Sharon Jones, AMAIZING @t North Sea Jazz Festival 072010 Rotterdam

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Gospel - Blues - Soul - Funk - Hiphop

Sharon Jones (vocals); Neal Sugarman (tenor sax); Cochemea Gastelum (baritone sax); David Guy (trumpet); Franklin "Binky Griptite" Stribling, Joe Crispiano (guitar); Gabriel Roth (bass); Homer Steinweiss (drums); Ramon Fernando Velez (percussion, congas); Saundra Williams, Starr Duncan (backing vocals).

Festival director Jan Willem Luyken called the performance by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, who was relatively unknown at the time, the highlight of North Sea Jazz 2008. And rightly so, because the show by the New York-based singer and her band turned the Congo tent into a steaming dance hall where the public never stopped dancing. Although Jones only entered the music industry at a rather late age, this isn't apparent on stage. Like no other, the 53-year-old diva is able to whip up the audience with her rough-edged voice and her mix of soul, funk and gospel. Her new album, I Learned it the Hard Way will go on sale right before her second performance at North Sea Jazz. Since it includes a lot of new songs, the promise of another hot night in Ahoy is in the air.

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