From: Jon Freer (jon-freer_at_excite.com)
Date: 2005-10-16 23:36:52
Jon Freer’s All That Jazz Playlist – Sat October 15th 2005 at the Music Box, Manchester.
Early Doors (Warm-up)
A Reminiscent Drive – Ambrosia – F Communications
Common – Come Close To Me (Blackbeard Rework) – White
Okada Taxi a.k.a kanoe feat. Rich Medina – Age Of Aquarius – Planet Groove
Joe Dukie & Fitchie – This Room – Best Seven
Ashbury – Steal My Nature – Landscape
East West Connection feat. Terry Callier – Tomorrow In Your Eyes – Chillifunk
Sexophone – Empty Papers – Music Conception
Femi Kuti – Do Your Best – Un-Restricted Access
Ultra Naté – Twisted (4 Hero Mix) – Giant Step
The Five Corners Quintet – Three Corners – Ricky Tick
Panoptikum feat. Blue Eyez – Black Land Of The Nile – Déjà vu
Scott Ferguson – From Now Until…(Extended Mix) – Ferris Park
Santessa – Eyes On You (4 Hero Remix) – Disco Volante
Break Reform – What Do You Do? – Abstract Blue
Visioneers – The World Is Yours – Omniverse
Erykah Badu – On & On – Kedar/Universal
Tiombe Lockhardt – Mr. Johnnie Walker – Giant Step
Andrés – You’re Still The One – Mahogani Music
Kid Sublime feat. Jneiro Jarel & Lady Alma – Lookin’ At Me – Kindred Spirits
Móa – Joy & Pain (Dimitri From Paris Dim’strumental) – Tommy Boy
Siji – Irinajo (Yoruba Soul Remix) – Sole Channel
Goldie – Believe (Photek Remix) - FFRR
Loni Clark – Searchin’ (Mood II Swing Dub) – Groove On
Stéphane Vera – All This Time – Left Of The Dial
Ian Friday – Carib’s Leap (Tea Party Vocal) – West End Blue
Mojo Project – Free (S.U.M.O. Samba Bounce)
Later On (peak time)
Osunlade – Gwotet (Yoruba Aqua Remix)
Salif Keita – Tolon Willie (Joe Claussell Remix) – Blue Note
Nu Yorican Soul – It’s Alright, I Feel It (Roni Size Remix) – Talkin’ Loud
Jon Freer’s Event Reviews: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings LIVE: 8th October 2005 at the Roadhouse, Manchester.
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ most recent album was entitled “Naturally”, and this is a fitting name for a group to whom live performance comes oh so easily. The Dap-Kings are a real funky outfit, who use dapper brass work, neat guitar moves and dependable drumming, to create an authentic retro-toned sound. Hailing from Augusta, Georgia, where a certain elder statesman of Funk was also born, Sharon Jones is a musical force to be reckoned with, who has the ability to bring a crowd to their knees whenever she wishes.
This welcome mid-evening showing from Jones and the gang, put on by the amiable Friends & Family, saw the poky Roadhouse packed out by a large crowd of various ages. Before the show-woman made it to the stage, the Kings worked the crowd up with a mixture of jamming and instrumental funked-up pieces. This performance from the Dap-Kings set the mood for the show rather nicely and showed the talents of the group, who were most definitely pushed out of the spotlight once a certain colourful singer took to the stage. A former prison corrections officer and current Brooklyn resident, to suggest Sharon Jones is an impressive performer is a bit of an understatement. Standing atop of a speaker in order to let the whole crowd get a good view, the charismatic large lady delivered an incredibly entertaining performance, which must have used up every ounce of energy in her body. The funkified powerhouse delivered breath-taking renditions of the theatrical “What Would They Do If We
All Stopped Paying Taxes?”, disconsolate “How Do I Let A Good Man Down” and heart-warming “This Land Is Your Land”, but her singing was not her only type of soulful ammunition. Absentmindedly regaling listeners with tales that were spoken perfectly in time over her band’s music, dancing in a frenzied manner and plucking a fella from the audience for her obligatory flirtatious moment with a local, added that extra firepower to her unforgettable performance.
Jon Freer(jon.freer_at_gmail.com)
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