Artist: VA
Title: Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz Vol. 1
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Polydor
Genre: Jazz, Funk, Soul-Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks,log,cue,m3u,scans)
Total Time: 61:03
Total Size: 479.12 MB
Album Info
The King Mojo Club, often known as the Mojo, was a nightclub in Pitsmoor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England located at 555 Pitsmoor Road, that operated between 1964 and 1967.
Peter Stringfellow and his brothers had been running the Black Cat Club from St Aidan's church hall in the city, which proved a success. In 1964, they opened a new venture, the King Mojo Club, in a converted house on Pitsmoor Road to the north of the city centre. The house had recently served as Dey's School of Ballroom Dancing and benefited from a sprung dance floor. The club never received a drinks licence, but did have a coffee bar.
The club quickly became a venue of the Northern Soul scene, with popular American acts such as Wilson Pickett (backed by Reg Dwight's Bluesology), Stevie Wonder, Ike and Tina Turner, and Geno Washington playing. It also hosted Edwin Starr's first UK gig, and Don Covay and The Goodtimers.
Stringfellow experimented with a records-only night on Tuesdays, then an original concept. He advertised the list of records which he would play in advance in the local newspaper.
The club hosted up and coming live acts, including Pink Floyd and The Who. The Small Faces played their first gig outside London at the Mojo,and The Kinks worked out the arrangement of "All Day and All of the Night" while at the club.
In 1967, Stringfellow along with his brother Geoffrey decided to refocus the club on psychedelic music, renamed it the "Beautiful King Mojo", and redecorated it accordingly. They booked Jimi Hendrix, who played despite a complaint about drug use. The Mojo also received complaints about noise, and its licence was revoked later in the year. It was converted into a bingo club and was demolished in the 1980s.
This is the 1st in the series of Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz.
01. Jimmy Smith - Stay Loose
02. Fred Wesley & The JB's - Watermelon Man
03. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's A Superstar
04. Art Blakey - No Hay Problema
05. Kenny Burrell - Burning Spear
06. Hugh Masekela - Cantaloupe Island
07. James Brown - The Popcorn
08. Kool & The Gang - Dujii
09. Grant Green - The Selma March
10. Brian Auger - In and Out
11. Nina Simone - See Line Woman
12. Jack Daugherty - No. 9
13. Dave Pike - Big Schlepp
14. Georgie Fame - Last Night
