"Joe Sample and the band play tight and tasteful ... Landgren brought a lot of his own enthusiasm to this project and that carries the music." -- JazzTimes
# 1 German Jazz Charts
GERMAN JAZZ AWARD
The man with the red trombone is always on the look out for new challenges. This is what has made Nils Landgren one of the most creative, many-sided and also most successful artists to be currently found in the European jazz scene. Since 1994 he has been under contract to the ACT Label from Munich, releasing over this period 12 albums in his own name. Seven have received the golden German Jazz Award, with two even going platinum! Meanwhile, his role as producer of Swedish singers Rigmor Gustafsson and Viktoria Tolstoy has brought him two further gold awards.With "Mr Redhorn" Nils Landgren, who "for a long time has been at the forefront of European jazz trombonists" (Spiegel), you don't only associate the frenetic celebrated concerts of his groovy Funk Unit, which has been ceaselessly on the road for the past year wi...
line upNils Landgren – trombone and vocals
Joe Sample – grand piano, Fender Rhodes
Ray Parker Jr. – guitar and vocals
Chris Severin – acoustic bass
Raymond Weber – drums
Lenny Castro – percussion
Special Guest:
Charmaine Neville – vocals
Recorded by Paul Mitchell at Piety Street Recording, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on May 22 - 25, 2005
Protools and assistant engineer by Wes Fontenot
Mixed and Mastered by Lars Nilsson at Nilento Studios
on May 28 - June 4, 2005
Produced by Nils Landgren
