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Hot, Funky & Sweaty is an album that goes from the Sixties Soul and Rythm & Blues of Memphis, Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit – with a raid into New Orleans and New York – to the Blues and Funk of the early Seventies with Jamaican and Jazz influences. Paying homage to Freddy & The Kinfolk, Boogaloo Jones, Baby Huey, The Meters, Jackie Mittoo, Duke Ellington, Lee Morgan and many
others… The Smoke Orchestra is formed by
• Riccardo Jeeba Gibertini: trumpet
• Marco Zaghi: sax
• Antonio Heggy Vezzano: guitar
• Angelo Gange Cattoni: keyboards
• Gianluca Pello Pelosi: bass
• Nicola Nico Roccamo: drums
Smoke were born in 2004 from the not accidental meeting between Alessandro Soresini (drums, vocals), Gianluca Pelosi (bass) and Marco Zaghi (sax, flute), already musicians for Neffa, Reggae National Tickets, Ottantottotasti.