Fiya Fest 2014 Highlights – New Orleans, LA

Fiya Fest 2014

Fiyawerx Productions did it again for a 2nd year in a row, putting on a lineup of complete fiya, with all the proceeds benefiting The Roots of Music. Combining the best performers in New Orleans with other musical icons and up and coming acts in the contemporary funk scene, Fiyawerx Productions is pushing the storied history of New Orleans music forward while investing heavily in the cultural heritage of the city.

If you are in New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival, Fiya Fest is an event that is not to be missed. I’ve been very fortunate to be asked to helped document these once in a lifetime musical moments and below I’ve shared video clips from most of the acts that performed this year. I believe the music is for everyone and should be enjoyed and spread far and wide. I think the Fiyawerx krewe would likely agree with me, so I’ve shared quite a lot of footage in hopes that those that could not attend can enjoy these “once only” live collaborations.

Maceo Parker & Friends (Eric Krasno, Nigel Hall, Nikki Glaspie, Calvin Turner & The Shady Horns)
“Go Ahead” (inc. Mothership Connection & Sing A Simple Song), Uptown Up, Shake Everything You Got

The Headhunters Super Jam (Mike Clark, Bill Summers, Donald Harrison, Fred Wesley, Blackbyrd McKnight, Doug Wimbish, Eric McFadden, Ivan Neville & Karl Denson)
Four String Drive
Paging Mr. Wesley (with DJ Logic, and Will Bernard replacing Eric McFadden)
Shekere Intro > Watermelon Man (with Will Bernard replacing Eric McFadden, Donald Harrison replacing Ivan Neville, and ??? on Fender Rhodes)

The Nth Power
Waiting, Thank You (ending jam), Catfish [Four Tops cover]

The Midnite Disturbers Allstar New Orleans Brass Band
Baker’s Dozen [Galactic cover] (with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer)
Snowball [Dirty Dozen Brass Band cover] (with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer & Cyril Neville)
Who Took The Happiness Out? [Dirty Dozen Brass Band cover] > Jam > A Day At The Races (Chali 2na) > Freestyle (Chali 2na) > Who Took The Happiness Out? (reprise) (with Rahzel, Chali 2na, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer & Cyril Neville)

Eddie Roberts West Coast Sounds
unknown song

GRITTSS (George Porter Jr, Roosevelt Collier, Ivan Neville, Tony Hall, Terrence Houston, Big Sam & Sam Kininger)
The Chicken [The J.B.’s cover] (with Bernie Worrell)
Genius of Love [Tom Tom Club cover] (with Bernie Worrell) >
Let’s Get Fired Up [Zigaboo Modeliste cover] (with Bernie Worrell & Corey Glover)
Will It Go Round In Circles [Billy Preston cover] (with Bernie Worrell, Corey Glover, Billy Iuso, Norwood Fisher & Eric McFadden)
Welcome To New Orleans [Zigaboo Modeliste cover] (with Bernie Worrell)

101 Runners
Shoo Fly

The Revivalists
Masquerade (with Jennifer Hartswick, Carly Meyers & Khris Royal)
Stand Up (with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer)
Sunny Days (with Jennifer Hartswick, Carly Meyers & Khris Royal)
Whipping Post [Allman Brothers Band cover] (with Pete Murano on guitar)

Clint Maedgen (of Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
unknown song

The Heard
unknown song

Frequinox (Stanton Moore, Robert Walter, Will Bernard & Robert Mercurio)
Hunk (Robert Walter), Sprung Monkey (Stanton Moore), Penske (Will Bernard), Adelita (Robert Walter), Kickin’ Up Dust (Robert Walter), Chicken Lickin’ (Funk, Inc.)

Fiya Fest Schedule

You can also find my videos from the 2013 Fiya Fest here and the 2012 and 2011 Fiyawerx Family Funktion Crawfish Boils here and here.

