History Nick Pride & The Pimptones

Nick Pride and the Pimptones are a funk / jazz / soul band based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Pimptones were formed in 2007 as a project for guitarist, composer and arranger Nick Pride. Their record label Record Kicks describes them as "a deep funk / jazz-dance outfit playing original material in the style of The Meters, JTQ and Charlie Hunter. The group is equally at home in a noisy nightclub or intimate jazz setting, and is most likely to bring the roof of either down with their heavy dancefloor grooves, big breaks and sophisticated jazz numbers."

The current line-up for Nick Pride and the Pimptones is as follows:

Nick Pride - guitar, vocals, song-writer

Oscar Cassidy - drums

Ian 'dodge' Paterson - electric bass

Keith Nicholson - trumpet

Tom Quilliam - saxophone

And ongoing collaborations with:

Chris Hibbard - trombone

Dave Wilde - saxophone, flute

Alex Leathard - trombone

Graham Hardy - trumpet, flugel horn

John Wheeler - saxophone

James Peacock - keyboard

Paul Edis - piano

Paul Loraine - keyboard

Laurie Shepherd - guest vocals

Zoe Gilby - guest vocals

Jess Roberts - guest vocals

Susan Hamilton - guest vocals

Adam Sinclair - drums

Source: Wikipedia

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