Capri

Motivated by composers like Roy Budd and Quincy Jones along with funky soundtracks like Bullitt and Soiled Harry, the Leeds, U.K., combo Capri dubbed their audio “cop funk” if they shaped in 1996. As period went on, primary people Chris Donnelly and Daniel Woodward dove deeper into ’70s spirit and funk, consuming James Dark brown, Donald Byrd, Azymuth, and Roy Ayers as affects. Their repertoire was completely instrumental initially, and they uncovered a Stevie Wonder-inspired vocalist called John McCallum. McCallum would stick to the music group — today 11 people big — through many gigs over the U.K., but he still left in 1999 and was changed with Benson Walker. Walker made an appearance on that year’s Globe Tunes EP, which also launched the band’s personal label, Groove Lab Productions. In 2002 Capri produced their full-length debut with Boogie Guy, another hip-shaking work, featuring the solitary “Barbarella.” Besides playing in Capri and operating the label, Walker and Woodward also sponsor the favorite GLP Sessions display on the web radio train station Jazz Syndicate Radio.