The Sugar Beats Band/ Four On The Floor – French Girl From Luton/ Wake Up And See

the sugar beats band are a Birmingham-based quintet – leo altarelli (trumpet, vocals), lewis hornsby (drums), ed johnston (tenor), chris mapp (upright and electric bass), and rob norman (keys). the band came about through a desire to make good quality music using real musicians whilst, at the same time, moving jazz forwards.

after putting on a series of club nights at birmingham’s medicine bar, which consisted of a set by a live “jazz” band with djs playing sun ra and roy ayers alongside madlib and bugz in the attic, chris and leo put a band together to combine these diverse influences into a single live unit.