on the Solar Radio charts and in Georges inimitable way it is guaranteed to funk up your day.