I'm generally not big fan of Music Day in Paris (c'est la fete de la musique toute l'année!), but in such a case even skepticals would have enjoy...
I had memory of an "automatic pilot" promotion concert by Keziah Jones that disapointed me a bit, but we had tonight a kind a unique gig as taking place in a Paris street. What was great is that it was obvious they were here to have fun.
Keziah played some of his hits, in a pretty easy style way, but still knowing how to groove (well, the amazing bass player was able to make dance the whole street just by himself!). Rythm section injected african flavor during some percussive impro followed by Keziah singing and claiming nigerian influence...
Franck Biyong joined the band to give birth to a Voodo Child, followed by a jam on Fela'sLady sung by Keziah, a Blue Funk version with a kind of afrobeat horn section...
Great trip to have such a good afrogroove gig in the street. Big up.
