Simon Says..

7.00pm-2.00am

On Friday January 8th, Simon Goss, the Daddy of Wah Wah 45s and one of the Jazz Cafe's favourite DJs was sadly taken from us at the mere age of 44. Simon was the creator and owner of Wah Wah 45s and the big man, who rocked many a Friday night Wah Wah session at the Cafe over the years, died within just 3 months of receiving his lung cancer diagnosis.

For the warmth and compassion he extended to all, his wonderful sense of humour, his belief in new music and young artists and of course his uniquely eclectic DJ sets, he will be sorely missed. He was, in truth, a real gentleman.

To celebrate this far too short life that was filled with musical goodness, we are coming together with the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, and a host of Simon's favourite artists, to party hard like The Daddy would have wanted, and raise a whole heap of money for this brilliant charity in the process. A jam packed bill with feature Wah Wah 45's songstress Stac, Tru Thoughts recordings' Belleruche, the incredible vocal talent of Bridgette Amofah, much lauded spoken word artist Polarbear, blue-eyed soul boys Talc, Acid Jazz recording artists The Filthy Six, and our latest discovery, the furious brass power of The Hackney Colliery Band.

Not only that, but Simon's young and very gifted sons will be leading the way with their own Wah Wah 45s Players, and like everyone else, will be performing some of Simon's favourite numbers. Add to this a DJ line-up that includes Bonobo, London Elektricity & your favourite Wah Wah DJs (along with a couple of special guests from overseas) and you've got one enormous line-up, one big celebration, for one very good cause indeed.

All proceeds go to The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation: http://www.roycastle.org

Live:
The Hackney Colliery Band
The Filthy Six
Talc
Polarbear
The Wah Wah 45s Players
Bridgette Amofah
Stac
Belleruche

DJs:
Bonobo
London Elektricity
Snorre Seim (Butti 49, Norway)
Chris Goss
Dom Servini
Scrismhire
Part-Time Heroes
Capstone
Adrian Gibson