License to Funk
Encyclopedia
Licence to Funk is a 2007 jazz
/ funk
album by Nils Landgren.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
/ funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
album by Nils Landgren.
Track listing
- "House Party" 5:05 Fred WesleyFred WesleyFred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
- "Freak U" 4:34 Magnum Coltrane Price
- "24 Hours" 4:30 Nils Landgren
- "Stuff Like That" 5:39 Quincy JonesQuincy JonesQuincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson - "Slowfoot" 5:49 Wolfgang HaffnerWolfgang HaffnerHe is currently associated with the band Wolf Gang Haffner.Wolfgang Haffner is a German jazz drummer with an extensive discography.-Discography:* 2009 – Round Silence* 2008 – Acoustic Shapes...
- "Capetown Shuffle" 5:51 Min Nils Landgren
- "Secret" 4:39 Wolfgang Haffner, Magnum Coltrane Price
- "Samplerayt" 5:40 Ida Sandlund
- "For Those Who Like to Party" 4:25 Ida Sandlund
- "At Home" 5:21 Ray Parker Jr.Ray Parker Jr.Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...
- "Tomomis Tune" 6:57 Stix HooperStix HooperNesbert "Stix" Hooper is an American soul jazz/hard bop jazz drummer born in Houston, Texas, probably best known for founding his group The Swingsters, which later became known as The Jazz Crusaders.-References:...
- "Brazos River Breakdown" 5:10 Magnum Coltrane Price
Performers
- Magnus LindgrenMagnus LindgrenMagnus Lindgren is a Swedish jazz musician. He studied at the Västerås Music College. He then attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, and began working with the Soul Enterprise. He began playing with Herbie Hancock at age 18, and formed his current quartet in 1997...
: Vocals / Tenor Saxophone / Flute - Ray Parker Jr.: Guitar
- Nils Landgren: Trombone
- Ida Sandlund: Keyboards
- Magnum Coltrane Price: Bass guitar
- Wolfgang Haffner: Drums