Acclaimed London-Based Organ Group, The Filthy Six, Release the Vinyl EP of 'Soho Filth'

London-based organ group The Filthy Six release their acclaimed EP Soho Filth on vinyl via Color Red. Led by Trumpeter Nick Etwell (Tom Jones/Beck/David Axelrod/Mumford & Sons), this band of musical gunslingers have worked with some of the biggest names in music that include Amy Winehouse, Mavis Staples, Ronnie Spector, Mark Ronson, Jill Scott, Jack White, Dionne Warwick, The Foo Fighters, Robbie Williams, Duran Duran, Chrissie Hynde, Fred Wesley, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and the Atomic Bomb Band to name a few. These instrumental groove merchants produce a hip-shakingly powerful mix of jazz, funk, and boogaloo aligning with the finest traditions of the late 60s Blue Note/Prestige sound creating music for the mind, body and soul.

Formed in a dingy Soho basement 20 years ago, The Filthy Six spent their formative years rehearsing and performing shows in this shabby club off Kingly Court, deep in the heart of London’s Soho, around the corner from Carnaby Street and the legendary Jazz and R&B clubs of the 1960s such as The 41 Club, The Flamingo and Ronnie Scott’s. They eventually moved above ground into slightly more salubrious establishments, swapped the covers for originals, and hit the road.

Here they are, 20 years and several records later, coming full circle and back to creating music in a Soho basement with the release of their new EP, Soho Filth. Recorded live at the noted Dean St Studios, the record comes straight out of the gate with the Cannonball Adderley-inspired “Mr. Shmingle Bangle,” featuring renowned percussionist/DJ Snowboy on congas. The tune serves as a warm tribute to bandleader Nick Etwell’s old college roommate, James Bush, an astute lover of Latin jazz music.

“Swapsies” is an old-school two-chord groover that puts Hammond C3 organist Andrew Noble in the limelight to carry the melody and showcase his skills. “In Time” is up next, taking a measured and harmonically interesting approach to the traditional Blues form. The record closes in signature Filthy Six style with a good old-fashioned boogaloo blues: “The Swagger Junkie” dedicated to the fashionable denizens of Soho, strutting their stuff from the ’60s right up to the present day, never quite getting enough of how damn good they look.

In just 4 tracks listeners get to sample four distinct slices of Soho Filth and can join the band in raising a glass to the next 20 years ahead.

Regarded as one of the most exciting, authentic soul jazz outfits in the UK today, the EP received both rave reviews and airplay from the scene’s most notable luminaries, including Craig Charles, Cerys Mathews, Huey Morgan (BBC 6 Music); DJ Lil’ Koko (Jazz FM UK) and Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2).