Last night we went to see Gilles Peterson at the Liquid Room. It was the third anniversary and they had a sick lineup including Jazztronik, Soil Pimp Sessions, José James, some of the cats from Kyoto Jazz Massive and Raphael Sebbag from U.F.O. It started with a DJ throwdown with Jazztronik, Kyoto Jazz Massive, the Soil Pimp Sesssions MC and then Raphael Sebbag. They all played some sick Jazz and house tunes, but for some (inexplicable) reason, the crowd weren't too into it, or at least weren't dancing much until Raphael Sebbag started to play some salsa. Then J.A.M. did a special live set with José James singing and scatting about with them. They made a really great, tight group - I really enjoyed it and the crowd seemed to get more into it. Next Gilles Peterson did a DJ set - a really sick set technically apart from anything else - I must find out what his first tune was...sounded a little like Bernard Herrmann, but I don't think it was. Then this new group called Kingdom Afrocks did a live set. I really enjoyed their set too, again a really tight band, with a sick keyboard player and brass section. Great stuff. The only problem for me was that the batteries in my flash died before I could use it and the Liquid Room staff wouldn't let me go upstairs and get my other one. Still took some photos, but not sure how well they are going to turn out. Hopefully the event will be broadcast tonight 4am-6am on J-Wave in Tokyo and then (I hope) on his Worldwide show in the UK next week. Click the flyer above to see some of the better photos I took.
