Beggar and Co
{{Short description|British jazz-funk group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Beggar and Co
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| origin = United Kingdom
| genre = Pop, jazz-funk, soul
| years_active = 1980–present
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- The Brit Funk Association
}}
| current_members = Kenny Wellington (trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals)
David Baptiste (saxophones, flute, vocals)
Breeze McKrieth (guitar, vocals)
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Beggar and Co (also written Beggar & Co) are
a British jazz-funk group formed by Kenny Wellington, David Baptiste and Neville 'Breeze' McKrieth, originally members of the group Light of the World.{{Cite web|title=Beggar & Co. (The Original Light of the World)|url=https://www.summersoulstice.co.uk/hall-of-fame/beggar-co-the-original-light-of-the-world/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Summer Soulstice|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029153317/https://www.summersoulstice.co.uk/hall-of-fame/beggar-co-the-original-light-of-the-world/|url-status=live}}
Overview
Beggar and Co's first single was "(Somebody) Help Me Out", which entered the chart on 7 February 1981. It peaked at number 15 and spent a total of ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart. Their second release was "Mule (Chant No.2)", which entered the UK Singles Chart on 12 September 1981, and reached number 37, remaining in the chart for five weeks.{{Citation
|last1=Rice|first1=Tim|last2=Rice|first2=Jonathan|last3=Gambaccini|first3=Paul|author1-link=Tim Rice|author3-link=Paul Gambaccini|title=Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums|publisher= Guinness World Records and Guinness Publishing|year=1990|location=Enfield, Middlesex|isbn=0-85112-398-8}}
Beggar and Co was also the featured brass section on a number of chart records for other artists, both as a horn section or as individual musicians. Recorded studio sessions included Spandau Ballet's hit single, "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)".{{Cite episode|title=The Story of 1981|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06v9fdp|access-date=30 December 2020|series=Top of the Pops|network=BBC|date=8 January 2016|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120184826/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06v9fdp|url-status=live}} In 2007, the band released a live recording from The Jazz Cafe, Brass, Strings N' Things.{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beggar-amp-co-mn0001193908|title=Beggar & Co – Music Biography, Credits and Discography|publisher=AllMusic|date=20 November 2007|accessdate=19 February 2013|archive-date=27 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227180253/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/beggar-amp-co-mn0001193908|url-status=live}}
Since 2016, Breeze McKrieth, Kenny Wellington, David Baptiste became part of a performing and recording collective, incorporating original members of Beggar & Co, Hi Tension and other members of bands from the genre to be known under the collective umbrella as the Brit Funk Association, performing material from the different repertoires of each band and releasing two albums Full Circle in 2018 and Lifted in 2020.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} In 2021 the band released the self titled album Beggar & Co on Expansion Records.
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Monument (1981)
- Sleeping Giants (2012) (Featuring the Funk Jazz Collective)
- Beggar & Co (2021)
=Singles=
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| Year
! Title ! Label ! style="width:45px;"|UK |
|---|
| rowspan="3"| 1981
| "Mule (Chant No. 2)" | RCA | align=center | 37 |
| "(Somebody) Help Me Out"
| Ensign | align=center | 15 |
| "We All Work Out / Got to Get Away"
| RCA | align=center | — |
| rowspan="1"| 1983
| "Anybody See My Trial" | Polydor | align=center | — |
| rowspan="1"| 1986
| "Life" | Total Control | align=center | — |
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
References
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External links
- {{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20090903150039/http://www.beggarandco.co.uk}}
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/171972-Beggar-Co Discography] at Discogs.
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Category:Black British musical groups