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On 23rd of April, Fred Wesley and the New JB´s gave a concert at GHETTO night club in Istiklal.
Wesley is a legendery funk/jazz trumbonist who played with the likes of Ray Charles and James Brown.
There were some foreigners and Turks watching the event on a smallish night club stage. I observed that the American audience knew how to dance to the Funky Jazz tunes. They were swinging low with their legs stretched. This was way too freaky for someone who has a problem doing even the slowest dance.
Other Turks were trying to keep up but to no avail. The rhythm was different from what they are used to. So, they just swayed their bodies to the music.
I know many Turks like exotic forms of music but they are dealing mostly with the technicalities of it like how the bassist plays, how the trombone is played or how well the drummer plays his thing. There is simply no intention to dance. I sometimes wish I could dance. Fred Wesley must have noticed this and he urged people to move their bodies. I am sure he gets this in the States much more effortlessly.
All the band members were impressive musicians. Even the warm up guy that was on stage to sing a couple of songs was quite good. Very powerful and equally smooth music...
At the end of the days I was making calculations about the number of the audience and ticket prices and I was puzzled at finding out for what little sums these people come over to Turkey from thousands of kilometers away. Maybe, they are paid a standard sum. We must really support these little concerts.
Edited (4/25/2010) by vineyards
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