Brooklyn Funk Essentials
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Brooklyn Funk Essentials is an acid-jazz, funk, and hip hop collective featuring musicians and poets from different cultures. The band was conceived in 1993 by producer Arthur Baker and bassist and musical director Lati Kronlund. In the mid-1990s the group became a staple of the New York City club scene.
Their debut album Cool and Steady and Easy (1994) scored an underground hit with the rendition of Pharoah Sanders' "The Creator Has a Master Plan". The following album, In The Buzz Bag (1998), included Turkish folk music rythyms and instruments, recorded in consortium with the Turkish Laço Tayfa.
Musicians involved
Musicians involved in Brooklyn Funk Essentials' projects include:- Joi Cardwell (vocals)
- Sha-Key (vocals)
- Papa Dee (vocals)
- Everton Sylvester (vocals)
- Ipec Scnot (vocals)
- Stephanie McKay (vocals)
- Everton Sylvester (poets)
- David Allen (poets)
- Jazzy Nice (DJ)
- Yuka Honda (keyboard)
- Bob Brachmann (trumpet)
- Joshua Roseman (trombone)
- Paul Shapiro (saxophone)
- Yancy Drew Lambert (vocals, drums)
- E.J. Rodriguez (percussion)
- Lati Kronlund (guitar, bass)
- Yildiran Goz (oud)
- "Bassy" Bob Brockman (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Discography
Albums
- Make 'Em Like It (2000)
- In the Buzz Bag (1998)
- Cool and Steady and Easy (1995)
Singles/EPs
- Mambo Con Dancehall [12"] (2000)
- Mambo Con Dancehall [CD] (2000)
- Make 'Em Like It Sampler (2000)
- Magick Karpet Ride (1999)
- Big Apple Boogaloo (1997)
- Creator Has a Master Plan [Cassette Single] (1995)
- Creator Has a Master Plan [CD Single] (1995)
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