Video: umbria jazz 2007 perugia funk off

Firstly, apologies that it's so long since my last post; I've been on holiday, graduated, went on holiday again and been job hunting since we last spoke! I'm going to jump straight in with tales of the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia. Expectations were high, following a solid performance by Sergio Mendes at last year's festival. I hadn't had time to check the lineup, so arrived not knowing what to expect. The band we saw is called Funk Off. Wow, they were sensational. This 15 piece band (verging on full orchestra) is known for playing Jazz on [...]