From his stand, trumpet player, singer, band conductor, master of ceremony Boney Fields is putting out a show that could almost make James Brown suddenly pass for a novice. Fields heats up the audience as much as his own musicians, like when he's directing Samb to slow down then re-accelerate the tempo at the end of the 13-minute long killer “Late Comer”.
His musicians, a tight multinational group based in France (melting pot of African and Caribbean music in particular), are all top instrumentalists of different origins : USA, Senegal, Mauritius, France, Martinique, Italy...
Fields jazzy funk fusion is all but intellectual, it speaks to the primal rhythmic instinct of man without superfluous question. But his soulful voice can also make him tender at times with equal appeal, like on “Tough Pill” for example.
On half of the tracks, master of ceremony Fields calls each one up front for solos before the whole band joins back while the groove doesn't slow down for a single second, and constantly asks support from the audience (“Are you ready ?!) as on “Funny How Time Slips Away” and “Get Up & Stand Out”.
On
the hypnotic reggae-funk fusion “Live In Peace”, Fields and Samb
go through a fine trumpet-guitar duel, while the highly funky hip-hop
“Red Wolf” features great trombone from Chabrèle and sax from
Dumas, with
Fields trying
to make the audience respond. Samb's guitar is raging on “Hard
Work”, and
“Ain't
Doing Too Bad”, featuring
lady singer Jean Carpenter (apparently Fields' sweetheart), puts an
end to this breathless show. Fields introduces
again his musicians carefully, precising for each one
his/her geographical roots.
The Jazz à Vienne festival has a very special mojo which draws the best of the carefully selected featured acts. The mojo worked brilliantly on Fields and his Bone's project band. A black cat bone project ! Probably their most thrilling album so far.
With his bowler topping his locks, fancy jackets, golden trumpet and apparently unlimited stock of energy, Fields and his musicians deliver here 74 minutes of pure exhilarating animal pleasure ! Turn up the volume to unreasonable level and let the funk shake your bones and guide your feet ! ■
Live videos... are better than long speeches● Boney Fields YT channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/BoneyFIELDSOfficiel
● Jazz à Vienne 2008, the videos
They
come from the DVD included in the 2-disc set containing the CD, two
bonus tracks and the video of the concert.
→ 1, & 2. "Making it Funky" & "Hang Loose" : https://youtu.be/GwlPyPsieqE
→ 3. “Late Comer” : https://youtu.be/frNcVdPECi4
→ 4. "Don't call me local" : https://youtu.be/CNI4xKl2eQ8
→ 5. “Tough Pill” : https://youtu.be/E879u5fE248
→ 6. “Funny how time slips away” : https://youtu.be/M8CPjaWxSIM
→ 7. “Get up and Stand out” : https://youtu.be/D2ryyf38F84
→ 8. “Live in peace” : https://youtu.be/3fY-vmKPYbw
→ 9. “Red Wolf” : https://youtu.be/PKPOfHgCHjg
→ 10. “Hard Work” : https://youtu.be/XJUinuZ4eMw
→ 11. “Ain't Doing Too Bad” : unavailable
→ New Morning, Paris, 2008 : https://youtu.be/OyM0Bbq3HTg
→ Festival Madajazzcar, Madagascar, 2009 : https://youtu.be/tnHAuOVnGwU
