Originally recorded in the peak of the roller-disco era (circa 1979–80),
"Roll a Skate" combines soulful vocal performance, raw groove, and authentic musicianship from a cast of scene-defining players:
 
Lead Vocal: Gina Lewis
Paris Ford: Bass & backing vocals
Drums: Pumpkin (RIP)
Guitar: Ron “The Pac Man” Pacaud
Piano: Lionel “Cream” Henderson
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Paris Ford Bass Player Musician In the earliest years of New York’s post-disco era  when roller skating rinks were packed to the rafters and dance floors were alive with funk, R&B, and early electro grooves  a young artist named  Paris Ford laid down a recording that would quietly endure for decades.
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Roll a Skate was supposed to be release on Streetwise Records, the influential New York dance label founded by producer and DJ Arthur Baker
home to seminal club classics and cutting-edge dance sounds of the early ’80s.
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Only few month ago, Paris Ford, the artist has uncovered the original 2-inch, 24-track master reel of that recording  the very masters from which Streetwise pressed its vinyl  rediscovered after nearly 40 years.
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Listening back, even Arthur Baker reflected that if he’d heard what Ford had captured back then, he would have released it as a second single a testament to the timeless energy and feel of the recording.

 

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