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    Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires at Ottawa Jazzfest

    Charles Bradley and the Extraordinaires at Ottawa Jazzfest

    Photos: Mike Bouchard

    Charles Bradley took the stage after a quick two number hype warm-up by his backing band, Extraordinaires.  His music career started when he was booking gigs as an impersonator for James Brown in a band called Black Velvet.  This led to his discovery by Daptone Records, which produced his album and launched his career.

    He's performed in Ottawa previously, at Ottawa Bluesfest, and later a club show.  A performance at the Bronson Centre last year was cancelled due to illness, yet he is clearly back on his smooth feet, with all of the energy of a musical man in full health.

    His powerful and soulful voice engaged most of the seated crowd to their feet after he'd swapped outfits to a sequined suit that glittered of gold.  A fast camera shutter unveiled the true colour of the outfit to be mostly green.  Sequins flickering are quite an optical illusion that a camera cannot seem to see.

    Bradley is an amazingly talented man with a killer band that offered a solid hour and a half of solid soul music at another wonderful night of the Ottawa Jazz Festival.




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