Untitled - Now Then

JASON RAE.
Tragically, on 22nd March 2008,
saxophone player in The Haggis Horns,
Jason Rae was found dead in a flat in
Leeds from a suspected drug overdose.
The 31 year old musician
was husband to successful soul
singer Corrine Bailey Rae and had just
returned from tours with his wife as well
as playing alongside Amy Winehouse
and Mark Ronson.
Jason’s unexpected death has shocked
the musical community, leading The
Haggis Horns to cancel their two
scheduled shows at the Hi Fi Club in
Leeds and The Tuesday Club in
Sheffield.
The gigs were to be a celebration for
First Word Records 2nd birthday, a
landmark they would not have reach
without the success of The Haggis Horns
whose debut album ‘Hot Damn’ had
received widespread critical acclaim
from some of the industries most respected
names. Mark Ronson is quoted
as describing the Band as “the best
fucking horns section in the world”.
The story of Jason’s death was covered
widely by the mass media due to his
marriage to chart topper, Corrine Bailey
Rae, the singer he met whilst she was
working in the cloakroom of a jazz club
in Leeds. The couple married in 2001
and both subsequently set about forging
their musical careers. Whilst
Corrine achieved immediate mainstream
success, Jason’s career had only
just begun to bloom, making his
passing all the more difficult to bear.
The Haggis Horns were among a small
contingency of British artists playing
funk music at a time when groups such
as The Youngblood Brass Band (US), The
Bamboos (Australia), The Hot 8 Brass
Band (US) and The Apples (Israel) are
all recording and performing with growing
success. The loss of Jason and the
uncertain future of The Haggis Horns is
a particularly heavy blown for the UK’s
own funk scene.
We at Now Then were huge fans of The
Haggis Horns and continue to support
First Word Records in all they do. We implore
you to go out and buy ‘Hot Damn’.
With its heavy grooves and sizzling
horns section it is without doubt one
of the best funk albums of the decade
and fine testament to Jason’s outstanding
musicality and life. Long may he be
remembered.
firstwordrecords.com
myspace.com/thehaggishorns
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