November 2016 saw the release of their first full album, Three Step Strut. For this special performance, funk organ trio Three Step Manoeuvre team up with renowned flautist Gareth Lockrane (James Taylor Quartet, MOJO Magazine Award Winner) for an evening of their favourite groove music. Expect the evening to be a mixture of 60s soul-jazz classics, funk standards and original material, building on their collaboration first heard on 3SM’s debut album from 2016, 'Three Step Strut'.
Gareth Lockrane is one of the UK’s most celebrated musicians, a true virtuoso on his instrument, and an impressively versatile player in a diverse range of settings. As well as his own groups including Grooveyard (Mojo Magazine 2012 Jazz Album of the Year for “The Strut”), his septet (Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2009 Album of the Year for "No Messin’”) and his all-star big band; he has also been involved in many diverse projects as a sideman – as a key member of the late great Bheki Mseleku’s group during his last years from 2005 to 2008 and also with Phil Robson’s IMS Quintet featuring Mark Turner, Laurence Cottle’s Big band, Michael Kiwanuka, Xantone Blacq, Kate Williams, Patrick Cornelius, Simon Woolf Quartet and Sextet, Incognito, Georgia Mancio, Nia Lynn’s Bannau Trio, The JTQ, Hans Koller, Sirius B, Anita Wardell, Natalie Williams, Paul Booth, Gwilym Simcock Nonet and Big Band, Tom Richards Jazz Orchestra, The National Youth Jazz Orchestra and many more.
"That quick picking, shuffle snare, drums and riding bass is a recipe that very few can get right, but Three Step Manoeuvre does it magnificently." Funkatopia, 20 Best Funk Albums of 2016