The Bongo Fury Band

Tuesday night's Bongo Fury Burlesque and Afro Samba Jazz show is a club favorite and always provides unbelievably fun and funky entertainment. This is weekend caliber stuff on a week night!!! The furious artists who collaborate and make this night the party that it is, are (pictured above l—r) Victor Orlando-congas/bongos, Toledo-vocals, Carolina Ceresola-dance, Todd Washington-guitar/vocals, Asa Watkins-drums, Bjørn Fleuren-bass guitar, the incomparable Walter Davis-sax, DJ Daylight(in front)-spinning wax on the 1's and 2's.

Bongo Fury : Music To Watch Girls By

This Tuesday, rain or shine, Harvelle's will host it's weekly Bongo Fury party. Rich afro-cuban jazz-funk, beautiful burlesque dancers and DJ Daylight spinning funk and brazilian beats entertain like nobody's business. The incomparable Walter Davis leads the band, plays the sax and directs the action.


(thanks to Jeff Cranford for the pix)

Bongo Fury : Dakota & Nina : Pix

The incomparable Walter Davis ruled the night this past Tuesday. Dancers Dakota and Nina seduced the crowd with classic burlesque. Special guests this week included Toledo, Dorthea and a French singer named Jasmine. Each and every Tuesday. (pix - from top : Dakota, Nina, Walter, Jasmine)

Bongo Fury : Warning!!

On stage tonight, the Bongo Fury show, opens it's curtains and let's Miss Dakota out of the Red Room to destroy men's souls with her dance of beauty and feminine essence. 

Once you have seen Miss Dakota dance her dance, you will never be the same. The most intense and exotic of Bongo Fury's many gorgeous seductive dancers, Dakota will tattoo your soul and haunt your dreams. Can your heart stand it? Proceed at your own risk. 

For you music lovers, check out the band, as the incomparable Walter Davis runs things, and shake your own groove thang to the acid jazz, balearic beats, new wave and vintage funk spun on wax by DJ Daylight. Special guests seem to always drop by. Holding it down: Asa - drums, Bjorn - bass, Victor - congas/bongos and Walter on sax. 

X-Rated?!?! : The Night Known As Bongo Fury

Bongo Fury, the weekly live music and dance collaboration at Harvelle's, features the hottest burlesque dancers in the world every Tuesday night. The vodka was Rated X, and the performance was just as provocative, as Erin (dark hair) and Jade (red hair) wowed the crowd with heavenly curves, gymnastic gyrations, table-top dances and mad crazy sex appeal. The incomparable Walter Davis led his quartet, (Bjørn Fleuren (bass), Asa Watkins (drums) and the amazing Victor Orlando on congas and bongos), through 3 sets of electric latin/afro-samba jazz and funky soul. DJ Daylight provided the between sets entertainment, spinning his selection of funk and brazilian beats. 

Bongo Fury : The Pre-New Years Eve

Shhhhhhhhhhh.... it's Bongo Fury. 

The city's coolest secret burlesque night, featuring the live afro-cuban samba of the city's coolest 4 piece group, led by the incomparable Mr. Walter Davis (sax, flute) with Victor Orlando (bongos/congas), Asa Watkins (drums) and Bjørn Fleuren (bass).

The night's secret lies in the ultimate beauty of the 2 featured dancers. With a wealth of L.A.'s best of the best dancers in his Rolodex™ the night's dancers always rate "10"s all around. Breathtakingly beautiful, scantily clad, shaking, jiggling, writhing on the floor, these women are from all over the world, but now they're here.

In between sets DJ Daylight spins soulful wax and Brazilian beats.

Bongo Fury Tuesday : The Rules

The first rule of Bongo Fury? 

Do not talk about Bongo Fury. 

Tuesday nights at Harvelle's is the reason I started going there in the first place. A therapy of sorts of it's own, it's many a man and woman's burlesque fantasy come to life. It's a Tuesday wake-up call, a chance to fall in love, or more casually, have a drink with friends.

The inspirational retreat, led by the incomparable Walter Davis, features the exotic beauty of burlesque-style dancers, latin afro-samba jazz, and the intoxicating aroma of cocktails. 

A treat for all the senses. 

DJ Daylite spins classic acid jazz, soul & funk and hip-hop into the night for your dancing pleasure.

The second rule of Bongo Fury?

Shhhhhhhhhhhh...

pix:

-Victor Orlando/Walter Davis/Asa (on drums)/Miss Dakota

-Victor Orlando bongos it up.

-DJ Daylite spinning the wax

Bongo Fury : Strip Tease Beauties & Afro-Samba Music

If it's Tuesday, it must be Bongo Fury! It's where burlesque dancers mix with live Afro-Samba music, sure to inspire and elevate. Walter Davis - the incomparable sax man - leads Asa(drums), Bjorn(bass) and Victor(congas/bongos) through a night full of drinking and dancing. 

And the dancers? 

Every week, two glamorous beauties perform, at this, the unique-est night in town. These sexy, scantily clad strip-tease artists really deliver! I hesitate to say much more about it, as the secret is getting out, and the club is being increasingly frequented by those needing a night to remember. 

Come early, and get a good spot near the stage. 

An Awesome Night @ Bongo Fury

There's something very cool about being out on a Tuesday night. And if you're watching burlesque dancers, it can be downright subversive! This past Tuesday night Bongo Fury brought the crowd out; drinking, dancing and witnessing both club fave Annika, and the voluptuous Nina (lower right) shake their groove thangs.

Walter Davis - the master of ceremonies - led his white-hot group through 3 sets of terrific urban jazz alternating between his alto and baritone sax (with a bit of flute). Holding it down were the guys - Asa on drums, Bjorn on bass and Victor Orlando on congas and bongos. DJ Daylight on the wheels of steel kept the party going in between sets, and had the dance floor sweaty and crowded. Our man Toledo sat in with the band on a couple of numbers, perpetrating his gritty soulfulness while smoking cigarillos.

If you missed it - come see it live and up close for yourself next Tuesday.