Nick Pride and the Pimptones are a funk / jazz / soul band based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Pimptones were formed in 2007 as a project for guitarist, composer and arranger Nick Pride. Their record label Record Kicks describes them as "a deep funk / jazz-dance outfit playing original material in the style of The Meters, JTQ and Charlie Hunter. The group is equally at home in a noisy nightclub or intimate jazz setting, and is most likely to bring the roof of either down with their heavy dancefloor grooves, big breaks and sophisticated jazz numbers."

The current line-up for Nick Pride and the Pimptones is as follows:
Nick Pride - guitar, vocals, song-writer
Oscar Cassidy - drums
Ian 'dodge' Paterson - electric bass
Keith Nicholson - trumpet
Tom Quilliam - saxophone

And ongoing collaborations with:
Chris Hibbard - trombone
Dave Wilde - saxophone, flute
Alex Leathard - trombone
Graham Hardy - trumpet, flugel horn
John Wheeler - saxophone
James Peacock - keyboard
Paul Edis - piano
Paul Loraine - keyboard
Laurie Shepherd - guest vocals
Zoe Gilby - guest vocals
Jess Roberts - guest vocals
Susan Hamilton - guest vocals
Adam Sinclair - drums

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