Nils Landgren Live In Stockholm (2 LP)
The first Funk Unit album now also on vinyl! Featuring Maceo Parker.
Double LP, Limited Edition, only 2000 pieces with download code.
It is 25 years since "Live in Stockholm" first appeared on CD, setting in motion Nils Landgren.s unparalleled career in music. And whereas the Funk Unit has long since had cult status throughout Europe, setting the standard wherever it goes, this live recording from 1994 does have something special: a particular roughness, freshness and power, and an untrammelled joy in playing. Plus the presence on the album of one of the greats of funk who delivered that extra kick, Maceo Parker. Irresistible funk-jazz with a strong sense of groove and superb soloing, then, are the essence of "Live in Stockholm". John Coltrane's "Impressions" evokes memories here of the Crusaders in their early 70s prime. Maceo Parker's influence is palpable, his own special effervescence and his experience from his James Brown days...
Line up:
Nils Landgren Funk Unit:
Nils Landgren - Trombone and Lead Vocals
Henrik Janson - Guitar
Jesper Mejlvang - Keyboards and Vocals
Lars DK Danielsson - Fender Bass
Per Lindvall - Drums, Percussion and Trumpet
Åke Sundqvist - Drums, Percussion and Trumpet
Jan Ugand - Sound Wiz
Special Guests:
Maceo Parker - alto sax, vocals
Magnum Coltrane Price - rap & vocals
Recording Information:
Recorded live at the Jazz and Bluesfestival in Stockholm
on July 4, 1994 and at Jazzclub Fasching on July 5 - 6, 1994
Recording Engineers: Jan Ugand and Erik Olhester
Assistant engineer: Pavel Lucki
Mixed and Mastered by Bernhard Lööhr at Polar Studios
Produced by Henrik Janson, Jan Ugand and Nils Landgren
for Tromben Productions ab 1994 in cooperation with the Jazz Baltica Organisation, Kiel, Germany
Lacquer Disc Cutting by Sidney Claire Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin
Original cover artwork by Lasse Karlsson-Frost
Photos by Axel Nickolaus
Track List:
- Traci ( Landgren, Nils / Henrik Janson)05:38
- Soundcheck ( Henrik Janson)03:56
- Impressions ( Coltrane, John)07:53
- Cheyenne ( Landgren, Nils / Ruff, Michael / Ruff, Nadia / Swedien, Bruce)04:57
- Simple Life ( Landgren, Nils)03:53
- The Chicken ( Ellis, Alfred)06:21
- Ain't Nobody (Landgren, Nils)04:02
- So What ( Davis, Miles)11:23
- Mr.M (Landgren, Nils)07:42
- Red Horn ( Landgren, Nils / Swedien, Bruce)08:40
- Yo-Yo ( Janson, Henrik / Landgren, Nils / Mejlvang, Jesper / Danielsson, Lars / Lindvall, Per / Sundqvist, A)10:16