View basket “Bright Moments” has been added to your basket. Paint it Blue Nils Landgren Funk Unit SKU: ACTLP9243-1 Barcode: 0614427924315 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT Released Date: 3rd December 2021 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘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, humour great musicality, and his love for his audience allowed him to become a synonym for funk. Nils Landgren, born in 1956, grew up between the music of his father, a Jazz cornet-player, and the music of his grandfather, a pastor on the island Gotland. He first heard Cannonball Adderley on ‘Kind Of Blue’. In this Miles Davis Sextet of the late 1950s, they were all together: “Miles, the master of beauty. Coltrane, the master of sound. And Cannonball Adderley, the master of funk,” Nils Landgren writes in the liner notes to ‘Paint It Blue’. From that point on, he procured everything of Cannonball’s that he could lay his hands on. “Without the soul of Cannonball it would have been impossible to form my group Funk Unit many years later,” he writes. Landgren edited Cannonball’s live concert announcements into his own arrangements, so that the time jump between the original and the nouveau arrangement appears non-existent. An effective device that literally brings this revered musician into the fold of Nils Landgren’s Funk Unit. Whoever speaks of Cannonball Adderley, must also speak equally of his brother Nat Adderley. It was an obvious thought to invite the most important brothers in Jazz after the Adderleys to guest on ‘Paint It Blue’; with the high energy Funk-Jazzrock of the late 70s, the Brecker brothers have proven worthy heirs to the Adderleys. Both of them solo on Landgren’s track ‘You Dig’. The equally noble and forcible groove is delivered by the sideman to countless Soul greats, Bernard Purdie. Bernard’s own stylistically related production with the Brecker Brothers, Nils Landgren, amongst others is now strongly in the public consciousness on ‘Soul To Jazz’. Much like Cannonball Adderley, Airto Moreira owes important impulses to his time with Miles Davis. ‘Paint It Blue’ is possibly Nils Landgren’s most lavish record to date and with some certainty also his best. Landgren’s playing is cool and smooth, with warmth, temperament and thought. Here his sound combines organically with everything he surrounds himself with. The album sounds as if the recordings for it were a pure joy for all participants. Nils Landgren has the prerequisite for serious fun, the gift of intelligent serenity. Artist Nils Landgren Funk Unit Genre Jazz Label ACT Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Walk Tall (Adderley, Nat) You Dig (Landgren, Nils / Janson, Henrik / Price, Magnum Coltrane) Why Am I Treated So Bad ( tables, R.) Brother Nat (Landgren, Nils) Inside Straight (Adderley, Nat) Cannonball (Landgren, Nils / Svensson, Esbjörn) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Zawinul, Joe) Mother Fonk (Landgren, Nils) Primitivo (Adderley, Nat) After The Party (Landgren, Nils) Love All, Serve All (Landgren, Nils / Price, Magnum Coltrane) Julian (Landgren, Nils) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Nils Landgren Funk Unit and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Nils Landgren Funk Unit Funky ABBA Jazz | ACT | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 3rd December 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nils Landgren Funk Unit Funky ABBA £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9430-1 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 3rd December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nils Landgren Funk Unit Live in Stockholm Jazz | ACT | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 28th August 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nils Landgren Funk Unit Live in Stockholm £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9223-1 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 28th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone Little Girl Blue: The Best Of Nina Simone (Mono) Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 11th March 2013 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Nina Simone Little Girl Blue: The Best Of Nina Simone (Mono) £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: BCP6028 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 11th March 2013 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View John Coltrane Blue Train Jazz | Universal/Blue Note | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 24th October 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Blue Train £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal/Blue Note SKU: 3771410 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 24th October 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean Inta Somethin’ (Tone Poet) Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP Released 7th June 2024 £36.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean Inta Somethin’ (Tone Poet) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 4832185 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 7th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Herbie Hancock Crossings Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 24th March 2017 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Herbie Hancock Crossings £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: BS2617 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai Playing The Room Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 6th September 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai Playing The Room £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 7785725 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Comet Is Coming, The Prophecy Jazz | Leaf | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 11th June 2021 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Comet Is Coming, The Prophecy £13.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Leaf SKU: DOCK61 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 11th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ben Webster Atmosphere For Lovers & Thieves Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 29th October 2007 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Webster Atmosphere For Lovers & Thieves £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: BLPP30105 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th October 2007 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi An Adventurous Dream – the Music of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington (At PizzaExpress Live – In London) Jazz | PX Records | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th April 2024 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi An Adventurous Dream – the Music of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington (At PizzaExpress Live – In London) £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: PX Records SKU: PXRLP1010 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jimmy Smith Bashin’ Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 17th June 2011 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jimmy Smith Bashin’ £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: V68474 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th June 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Avishai Cohen Into The Silence Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP Released 29th January 2016 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Avishai Cohen Into The Silence £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 4760091 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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