Colour Club
{{Short description|American smooth jazz group}}
Colour Club is an American smooth jazz group that was founded in the 1990s by Skipper Wise and Les Pierce. Wise and Pierce formed Colour Club{{cite news |author=Billboard |title=The JVC Music|publisher=Billboard |date=1994-07-02 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22colour+club%22+billboard&pg=PA56|access-date=2011-05-09}} in the early 1990s as a combination of smooth jazz and hip hop. For their second and third albums they hired vocalist Lisa Taylor with guest musicians such as Gary Meek and Rick Braun. Their self-titled debut in 1994 included the single "Freedom Words". The video was nominated for an American Music Award.
History
In 1994, Skipper was introduced to Les Pierce who had a Top 40 hit at the time with the pop group “Louie Louie” and was producing the vocal group, Take 6.{{Cite web |title=Les Pierce {{!}} Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/les-pierce-mn0000246078/credits |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} Skipper was signed to JVC Records for a three album deal along with Les Pierce as the group “Colour Club”
Colour Club, the self-titled album was released on the JVC label in early 1994 and reached number 5 on the NAC radio charts. The album was branded as the new movement in Europe called “Acid Jazz”
The video for the single “Freedom Words”{{cite news |author=Jazzlynx |title= Vintage Collection: Part One|publisher=Cafe Jazz Radio|date=2006-05-01 |url=http://www.jazzlynx.net/06notes/ed427.html |access-date=2011-05-06}} was shot in Zuma Beach, Malibu in Southern Calif and produced by Mitchel Linden. The results yielded a video of the year nominations from The American Billboards Video awards.
The album “In the Flow”{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dg8EAAAAMBAJ&q=skipper+wise+greater+los+angeles&pg=PA28 |magazine=Billboard|date=1996-02-10 |page=28 |title=Colour Club Focuses Its Palette |last=Reynolds |first=J.R. |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}} was released in 1996 on the JVC/VERTEX label. Now with a permanent singer Lisa Taylor,{{Cite news |last=Ellis |first=Bill |date=29 Jun 1996 |title=Recordings |pages=29 |work=The Commercial Appeal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/774636997/?terms=%22Colour%20Club%22%20&match=1 |access-date=11 Apr 2023}} the album yielded three singles: “Be Yourself” which charted in the top 40 in Japan; “If it’s all Good”and “Pearls.”{{Citation |title=Colour Club - In the Flow Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-flow-mw0000185361 |access-date=2023-04-12 |language=en}}
The third and final Colour Club record, “Sexuality,” was released in 1997 on JVC/Vertex and the single “Tenderness” was issued. The accompanying video was released and six weeks later JVC America closed its doors.
Discography
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| Year
! Album details |
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| 1994
| Colour Club
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| 1994
| Freedom Words (Japanese release)
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| 1994
| Freedom Words – single
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| 1994
| Trust Me – single
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1996
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| 1996
| In the Flow (Japanese release)
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| 1996
| If It's All Good – single
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| 1996
| If It's All Good – single
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| 1996
| Pearls – single
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| 1997
| Sexuality
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| 1997
| Tenderness – single
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=Music videos=
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| Song
! Album ! Link |
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| Freedom Words
| Colour Club
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OilEAOtU7jM Music video], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSaaZV6Z_Vk remix] |
| If It's All Good
| In the Flow | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwG9q0CZV04 Music video ] |
| Pearls
| In the Flow | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WlqViZBac4&playnext=1&list=PL65831D30C11B55F5 Music video ] |
| Tenderness
| Sexuality
| Music video |
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OilEAOtU7jM/ Music Video: Freedom Words]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwG9q0CZV04/ Music Video: If It's All Good]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WlqViZBac4&playnext=1&list=PL65831D30C11B55F5/ Music Video: Pearls]
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