Nils Landgren Funk Unit - Licence To Funk (CD)

Release Date: 08/31/07For those who like to party. A celebration of funk as a collective experience.The focus on Licence To Funk is on the communicating quality of funk. It is no surprise that a red-blooded musician like Nils Landgren would never let his indubitable jazz sensibility and fearsome virtuosity get the better of this endeavour, and turn it into an academic exercise. No way, José! This is an album for those who like to party, or as Nils states tongue-in-cheek: an album “to move my old Swedish body to the beat”. As we could rightly expect, Nils Landgren has found a universal and very contemporary vibe for this groove-based idiom. This may be due to subtle changes to the fabric of his winning Funk Unit team of Magnum Coltrane Price and German top drummer Wolfgang Haffner. New additions are keyboarder/singer Ida Sand, and flutist/saxophonist Magnus Lindgren. Landgren was able to snag one of Detroit funk’s true legends for his new project: guitarist Ray Parker Jr. The com