Groovapolitan are a seriously talented funk / jazz outfit fast gaining recognition in the area. Based at the UEA’s School of Music, where he is working towards a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting, front man and bass player Dario Salvi is too modest to mention that he has served as conductor of Fanfara Tridentina, the orchestra of the Italian Alpine Regiment and also toured Europe and the USA with highly-regarded jazz/funk/Latin singers Ginger Leigh and Patrice Pike.

The five-piece band play to a very high standard, inspired by the likes of Booker T & The MGs, The Meters, James Taylor Quartet and Grover Washington.

They say themselves that they have often been alikened to a field of cows only much more dynamic. Sometimes they find themselves in places where lots of people encourage them to make noises. Often these noises cause peoples feet to twitch and their booties of wriggle. So if this starts to happen to you then you have probably been funked by the Groova's!