Boney Fields at Sunset-Sunside

"Real music by real musicians" used to say Prince. Like him, the trumpeter and singer from Chicago Boney Fields, belongs to this generation of African-American artists born to tame the stage. Funk and blues, these two sides of the same Great Black Music, Boney Fields merges them faithfully and with all the know-how of a career spent surveying stages around the world, with playing partners such as Lucky Peterson, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Liz McComb, but also George Clinton, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley or Bootsy Collins. Far from the glitter of Show Biz, it is on stage that Boney Fields learns the trade and enriches his art. It was there that he ended up forging his own style, a retro futuristic mix of blues and brassy funk. An aesthetic of his own that he will broadcast on disc as well as on stage. Boney Fields & his Band, where they pass, leave behind them a form of highly energetic and jubilant powder. A tireless showman, Boney Fields takes his music to the four corners of the planet and it is during these shows that he prowls the vibrant repertoire of his 6th album “Bump City”. It grooves....

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"Real music by real musicians" used to say Prince. Like him, the trumpeter and singer from Chicago Boney Fields, belongs to this generation of African-American artists born to tame the stage. Funk and blues, these two sides of the same Great Black Music, Boney Fields merges them faithfully and with all the know-how of a career spent surveying stages around the world, with playing partners such as Lucky Peterson, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Liz McComb, but also George Clinton, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley or Bootsy Collins. Far from the glitter of Show Biz, it is on stage that Boney Fields learns the trade and enriches his art. It was there that he ended up forging his own style, a retro futuristic mix of blues and brassy funk. An aesthetic of his own that he will broadcast on disc as well as on stage. Boney Fields & his Band, where they pass, leave behind them a form of highly energetic and jubilant powder. A tireless showman, Boney Fields takes his music to the four corners of the planet and it is during these shows that he prowls the vibrant repertoire of his 6th album “Bump City”. It grooves.

« Real music by real musicians » avait coutume de dire Prince. Comme lui, le trompettiste et chanteur originaire de Chicago Boney Fields, appartient à cette génération d’artistes Afro-Américains nés pour dompter la scène.Le funk et le blues, ces deux versants d’une même Great Black Music, Boney Fields les fusionne fidèlement et avec tout le savoir-faire d’une carrière passée à arpenter les scènes du monde entier, avec des partenaires de jeu tels que Lucky Peterson, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Liz Mc Comb, mais aussi George Clinton, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley ou Bootsy Collins. Loin des paillettes du Show Biz, c’est sur scène que Boney Fields apprend le métier et enrichit son art. C’est là qu’il finit par forger son propre style, un métissage rétro futuriste de blues et de funk cuivré. Une esthétique bien à lui qu’il déploie sur disque comme sur scène. Boney Fields & son Band, partout où ils passent, laissent derrière eux comme une trainée de poudre hautement énergétique et jubilatoire. Showman infatigable, Boney Fields fait voyager sa musique aux quatre coins de la planète et c’est durant ces shows qu’il rôde le vibrant répertoire de son 6ème album « Bump City ». Ca groove.

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