The Drawtones
Bexhill-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom | Established. Jan 01, 2016 | SELF | AFM
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The Drawtones are one of the most authentic classic Hammond bands I’ve heard for years. - Graeme Miall - The Hideaway, Streatham
It was after The Drawtones first ever show in Maidstone April 2018. They did a brilliant performance, which was only proved when a guest in attendance wrote to us at Head Office demanding we book them back at our flagship venue in Soho. We obliged. A brilliant band. - Sepideh Cole - Pizza Express Live
We have booked The Drawtones on several occasions, as support for Avery Sunshine and Curtis Stigers, plus as an act in their own right.
Really cool grooves and always a crowd pleaser. - Ian Bowden -Rye Jazz Festival Organiser
Fantastic band and fabulous bunch!.....had a great time working with them and can’t wait to get another opportunity.
Awesome charts and infectious grooves! - Martin Shaw - Trumpet (BBC Concert Orchestra)
“It’s always great to be a part of Rod Pooley’s high energy funky outfit ‘The Drawtones’... always grooving’ hard!” - Dennis Rollins - (Jamiroquai, Courtney Pine, Badbones & Co)
I just wanted to say what a great job you, Julian, Jessica, & Daniel did yesterday at Derek's studio & what a great way to pay tribute to a great little studio that's moving house!
I think you should all be proud of what you achieved & wish you all the best with the CD. - Jim Mullen
Discography
”Down the Line”- The Drawtones
Authentic Hammond Jazz and Funk Groove.
Debut album featuring Jools Holland saxophonist Derek Nash.
Recorded Oct 2016 - Released Jan 2017
8 arranged covers and 4 originals.
Recorded at Derek Nash’s Clowns Pocket Studio, Bexley, Kent.
“Groovin’ Magic EP” The Drawtones
5 Arranged covers featuring legendary jazz guitarist Jim Mullen.
Recorded June 2021 - Released 2nd August 2021
Line Up: Rod Pooley - Hammond Organ, Jim Mullen - Guitar, Julian Nicholas - Saxophone, Daniel Dotor - Bass and Jessica Dann - Drums
Producer - Derek Nash - Clowns Pocket Recording Studio, Bexley.
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The Drawtones are one of the most authentic
Jazz and Funk Organ Groove Bands in the UK.
Their line up of top class musicians has taken them to some top venues including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Pizza Express Dean St, The Hideaway, Toulouse Lautrec and Fleece Jazz Club to name just a few.
The magic ingredient on iconic sounds from the 50s right up to current star Cory Henry of Snarky Puppy, the Hammond groove cuts like a canyon through Soul, Jazz and Funk in the work of genre-defining artists such as Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, George Benson, Booker-T, Junior Walker, Grover Washington, The Crusaders, George Duke, Steely Dan and many more….
Rod Pooley’s ‘The Drawtones: Drawbar Organ Groove’ creatively explores this lineage without being a mere carbon copy. All of them artists in their own right, the members of the outfit bring their own energy, fun and funk to the table! Alongside keyboard maestro Rod, the frontliner Simon Bates reputation precedes him as a saxophone legend and Andy Williams was resident guitarist at the original Pizza Express Dean Street jazz club for many years. The immensely talented Jessica Dann and Daniel Dotor stoke the boiler on drums and bass respectively.
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