Biography
George Bruno "Zoot" Money (born 17 July 1942, Bournemouth, Dorset) is a singer, pianist, organist, bandleader and actor.
In 1961 Money formed the first incarnation of the Big Roll band; over the next two years the line-up settled into Andy Summers (later of The Police) on guitar, Nick Newall on saxophone and Colin Allen on drums, with Money on piano and Hammond organ. This line-up continued for a few years with various interruptions.
Before long The Big Roll Band were playing regularly at the Flamingo, a Soho club. They played a cooking mixture of soul, jazz and R&B, peppered with the flamboyant antics of frontman Money. Money was a popular live attraction with the UK's "in-crowd" as the blues and R&B movement of the early part of the decade progressed into the "Swinging Sixties".
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