Nils Landgren - Paint It Blue (CD)

Release Date: 10/01/96The Nils Landgren Funk Unit classic and the bands 1996 studio debut. With US stars Michael and Randy Brecker and Bernard Purdie as guests.What is Funk? Funk is Soul with the resources of Jazz: the fluid boundaries between religious service and a party. The record PAINT IT BLUE is dedicated to the man who for many still today embodies the central figure at the genre’s source: Julian Edwin 'Cannonball' Adderley (1928 - 1975). Maybe he didn’t invent Funk. Together with his co-musicians in his 60s quintet, Cannonball’s alto sax style, his attitude, humor great musicality, and his love for his audience allowed him to become a synonym for FUNK. The enormous liveliness and freshness of Cannonball Adderley’s music becomes apparent to anyone listening to Paint it Blue. However Nils Landgren’s second Funk Unit production for ACT is more of a declaration of love to the spirit of Funk à la Cannonball than a musical show of reverence to a deceased idol. Landgren has