Funk is no small matter: you have to have rhythm running through your veins and you have to know how to transmit it.
Cory Henry, the master of ceremonies behind his inseparable Hammond organ, was able to guide The Funk Apostles and the thousands in attendance through a party in which he played his own songs as well as reinventions of classics such as the Bee Gees' 'Stayin' Alive'. He turned his half of the double bill into a visceral party where you couldn't stop dancing.
The second half of the night was for Trombone Shorty, also known as Troy Andrews, or the child prodigy of New Orleans. His sound is groundbreaking, wild, unexpected. He plays the trombone as well as the trumpet, sings or dances or shakes the tambourine as if there were no tomorrow. And all this, alternating rhythm & blues with funk, rock or even hip hop. There is no style that can resist this musician and his band, which transmits a wild energy.
Two true forces of nature that devastated the Royal Jardín Botánico of Alfonso XIII on July 18.
[Photos: Jorge Fuembuena]