● Deuil-la-Barre, France, 2011 :
→ https://youtu.be/l6avnx9Q_Q0
→ https://youtu.be/AGx7N41YagY
→ https://youtu.be/IEX9lKeCypw
→ "Chain of fools" with Nicole Slack Jones : https://youtu.be/Wo6pPT1sAAk
● With Lucky Peterson & David Garnier, New Morning, Paris, 2012 : https://youtu.be/EqhHKnO9Ztw
● New Morning, Paris, 2013 : https://youtu.be/CO6thDU8HcI
● “Here we stand”, June 2013 : https://youtu.be/bOkQ1Yf3314
● Poland, 2013 : https://youtu.be/xWSNazP1XDU
● "Blues in G", with Holly Maxwell, French TV, 2014 : https://youtu.be/9qXfGCi7T2g
● Bagnols Blues Festival, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, 2014 :
→ https://youtu.be/5yH6LZy1i7A
→ https://youtu.be/caRgg7y1gJ0
→ https://youtu.be/fHrx90NY5oU
→ https://youtu.be/dw-CflrgcIA
→ https://youtu.be/hdshtYRN0as
→ https://youtu.be/-FDZIdTjyW0
● Orléans, France, 2010 : https://youtu.be/xGEMJ2_97mM
● “Kansas City”, Boney Fields and Friends, Le Sonograf', Le Thor, France, 2011 : https://youtu.be/SHXM1a-B-94
● “Easy Rider”, La Boite à Musique, Wattrelos, France, 2013 : https://youtu.be/dPoalY6OQM0
→ https://youtu.be/PuVKelziSvw
→ https://youtu.be/q0fUio7JGDk
→ https://youtu.be/NVO-Yb2Y50Y
● Terville, France, 2015 :
→ https://youtu.be/vxr4NkxK2aI
→ https://youtu.be/cd1pda8J-2k
● After Hours Pub, Beauvais, France, 2015 :
→ https://youtu.be/0fSs_tmqu6E
→ https://youtu.be/XFwONwV4oVs
→ https://youtu.be/rdBLOpl5W6E
→ https://youtu.be/8H5RnHPbk4Q
→ https://youtu.be/kWHLk2K84dw
● With Lucky Peterson, 2015 : https://youtu.be/5f04m025c2s
→ https://youtu.be/Wl6p47Gi4FA
→ https://youtu.be/tMNKy0thWVw
● “Just a gigolo” with Sweet Screamin’ Jones & Pierre Le Bot, 2016 : https://youtu.be/tGv8l0L1M4M
● “Let the good times roll”, Banana Peel club, Ruiselede, Belgium , 2016 : https://youtu.be/BkAfvTSJKFs
● Le Royal Est, Paris, 2016 : https://youtu.be/jVXZfgyJ3FQ
● Caveau des Oubliettes, Paris, 2016 :
→ https://youtu.be/tm2Whox-Pgs
→ https://youtu.be/hSMprVjNIDc
● Hot Jazz Spring, Częstochowa, Poland, 2018 : https://youtu.be/ttne4dsNEsw
● Billy Bob's Saloon, Disneyland Paris, 2018 : https://youtu.be/f-VElwOquMU
→ https://youtu.be/JdUy9O2_xb8
→ https://youtu.be/O9wlo6Kiopo
→ https://youtu.be/HVidjOwuRts
● Café Montparnasse, Paris, 2019 :
→ https://youtu.be/ThVNeGxuycQ
→ https://youtu.be/WHNXp4VbbTo
→ https://youtu.be/MLYnyRcm6iM
→ https://youtu.be/oBRrBPShFi8
→ https://youtu.be/97vucZqUNFk
● Blues Festival La Traverse, Cléon, France, 2019 :
→ “Get up get down get funky get loose” : https://youtu.be/H_KKVNDioc0
→ “Dark side of a love affair” : https://youtu.be/3Iu9wZcTKU8
● “I wanna know”, Blues Roots Festival, Meyreuil, France, 2020 : https://youtu.be/9IhGCJ940Wk
● Caveau des Oubliettes, Paris, 2020 :
→ https://youtu.be/a-gZ6VhC6Hk
→ https://youtu.be/bLwuEUhYviQ
● Festival International de Blues de Mécleuves, France, 2021 :
→ https://youtu.be/DDp9UsoN8gc
→ https://youtu.be/Xc_NNbmZJu0
● Festival Guitare en Save, Montaigut-sur-Save, France, 2021 : https://youtu.be/LScxdv9V-O0
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| Mike Armoogum & Nadège Dumas |
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| Hervé Samb |
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