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JAZZIE B Romeo Beresford
Music Producer
Jazzie B aka Romeo Beresford, was born in North London, from Antiguan parentage. He co-founded the Soul II Soul sound system in 1982 along with school friend Phillip 'Daddae' Harvey. Although he worked as a sound engineer, the background which built the Soul II Soul hits came from Jazzie's experience as a DJ -in street parties, community centres, youth clubs and on illegal radio stations.
The double Grammy Award winner has been proved to be the undeniable genius of two generations of soul and dance music producers & artists, leaving his distinctive Soul II Soul essence within whole traunches of musical production and sounds. He has been involved in over 30 million album sales, and 100 million singles. He has also worked with some of the most exciting artists of our time, on some of the greatest tracks ever.
From creating the Soul II Soul sound system, to creating the Soul II Soul sound, Jazzie decided to create the Soul II Soul recording group, and a deal with Virgin was signed. This went on to become the club and chart success story of the late 80's, achieving world-wide acclaim with albums 'Club Classics' vols I & II , and hits including 'Keep On Movin', 'Back to Life' and 'Get A Life'. There have been three further albums and, and eight further singles the most recent being 'I Care (Soul II Soul)' which reached number 11 in the UK Charts at the begining of 1996.
During this period Jazzie has widened his horizons somewhat, he has had success as a musical director at the South Bank , as a presenter of a weekly radio show, and produced some TV. He has a recording studio, owns a record label, and has started a fashion line. He has also won an award from The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People ( an American civil rights organisation) for being an outstanding role model.Jazzie B now lives in central London with his partner Efua, and has two children. Even now he is most probably hard at work stretching his boundaries.
