Night in Amsterdam: Live at the Paradisco July 17, 2005

Performer: Chic
Distributor: City Hall

Notes: Personnel: Nile Rodgers (vocals, guitar); Sylver Logan Sharp (vocals); Bill Holloman (tenor saxophone); Curt Ramm (trumpet); Cherie Mitchell, Richard Hilton (keyboards); Omar Hakim (drums); Gerardo Velez (percussion). Recording information: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (07/17/2005). Chic was the dance band that summed up the ephemeral spirit of the 1980s; its series of hits with iconic cuts like "Good Times," "Le Freak," and "I Want Your Love" provided the soundtrack to a decade of conspicuous consumption and non-stop partying. Though its 21st-century incarnation, seen and heard on this combination CD/DVD live at Amsterdam's Paradiso, lacks the powerhouse rhythm section of the drummer Tony Thompson, who died 2003, and its co-founder and bassist Bernard Edwards, who died in 1996, the band still manages a set of convincing vitality, helmed by the producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers and fronted by the singer Fonzi Thornton. The DVD also includes band interviews, rarely seen photographs, and backstage scenes.

Brainchild of guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic was one of the most successful groups of the disco era, both financially and creatively. Employing sparse, syncopated rhythm tracks as the basis for a slickly produced, yet highly recognizable sound, Chic avoided typical disco blandness, appealing to a wide variety of listeners. After Chic's demise, Edwards and Rodgers became successful producers and Chic's influence continued to be heard in the music of everyone from David Bowie to Duran Duran.

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