Funk It’s Jazz Festival 2014 Highlight Video

Funk It’s Jazz Fest 2014 Highlight Video:
01. Wimbash – Chameleon [Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover] @ Blue Nile
02. Johnny Vidacovich, George Porter Jr. & Marco Benevento – Improv @ Maple Leaf
03. Fiya Powa! – Pass The Peas [The J.B.’s cover] @ One Eyed Jack’s
04. Naughty Professor – ??? @ The Den at The Howlin’ Wolf
05. The New Orleans All-Stars – Mississippi Delta [Bobby Gentry cover] @ The Howlin’ Wolf
06. Frequinox – Kickin’ Up Dust @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
07. The Revivalists with Jennifer Hartswick, Carly Meyers & Khris Royal – Masquerade @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
08. Clint Maedgen – ??? @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
09. The Heard – ??? @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
10. The Headhunters Super Jam – Four String Drive @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
11. 101 Runners – Shoo Fly @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
12. GRITTSS with Bernie Worrell – The Chicken [The J.B.’s cover] @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
13. Eddie Roberts’ West Coast Sounds – ??? @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
14. The Midnite Disturbers with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer & Cyril Neville – Snowball [Dirty Dozen Brass Band cover] @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
15. The Nth Power – Waiting For Your Love @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
16. Maceo Parker & Friends – Uptown Up @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
17. Fiya Water 2 – Part Time Hustler @ Fiya Fest at Mardi Gras World
18. Wild Fiya – I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You [Funkadelic cover] @ One Eyed Jack’s
19. Soul Rebels with Eric Krasno – Testify [Kanye West cover] @ The Howlin’ Wolf
20. The Fyre Dept with Rahzel – ??? @ The Howlin’ Wolf
21. The Fyre Dept with Talib Kweli – What’s Real @ The Howlin’ Wolf
22. Break Science with Chali 2na – Guns Up @ The Howlin’ Wolf
23. Frequinox with Eric Bloom & ??? – ??? @ d.b.a.
24. Royal Southern Brotherhood – Running Water @ Tipitina’s
25. Dumpstaphunk with The Grooveline Horns – Turn This Thing Around @ Tipitina’s

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New Orleans All-Stars – Mississippi Delta [Bobbie Gentry cover] 5/2/14 at Howlin’ Wolf:

Theresa Andersson, Ivan Neville, Nick Daniels III, Johnny Vidacovich, Sonny Landreth

Johnny Vidacovich, George Porter Jr & Marco Benevento 5/1/14 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf:

Johnny Vidacovich, George Porter Jr & Marco Benevento 5/1/14 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf:

Frequinox with Eric Bloom 5/4/14 New Orleans, LA @ d.b.a.

And much more here.

AUDIO: Robert Glasper Experiment & Ledisi 4/26/14 Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace

Robert Glasper Experiment - Louisville Palace

Robert Glasper Experiment
April 26, 2014
Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace
internal mics > Tascam DR-2d > WAV > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC
Location: second row, right of center
Taped by FunkItBlog

TORRENT DOWNLOAD HERE

01. Intro
02. Cherish The Day [Sade cover] >
03. Get Lucky [Daft Punk cover]
04. Let It Ride
05. Lift Off
06. Bass solo > Lovely Day [Bill Withers cover]
07. banter
08. teases (Piano Man, ???, ???, ???, Time After Time)
09. Ah Yeah >
10. ??? >
11. Calls

Ledesi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ledesi
April 26, 2014
Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace
internal mics > Tascam DR-2d > WAV > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC
Location: second row, right of center
Taped by FunkItBlog

TORRENT DOWNLOAD HERE

01. That Good Good
02. Rock With You
03. Bravo
song 4 is missing, batteries died
04. Acoustic Medley: Think Of You, Goin’ Thru Changes, Higher Than This, Stay Together
05. Anything
06. The Truth
07. Lose Control
08. Pieces of Me (cut short)
one song missing
09. Gonna Be Alright > (with Robert Glasper)
10. Alright (with Robert Glasper)
11. I Blame You

I’m not very familiar with Ledesi, mainly went to see Robert Glasper Experiment. She started out with a Beyonce-like bang with background dancers and all. Not what I expected but definitely entertaining. I can only imagine the record label pressures for her to cash in on this style of music. Throughout the course of the set I quickly realized that she has an amazing voice with amazing control, but she is also very humerous, a great performer, and full of old school soul.

Song 4 is missing because my batteries died, a shame since it was an old school soul number, probably from one of her older albums. I also stopped recording in the middle of Pieces of Me to conserve batteries, since I suspected Glasper would be coming out later and I didn’t want to miss that (his Rhodes was set up on stage and left empty during all of Ledesi‘s set). Glasper did come out for 15 minutes near the end, performing their collab, Gonna Be Alright (which is actually a rework of Glasper‘s composition FTB). Glasper stayed for the next song and an outro jam with the band.

Robert Glasper with Ledesi

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