COUNTING CROWS Paris Bataclan June 30th

The Counting Crows are back in Paris after a long absence.
This time they're playing the Bataclan ( 1200 capacity ). The weather has been sunny and warm in Paris these last few days and in this case it's a nightmare to go and see a band in this theatre as the air conditioning is just too bad .
It's been like this for years no exception tonight it's hot as hell.

The show is supposed to be sold-out but there are still plenty of empty seats at the balcony.

As usual they're starting the gig with a slow song before really kicking it off.
The band has always been 'relax' on stage only the singer Adam lives his lyrics to the full even if he's fighting food poisoning since this morning .
They're hot ( especially tonight ;-) with heavier songs unfortunately there are too many mid-tempo songs in their repertoire to offer a real excitement which are, fortunately played perfectly ; remember they are 6 musicians plus a singer on the tiny stage.

Songs included "Mr Jones" , "Hangingaround" , Joni Mitchell 's "Big yellow taxi" and last song " holyday is spain " after receiving from a fan a Spanish football t-shirt even if Adam didn't noticed its nationality.
Shame on you Man they're the Euro champion 2008 !!!

SETLIST :
Ballet d'or
Seen me lately
Hanging tree
Mr Jones
Colorblind
Anna
Cowboys
Good time
Potters
Taxi
Accidently in love
Satellites
On almost any sunday
You can't count on me
Sundays
December
Hangingaround
___
Washington square
Come around
Candy
+ Holyday in spain ( not on the setlist )

FOR MORE VIDEOS FROM THE BATACLAN GO TO :
http://fr.youtube.com/user/rockingparis

Here's one " Mr Jones" :

Pura Fe & Herbie Hancock La Défense Jazz festival June 29th 7 pm

We arrived just in time as the DJ was introducing Herbie Hancock 's opening artist the native american blues female singer Pura Fe .
La Défense Jazz Festival is another outdoor free festival that takes place every year in late june in this business district just outside Paris .
Maceo Parker was here last year as Mick Taylor , Dr John , Buddy Guy the previous editions.

Pura Fe's blues is acoustic simple and beautiful as blues should allways be .



Very nice introduction to Herbie Hancock 's jazz with his monster line-up :
Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Holland, Lionel Loueke, Chris Potter and backing vocalists Sonya Kitchell & Amy Keys.
Herbie has played so many different styles that you never know what to expect at his concert.
Will it be 'blue Note' jazz , fusion , funky or electronic ?
Tonight was a mix of all theses influences from the quietest jazz on piano to the funky groove à la Headhunters ( but without brass ).
Each musicians in this band is a master in his field so Herbie took time to introduced them one by one several times and they treated us with amazing soli.

Very enjoyable sunny sunday with 3 great gigs by Martha High , Pura Fe and Herbie Hancock.
From Funky to Blues to Jazz that's what i call ECLECTIC

Martha High Parc Floral Vincennes June 29 th 4pm

The Parc Floral of the Bois de Vincennes in Paris is organizing a free outdoor Jazz festival every year in June.
Lots of great artists have played there over the years ( Herbie Hancock , Buddy Guy ... ).
This time it's Martha High the Funky Diva from James Brown ( and also Maceo Parker ) who's in da house this sunday just one month after playing the New Morning club in Paris .
She's playing with the french band Shaolin Temple Defenders .
As allways with former JB's musicians or singers we're sure to have a Funky Good Time and that's what we had .
The Lady's got the Voice and the Attitude.
We were treated with a mix of her own songs and JB covers that went down a storm in front of this sunday family gathered audience.
A FUNKY GOOD TIME , I told ya !

Then we had to cross Paris from east to west to La Défense to see ...

Solomon Burke -No Show- Jazz La Défense

Horrible evening yesterday, we went to the Jazz défense festival.

We came down early , had to wait a couple of hours before the support band Dan Cavalli went on stage ( they were running late and they were crap ) .

Then at 10 pm ,after they put Solomon' s famous chair on stage, someone announced that Solomon Burke couldn't make it tonigth and that his band would be playing without him .
BASTARDS !!!
Don't tell me they didn't know that before 10 pm, so we've missed Lou reed playing at Pleyel .
Hope Herbie Hancock will show up tonight ...

Anyway i've updated the site today ( June 29 th ) check each artist's page :
NEW Bruce Springsteen pictures
NEW BJORK -video- from the Olympia
NEW KISS pictures ( last 2 Kiss entries )

my YouTube account :
http://fr.youtube.com/user/rockingparis

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Paris Parc des Princes June 27 th 2008

"Born to run" with Elliott Murphy and his son Gaspard

-Touch me-

SETLIST:
Adam Raised A Cain
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
The Promised Land
Spirit In The Night
Rendezvous
Candy's Room
Atlantic City
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
Darlington County
Because The Night
She's The One
Livin' In The Future
Mary's Place
Fire
For You
The River
The Rising
Last To Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
Out In The Street

Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Born To Run
Bobby Jean
Dancing In The Dark
American Land

Great show , great setlist , nice weather , small pit down the front.

PERFECT SHOW : HALLELUJAH !!!

More pictures to come ...
My YouTube account :
http://fr.youtube.com/user/rockingparis

" The river" ( cut before the end, sorry ! )