Over 600 people celebrated the publication of Mark Snowboy Cotgroves seminal From Jazz Funk to Fusion Acid Jazz The History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene at Cargo in Shoreditch on Sunday July 19th. The event was cosponsored by The Barbican and was part of the Blaze Festival. Snowboy joined BBC Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson on the turntables and the book signing attracted serious jazz dance afficionados from all over the UK.Couldnt put this book down theres a lot of history here A fine piece of work respect to Snowboy for reminding me of a large chunk of my dj lifeGilles Peterson Tune in to Gilles podcast with Snowboy From the Seventies to the Nineties Mark Snowboy Cotgrove illuminates the evolution of the Black music and clubbing in he meticulously traces the evolution of UK Jazz Dance touching down at alldayers weekenders and dozens of clubs. He interviews over 200 DJs and dancers.