Since the 1980s, during which he notably acted as musical director for "Tutti Frutti", the BBC TV drama which first catapulted Hollywood favourites Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane to fame, Zoot has continued to appear regularly worldwide, both as a featured artist with groups such as (among others) the Spencer Davis Band, Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames, Mick Taylor, Alan Price's Electric Blues Band, Humble Pie, The Blues Band, The Foundations, Geno Washington's Soul Train and The Animals (again) to name but a few. In 2005 Zoot teamed up with Pete Goodall of Thunderclap Newman to record a CD of new songs by Goodall and Pete Brown plus a reworking of the original single Something In The Air. Featuring the last ever recorded performance by Dick Heckstall Smith on sax, the band went on to tour the UK under the name GoodMoney. 2006 saw the birth of the British Blues Quintet - an allstar lineup featuring Zoot (keyboards and vocals), Colin Allen (drums), Colin Hodgkinson (bass), Miller Anderson (guitar) and Maggie Bell (vocals). This unique cocktail of premium vintage blues has proved absolutely electric, playing to packed and enthusiastic houses wherever they go. Of course Zoot is still delivering the goods with the Big Roll Band too. Currently the line-up is Paul McCallum, (bass), Steve Laffy (drums), Gary Foote (sax) and Ronnie Johnson (guitar), although this is subject to variation as former members are liable to drift back when they get hungry for some serious good-time blues. You can catch them on the final Thursday of most months at the Bull's Head in Barnes and at various locations around the UK and beyond (see Gigs page for details). Bringing things full circle, many of Zoot and the Big Roll Band's early records have been re-issued on CD in the past few years - expect more recorded gems to be made available in 2007 and maybe one or two surprises too. Starting with this one.   Site built and maintained by NMC Production & Marketing

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