Chic feat. Nile Rodgers @ Jazz à La Villette, Paris Sept 10 2013

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Chic feat. Nile Rodgers + Antibalas @ Jazz à La Villette, Paris Sept 10 2013

Antibalas (above) opening for CHIC Feat. Nile Rodgers

It's packed tonight to see the return of Nile Rodgers in the French Capital. Since he worked on the latest album by Daft Punk, he's the media darling.

First we have Afrobeat band ANTIBALAS, lots of brass, very groovy with long songs, a bit as if the JBs (James Brown's famous band) were back from a trip to their African Roots.

Tony Allen was the surprise guest for the last song
Very groovy 75 min set.

Nile was on a side of the stage to take a few pics.

Tony Allen special guest on drums with Antibalas

After a short intermission Nile is back on the stage smile on his face, very cool he's saying hello to people , shaking hands, signing autographs and then goes center stage to tune his guitar checking microphones. "Hello Paris, this is CHIC " Let the show begin!

 We're not in Paris but at New York's studio 54, starting with "Everybody dance", hes' dressed in white so is the whole band. Great lightning and sound is perfect. Lively atmosphere down the front.
The band is tight and Nile si entertaining us always with a BIG smile on his face.
Tonight he's letting people who don't know him that he's the master behind some of the biggest hit of the last 40 years so we have a Best of setlist of the songs he co-wrote or produced with Madonna, Sister Sledge, Inxs, Donna Summer, Duran Duran, David Bowie and even our French Sheila. And of course we have the hits of CHIC. See setlist below for details

Can't go wrong with all these great groovy songs, the backing vocals girls (who are also taking lead) are hot as hell so is the atmosphere in the audience.
Nile is inviting people to dance on stage for the last song, Let's party !!!

hard for the band to leave the stage while the PA is playing daft Punk's latest single to full volume and Nile to thank the audience for the 10th time tonight for the great reception he had.
Great gig !!!

 setlist

"Le Freak" (click on link for video)

Archives: 

Nile Rodgers @ Fnac Store June 2013

Chic Feat Nile Rodgers @ Elysée Montmartre July 2008

Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra @ Jazz à La Villette, Paris , Sept 03 2013

Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra @ Jazz à La Villette, Paris , Sept 03 2013

 Merchandising

It's been a long since we last saw Bryan Ferry, apart from a Q&A @ Fnac store to promote the Olympia album. It was at the Grand Rex in 2007.
This year he has just released a jazz album and he's playing tonight with his orchestra, all dressed up in tuxedos, the band is playing songs on their own, pure jazz. Everyone is listening politely, hoping that Bryan will turn up to his own gig, he's making his entrance on stage after 6 songs with "Love is a drug" could have been worse !
Songs are a bit re-orchestrated jazz style with horns but it's also a rock concerts specially when playing with his own drummer, a sexy female: Cherisse Osei ,  and a young gunslinger on guitar: Oliver Thompson.
Many songs from his solo album , some Roxy Music and a few covers (see setlist below for full details).
The set is divided in several parts: Jazz / Pop-Rock / Horns orientated / soulful with some neat backing-vocals from the two girls and more rock at the end.
As always with Bryan it's very classy and the girls from the audience are standing up and dancing in the aisles and getting down the front to get a closer look to their childhood lover.
After an average start with jazz instrumentals Bryan won the audience over with some classy vocals-great songs and some kick ass rock versions at the end
great gig.

 

 

 setlist above (far right)

Bryan Ferry's version of Van Morrison's "Crazy Love"

 
Archives:

Bryan Ferry @ Fnac store to promote new album