Brooklyn Funk Essentials

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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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[edit] Musicians involved

Musicians involved in Brooklyn Funk Essentials' projects include:

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] 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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