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- The latest album by the notorious Funk Unit is called "Funky ABBA". I can assure you that we have worked a whole lot on this one! It's called " Funky ABBA" because it's the music of the fabulous composers Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and because it's FUNKY! The album is available in Scandinavia and in Europe.
Members of the Funk Unit are:
Nils Landgren - Trombone vocals
Ray Parker jr - Guitar vocals
Magnum Coltrane Price - Bass vocals
Wolfgang Haffner - Drums vocals
Magnus Lindgren Woodwinds vocals - Tyyli:
- Jazz,Funk
- Kotikaupunki:
- Sweden
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Nils Landgren Funk UnitLuotu 26. heinäkuuta 2008 klo 16:15
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Nils Landgren Funk Unit Nils Landgren is one of the world’s great trombonists, and enjoys both sophisticated chamber jazz and straight out party music, seemingly in equal measure. A cursory review of Swedish record label ACT’s extensive catalog turns up performances by Landgren on recordings by Rigmor Gustafsson, Esbjorn Svensson, Wolfgang Ha...ffner, and many others. He’s also worked, recorded, and/or toured with The Crusaders, Eddie Harris, Bernard Purdie, and Herbie Hancock.
Nils Landgren Funk Unit Landgren first put together the Nils Landgren Unit in 1992; it became the Funk Unit in ’94. Since then he’s released a number of popular recordings with the group and performed at jazz festivals all over Europe and the U.S. Frequently Landgren brings in guest performers—Svensson on Fonk Da World, ABBA songwriter Benny ...Andersson on Funky Abba, and Roy Hargrove on 5000 Miles. On the Unit’s latest recording, Licence to Funk, Landgren brings in Detroit songwriter/guitarist Ray Parker Jr., best known to many for his hit song “Ghostbusters.” Nonetheless, Parker has a long history of working with the best in jazz, rock, funk, and pop music as a musician, songwriter, and producer. He played guitar on Stevie Wonder’s classic albums Talking Book and Innervisions, wrote the hits “Mr. Telephone Man” (New Edition), “Shake It Up” (Cheryl Lynn) and “Upfront” (Diana Ross) as well as playing with Herbie Hancock;s funk groups in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s.
Nils Landgren Funk Unit On Licence to Funk, the group turns out the goods, never forgetting that this is party music, but at the same time refusing to dumb down the sound of the music. For this reason, a slow piece of modern urban R&B like drummer Wolfgang Haffner’s “Slowfoot” is prevented from sinking into smooth jazz hell by both Magnus Lin...dgren’s solid sax work and the tasty touches that Parker and the rest of the group add. That’s also true of “Capetown Shuffle,” composed by Landgren himself.
Nils Landgren Funk Unit Parker turns in two nice compositions, the intensely cooking instrumental “SampleRayT,” which alternates some sharp ensemble passages with more hot solo work from Lindgren, and “For Those Who Like to Party,” a radio-friendly Parker tune that makes it sound like the good old days again. The opener, “House Party” starts ...with Parker’s signature funky rhythm guitar work, and it’s great to hear Ray booming out of the speakers again.
Nils Landgren Funk Unit As for Nils Landgren, he and his signature red trombone are all over this disc, playing, as always, with sharpness and imagination. Licence to Funk is, first and foremost, fun stuff. But it’s nice to hear something fun that doesn’t require leaving your musical taste at the door.
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LICENCE TO FUNK
1House Party - 05:05 (Fred Wesley)
2. freak U - 04:35 (Magnum Coltrane Price)
3. 24Hours - 04:30 (Nils Landgren)
4. Stuff Like That - 05:39 (Quincy Jones, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
5. Slowfoot - 05:49 (Wolfgang Haffner)
6. Capetown Shuffle - 05:52 (Nils Landgren)
7. At Home - 05:...22 (Wolfgang Haffner, Magnum Coltrane Price)
8. Secret - 04:40 (Ida Sandlund)
9. SampleRayT - 05:41 (Ray Parker Jr.)
10. For Those Who Like To Party - 04:25 (Ray Parker Jr.)
11. Brazos River Breakdown - 05:10 (Stix Hooper)
12. Tomomis Tune - 06:57 (Magnum Coltrane Price)
Line Up:
Nils Landgren - trombone & vocals
Ray Parker Jr. - guitar & vocals
Ida Sand - keyboards & vocals
Magnus Lindgren - sax, flute & vocals
Magnum Coltrane Price - bass & vocals
Wolfgang Haffner - drums & vocals
Recorded at Altantis Studios Stockholm by Ranne Hansson on April 10 - 13, 2007 and by Stefan Boman on April 14, 2007
Additional recordings by Magnum Coltrane Price at Jazz Stoc
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