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Take The L Train To 8th Ave. by Brooklyn Funk Essentials

Brooklyn Funk Essentials

Artist Biography For Brooklyn Funk Essentials

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. Lati Kronlund Played The Bass And Other Members Included Hanifah Walidah Aka Sha-Key Joi Cardwell Papa Dee And Stephanie McKay Vocals Everton Sylvester And David Allen Dub Poetry Josh Roseman Trombone Bob Brockmann Trumpet Paul Shapiro Sax & Flute Yancy Drew And Tony Allen Drums E.J. Rodriguez And Danny Sadownic Percussion Desmond Foster And Masa Shimizu Guitar ATN Stadwijk And Yuka Honda Keys Bill Ware Vibes And Dj’s Jazzy Nice And Smash On Turntables. 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's "The Creator Has A Master Plan". "Cool And Steady And Easy" 1994 Also Featured Prominent Guests Like Maceo Parker The Tower Of Power Horns Michigan & Smiley And Even Dizzy Gilespie. The Album "In The Buzz Bag" 1998 Included Turkish Folk Music Rythms And Instruments Recorded With The Turkish Band Laço Tayfa. In The BuzzBag Became A Milestone In Collaborative Projects And Earned BFE A Grammy Nomination. It Also Escalated The Group To A Stadium Capacity Act In Turkey. In 2000 BFE Released Their Third Album "Make Them Like It" Which Concluded Where The First Album Left Off A Happy Mélange Of Funk Latin Reggae Jazz House Dub Electro And Hip Hop Which Featured The Fan Favorites ‘I Got Cash’ ‘Mambo Con Dance Hall’ And ‘Woman Thing’. After The 2001 World Tour The Band Members Took A Hiatus And Pursued A Number Of Noted Solo Interests. Offers Of Recording And Touring Where Plentiful And BFE Songs Kept Being Featured On Compilation Albums Around The World And In The Summer Of 2006 A Core Of BFE Members Got Back Together Again To Do A Tour Of Three World Continents As BFE Sound System Mixing Classic BFE With Electro And Dub . By The End Of 2006 The Sound System Model Had Been Abandoned For A Return To The Group’s Original All Live Funk Line Up Consisting Of Hanifah Walidah Papa Dee And Everton Sylvester Vocals Lati Kronlund Bass Yancy Drew Drums & Vocals Desmond Foster Vocals & Guitar Iwan Van Hetten Trumpet Keys & Vocals And Philippe Monrose Percussion . The Group Continued Touring The World In 2007. In The Spring Of 2008 The Band Released A New Album ‘Watcha Playin’. The Songs On The Album Have Been Written And Developed During The Band’s Tours In Front Of Audiences Around The World And It Has Been Recorded In Studios In New York Paris Amsterdam Istanbul And Stockholm.