LICENCE TO FUNK / Nils Landgren
About Album
A true musical cosmopolitan, he has long acquired his licence in jazz and pretty much any other music performing alongside stars like Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Thad Jones, Herbie Hancock or Roy Hargrove. He may have been born in Detroit, Michigan or in Degerfors in the Swedish province of Värmland, as is the case with Nils Landgren; an artist of such stature that he needs no one’s permission for anything and certainly not to funk. Mr. Red Horn, a name that stuck to Landgren because of his eye-catching red Yamaha trombone, has been a constant source of inspiration on the European jazz scene as an inexhaustible performer, highly original composer and charismatic teacher.
Song List
- 1. House Party - 05:05 (Wesley, Fred)
- 2. freak U - 04:35 (Price, Magnum Coltrane)
- 3. 24Hours - 04:30 (Landgren, Nils)
- 4. Stuff Like That - 05:39 (Jones, Quincy / Ashford, Nick / Simpson, Valerie)
- 5. Slowfoot - 05:49 (Haffner, Wolfgang)
- 6. Capetown Shuffle - 05:52 (Landgren, Nils)
- 7. At Home - 05:22 (Haffner, Wolfgang / Price, Magnum Coltrane)
- 8. Secret - 04:40 (Sand, Ida)
- 9. SampleRayT - 05:41 (Parker Jr., Ray)
- 10. For Those Who Like To Party - 04:25 (Parker Jr., Ray)
- 11. Brazos River Breakdown - 05:10 (Hooper, Stix)
- 12. Tomomis Tune - 06:57 (Price, Magnum Coltrane)
Comments
"If the Nils Landgren Funk Unit continues to record albums this good, their title-giving licence will never be revoked”
(ALLMUSIC.COM)
