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Brooklyn Funk Essentials

 
Artist: Brooklyn Funk Essentials

Group Members:

Lati Vironlund, Joi Cardwell, Papa Dee, Paul Shapiro, Dave Allen, Yuka Honda, Bob Brockman, Yancy Drew, Josh Roseman, Shä-Key, Everton Sylvester, Arthur Baker, Stephanie McKay

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Performed Songs By:

Arthur Baker, Paul Shapiro, Everton Sylvester, Lati Kronlund, Josh Roseman

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  • Formed: 1993, Brooklyn, NY
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Make 'Em Like It
  • Representative Songs: "Take the L Train (To 8th Avenue)", "The Creator Has a Master Plan", "Big Apple Boogaloo

Biography

Acid-jazz collective Brooklyn Funk Essentials was first conceived in 1993 by producer Arthur Baker and bassist/musical director Lati Kronlund; by the following year, the group was a staple of the New York City club scene, with early lineups also including singers Joi Cardwell, Sha-Key, and Papa Dee, poets Everton Sylvester and David Allen, DJ Jazzy Nice, keyboardist Yuka Honda, (soon to co-found Cibo Matto), trumpeter Bob Brachmann, trombonist Joshua Roseman, saxophonist Paul Shapiro, drummer Yancy Drew, and percussionist E.J. Rodriguez. Brooklyn Funk Essentials' debut album Cool and Steady and Easy followed in the summer of 1994, scoring an underground hit with its rendition of Pharoah Sanders' "The Creator Has a Master Plan"; when Caldwell exited to mount a solo career, she was replaced by vocalist Stephanie McKay. In the Buzz Bag followed in 1998, and two years later, the group returned with Make 'Em Like It. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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Brooklyn Funk Essentials is a music collective who mix jazz, funk, and hip hop, 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 Buzzbag (1998), included Turkish folk music rhythms and instruments, recorded in consortium with the Turkish clarinettist Hüsnü Şenlendirici.

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Musicians involved

Musicians involved in Brooklyn Funk Essentials' projects include:

  • Hanifah Walidah (vocals)
  • 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)
  • Josh Roseman (trombone)
  • Paul Shapiro (saxophone)
  • Yancy Drew Lambert (vocals, drums)
  • E.J. Rodriguez (percussion)
  • Lati Kronlund (guitar, bass)
  • Yıldıran Göz (oud)
  • "Bassy" Bob Brockman (trumpet, flugelhorn)
  • David Jensen (tenor saxophone)
  • Iwan van Hetten (keyboard, trumpet)

Discography

Albums

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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