[acid-jazz] All That Jazz playlist, Sharon Jones live Review

From: Jon Freer (jon-freer_at_excite.com)
Date: 2005-10-16 23:36:52

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    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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