Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at Pearl Street Warehouse – Washington, DC

Name: Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at Pearl Street Warehouse – Washington, DC
Start: 2024-11-30
End: 2024-12-01

Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at Pearl Street Warehouse – Washington, DC

Don’t miss this upcoming Event in Washington, DC. Happening on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at Washington. Doors open at 8:00 PM.

21+Chopteeth is a 11-piece Afrofunk orchestra exploring the common groove between the funkiest, most hip-shakin West African and American popular music on the planet. The core of the Chopteeth sound is Afrobeat: a big-band funk invented by Fela Kuti in 1970s Nigeria. Afrobeat is a spicy stew of modern jazz, Yoruba tribal music and burning, James Brown-inspired rhythms. Chopteeths sets feature original compositions along with updates of African dance classics, all while remaining true to the spirit of the music and its message. Band members step to the mic to serve up lyrics in a total of seven different languages. Chopteeth has performed on shows with a wide range of critically acclaimed world music, soul and jazz-funk groups, including Parliament Funkadelic, Trombone Shorty, Galactic, Aaron Neville, Cyril Neville, Derek Trucks Band, Ozomatli, Grupo Fantasma, Konono No. 1, Sierra Leones Refugee All Stars, Govt Mule, Soulive, Greyboy Allstars, The Iguanas, War, Chuck Brown and many more. Website / facebook / instagram / spotify / youtube