Johnny Winter RIP 1944-2014

Johnny Winter RIP 1944-2014

 He just died at age 70 in Switzerland

Rockerparis archives:

Johnny Winter + Edgar Winter + Robben Ford + Johnny Gallagher @ Olympia, Paris April 07 2013

 Johnny Winter + A L'Ouest Le band @ Bobino Paris March 15th 2010

Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter @ Olympia, Paris July 15 2014

Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter @ Olympia, Paris July 15 2014

Two masters in their own field, for a gig that was... well ... experimental, first set with 3 "songs" 20 min + each...very deconstructed...

Second set was a bit more conventional, with 3-4 songs for another hour
not really the gig I was expecting... I guess I'm more "Jazzy"
For fans only...

 That was the first show on their European Tour so sometimes you could hear that they were "experimenting"...
I would have prefer something more "conventional"...

ARCHIVES ROCKERPARIS:
Herbie Hancock + George Benson + Marcus Miller + Hugh Masekela + Others @ Journée Internationale du jazz @ Unesco Paris 2012
Wayne Shorter + Herbie Hancock + Marcus Miller @ Olympia July 2011
Herbie Hancock @ Salle Pleyel Oct 2008
Herbie Hancock @ Jazz La Défense June 2008

The Jacksons + Imagination @ Palais des Congres, Paris July 11 2014

The Jacksons @ Palais des Congres, Paris July 11 2014

THE JACKSONS
1ère Partie : IMAGINATION feat LEEE JOHN

Leee John from Imagination is opening the show with a nice set of Imagination's hit and new songs, I remember when I was a young kid and those songs were all over the radios in France. He's also doing a few covers Bob Marley, Chic and others...Leee John is a very entertainer doing the show , giving out posters and cds, shaking people's hands...and great voice...Much better than expected. 

The Jacksons for their first show in Paris in what 30 ? 40 years ? Nice to be back at the Palais des Congres it's one of our favorite concert hall. All seated and confortable and with a nice view where you are seating, we have perfect seats 9th row in the middle. Not sold-out, they've closed down the last part of the hall in the back but otherwise it's full with lots of beautiful girls. Some people are dressed up as Mickael, funny and lively atmosphere straight from the beginning with the audience rushing to the front of the stage to get a closer look with the security trying to get things safe.

It's a American show, no improvisation everything is perfect, the music , the choreography, the stage moves, costumes changes...
Without Mickael there's something missing on some songs as he was the lead singer but the Jacksons are putting up a very good show with different parts (see setlist for details).

Each one of them is taking the lead in the tradition of all those vocals group like the Temptations... same with the stage moves...

I guess that each member of the audience left with a smile on their face. 

 

 
Premier concert des Jacksons  dans la capitale, 5 ans après la mort de leur frère Mickael Jackson. La salle bien garnie même si le dernier tiers a été fermé avec des rideaux.
La premiere partie est assurée par l'ancien chanteur du groupe Funk Imagination qui a eu quelques tubes au début ds années 80.
Bonne prestation de Leee John, on a droit aux tubes d'Imagination plus quelques reprises. Superbe voix et vrai showman. Sympa

Puis c'est au tour des Jacksons, ferveur instantanée, le public se rue devant pour pouvoir les apercevoir de près au grand dam de la sécurité du groupe. Chorégraphie années 80 pompée sur celle des groupes vocaux des années 60 tels que les Temptations. Ce ne sont pas les meilleurs chanteurs du monde, l'absence de Mickael peut se fait cruellement sentir sur certains titres et le groupe utilise certainement des chœurs pré-enregistrés mais chacun des frères aura droit à son titre chanté. Gros show à l'americaine. Moment un peu téléphoné avec l'intervention de Berry Gordy par écran vidéo interposé venant mettre fin à une petite discussion animée entre les frères. Pas le meilleur moment du show surtout dans un pays non anglophone mais gros show à l'américaine.

Tous les tubes sont joués, ça joue bien et le public est enthousiaste, franchement que demande le peuple.
Concert très agréable dans l'ensemble malgré les petits défauts.
 

 

 setlist