V4YS Concert Review - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Live In Paris, Cabaret Sauvage - 151010

 Was it the current striky mood in Paris, the rainy weather or the fact that Brooklyn Funk Essentials already visited the city and several festivals in the country earlier this year?
I don't know but it's a surprinsingly half-full Cabaret Sauvage that welcomed the nyc-based band last friday night. It was nevertheless more than enough to fill a dancefloor that did not stop shaking and grooving during their remarkable 1h30-long show!

Led by their charismatic trio of singers (Hanifah Walidah, Papa Dee & Everton Sylvester), the 9-member combo alternated between songs from their 2009-album "Watcha Playin'" and previous productions like their famous cover "The Creator Has A Master Plan" dating back from their 1994 first LP "Cool And Steady And Easy".

Everton Sylvester

Papa Dee

In fact the show was quite similar to the one I saw last July during the "Jazz à Juan" festival (review here) in south of France with  the same dose of energy conveyed by the crew and amazing ability to blend funk, ragga, latin and oriental vibes for a unique world-groove experience!

Iwan Van Hetten & Erik Hausler

Ah, and I was about to forget, happy birthday Hanifah!

Below small videos of "The Day Before Adidi" and "Dance-free Night" :

Ce vendredi soir c'est un Cabaret Sauvage seulement à moitié plein qui a accueilli Brooklyn Funk Essentials. Quelles que soient leurs excuses (grèves, pluie, second passage de l'année du groupe à Paris...) les absents ont eu comme toujours....torts!

Emmené par son trio de chanteurs charismatiques ((Hanifah Walidah, Papa Dee & Everton Sylvester) le groupe new-yorkais a déroulé avec brio, énergie et bonne humeur son programme "world-groove" ou rythmiques funk, latin, ragga ou orientales s'entremêlent avec délice.

1h30 de show rafraichissant, très proche dans son tracklisting du concert que j'avais vu en juillet dernier lors du festival "Jazz à Juan" (review ici). On en redemande!
Ci-dessus deux petites vidéos, "The Day Before Adidi" & "Dance-free Night", morceaux extraits de leur album "Watcha Playin'" sorti en 2009.

Thanks Vincent for most pictures!