The Clients Funk Society

This band plays some tight jazz funk grooves combined with ripping improvisations. The heavy sound of the band moving towards progressive funk shows at every live performance. The catchy instrumentals impress especially with clarity, simplicity and thrilling grooves. Intelligent sounds, trademark tasty solos mixed with provoking lyrics make every gig a special event.

The beat-driven power funk atmosphere is jazzy, but always very danceable. A deep groove like a steaming boat on the Mississippi river is maintained during the whole show, also in the slower parts.

Early on, everybody in the audience knows these five musicians excel as they push the funk movement straight forward. Every gig is creative, full of variations and absolutely unique.

Razor - sharp guitar licks, exciting sax solos, fiery vocals, spoken word, screams & shouts, pulsating bass lines and fat beats will transform every place into the hottest spot of serious booty shakin’.

Count on the audience to be seduced by hard grooving compositions and a lot of collective magic.

After the successful tour through Georgia, Hungary and Austria in 2008 more concerts within Europe will be scheduled in 2009.

Davi Feusi sax - In 1993 he began to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston/USA with George Garzone and Bill Pierce and a year later joined the Hip Hop/Funk band Fatbag, which won the Boston Music Award for best Hip Hop band in 1995 and 1996. Relocating to New York he founded his own group Circle of Interactive Art and peformed as freelancer in different bands as Red Time, the Jen Chapin Group, the Mendes Brothers, Mister Blue and Zabumbatuq.

After returning to Switzerland in 1998 he joined several bands including Contemparabic Jazz Ensemble, Grand Mother's Funck, Funky Brotherhood, The Clients Funk Society and the Euro Jazz Big Band. He also started the groups streetkids 99 and final source.

In his career he had the opportunity to share the stage with Eddie Harris, Clark Terry, Marvin Smitty Smith, J.R. Robinson, Noel Mc Calla, Bob Moses and to open as a supporting act for James Brown, Maceo Parker, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Charlie Hunter, De La Soul, Candy Dulfer, Jamiroquai, The Meters and P-Funk.

Marco Figini guitars - has been playing the guitar since he was thirteen. Studying with different teachers during his teenage years he decided to become a musician at the age of 21. That’s when he began his studies at the Jazzschool in Berne and continued at the guitar Institute of Technology with teachers like Giorgio Diorio, Scott Henderson, Joe Pass, Robben Ford. Ever since he graduated in 1985 he has been playing in all different kinds of productions and shows in many countries: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Netherland, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Lithuania, Lettland, Estland, Giorgia, Japan and the USA.

In his career he had the opportunity to share the stage with Tal Farlowe, Albert Mangelsdorff, Percy Sledge, Mike Stern, Rhonda Dorsey, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Mudbone Cooper, Eric Singleton, Candy Dulfer, Marla Glenn, Roy Hargrove etc.

Peter Wagner rhodes - Was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1963, and started piano lessons at the age of nine. As a teenager he fell in love with jazz, learned to play by listening to records and started to compose.

In his early twenties he made professional experiences working with many musicians of jazz, funk and pop and started recording and producing. Frequently on tour and not beeing able to practice the piano, he learned to play guitar, bass and drums in hotelrooms, using his bandmembers as teachers.

Becoming a multi instrumentalist positioned him composing and producing for many artists. Meanwhile his work can be listened to on about 50 CDs of various groups and styles.

Christian Niederer drums - was born 20th Oct. 1971 in Zurich, Switzerland. He began playing the the drums at the age of 14, after playing the guitar for three years.

His first teachers in highschool were F. Schmid and K. Rast, who’s experience and deep knowledge of jazzdrumming had an important impact on Chris.

He became a member of the „K.T. Geier“ Workshop for over six years. K.T. Geier is a bassplayer and a Jazz Legend known throughout Switzerland, France and Germany, who

played with Kenny Clarke and Dexter Gordon. These Years felt like a “First Jazz School“ to Chris and this experience was probably the most important education in playing jazz.