Action Bronson: Tiny Desk Concert
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Published 2023-08-08
There are times during Action Bronson's Tiny Desk when his vocals momentarily drift. We instruct our guests to face the directional microphones so that our recorders clearly pick up the voices. Action warned us of the improbability of that happening before we started filming and sure enough, the Flushing, Queens emcee strolled off mic a couple of times, did an about face here and there and even took a knee mid-show. By the time we got to "Latin Grammys," he looked over to our engineer Josh Rogosin and said, "I told you I couldn't stand still. How do you play music still?" He's got a point.
Action's band Human Growth Hormone reinterprets his records so funky, it's nearly impossible not to move, yet the small imperfections during the set tickled me. Bam Bam, primarily known as a rapper, has turned his passion for food, clothing, sneakers, wrestling, writing, fitness and painting into bonafide professions. Never veering too far away from the booth, he's consistently dropped projects since 2011. After working out in the green room, Mr. Baklava walked to the Desk, greeting nearly every person in the room with a handshake, and proceeded to perform highlights from Mr. Wonderful, Lamb Over Rice, White Bronco, and Only For Dolphins. Bronson was born to entertain us.
SET LIST
"Dmtri"
"Live from the Moon"
"Latin Grammys"
"Terry"
"Baby Blue"
MUSICIANS
Action Bronson: vocals, effects
Matt "Yung Mehico" Carrillo: keys, saxophone
Nicholas Coleman: bass
Wahkiba "9Ether" Julion: drums
Red Walrus: percussion
Julian Love: guitar
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Alanté Serene
Audio Assistant: Josephine Nyounai
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Catie Dull
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Hazel Cills
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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All Comments (21)
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Everytime someone likes this comment I’ll come back to listen to this masterpiece.
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My favorite thing about his band, besides being named Human Growth Hormone, is that his base player is Actions's exotic olive oil plug.
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This makes me wish that Mac Miller and Bronson did a whole album together.
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Bronson is absolutely ripped on edibles here. When he heard the sax solo he clenched his fists and looked like he was about to cry. He loves the music and has the most fun out of everyone here
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And enormous respect to Matt "Yung Mehico" Carrillo for the outstanding saxophone performance.
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The thing I love about action Bronson is just how comfortable with himself he is. There isn’t an ounce of uncertainty coming from this man and it’s infectious
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Big respect to the whole crew but especially Bronson for performing through the edibles kicking in. Lol. That's talent
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That Sax player is absolutely out of his mind. What an amazing set!
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Yo, Action, PLEASE take these amazing musicians on a tour so we can all come support y’all and witness this greatness live!
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This band is next level good, I would pay good money to see them and Bronson live
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ive been playing jazz for 20 years as a drummer. sat and watched a loooottttt of solos. don't think I've ever seen 2 people solo over each other and hardly step on each others toes the way the sax and guitar do at the end of this video. almost perfectly complimenting each other the whole time. amazing.
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" if i dont do it right, its not right" I seriously thought that was part of the script, these guys are insanely smooth and chillaxed
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He's never sounded better. This format is glorious for him.
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no one has charisma like Bronson
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I've always felt that Bronson's lyrical style is a poetic display of an intricate mind. One with so much to say, but never enough time to say it. He can tell a whole story and evoke an array of feelings in just a bar or two. It's a wildly beautiful form of art he's so casually pulling off. The band here compliments it perfectly. Emphasising the right chords and giving a sort of 'bounce' to the multitude of stories Bronson is telling. Waves you could say. Far out, what a set. I'm very much going to struggle counting the number of times I come back to this video <3
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He is being himself 100%, its so rare to see these days. Hes a gem too few know about. I hope to see you live one day. Thank you Bronson for everything, you have a happy spot in my heart! Thanks to the band aswell for a beautiful performance
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The chillest live beat. The band is keeping it SO tight. Never in a hurry. Incredible. Some kind of Action.
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Tiny Desk's legendary sound engineering defeated by Bronsoliño: the unstoppable force meets the immovable object. We love to see it!
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I mean this is a 10/10 performance, Bronson’s energy with a live band is just a perfect match.
