BE WHY was created in September 2006. On April 17th and 18th 2009 the band recorded its first album, live at Bois-Guillaume (Normandie, France), named Be Live. BE WHY offers a vibrant repertoire of 20 original compositions drawing on mainly on funk but finding inspiration in wild improvisations: Earth Wind and Fire, James Brown, Tower of Power.

After over 60 performances as BE WHY, the 10 musicians have blended their strong individual artistic personalities into a powerful, dynamic and technically masterful into the band. All come from the best musical schools in the country, notably Rémi Biet's Jazz Class at Roue.

According to their public, BE WHY is following the path of U.S. funk ensembles such as Tower of Power, but they tend to break away from standard funk as they offer somewhat darker.