"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Critic Consensus
Based on 5 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Brooklyn Funk Essentials is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths.
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 (vo…
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Critic Concert Reviews
Blues And Soul
October 20, 2023
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Brooklyn Funk Essentials put in a mighty fine and solid performance in front of their loyal followers and fans. The sound was particularly good too.The spacious environs of the Forge seemed preferable to the cramped Jazz Cafe, (both Camden venues) where they last played.
Let's face it, playing at Ronnie Scott's is not a given. I've seen many an act try too hard and fall flat on their face. You can't just go steaming in, you have to work the room just a little and suss out the crowd before you fully unleash yourself.
I was both chuffed and thrilled to be back in front of a live band again and who better to see than these guys? Across a career that stretches 25 years, Brooklyn Funk Essentials have established themselves as a unique project fusing soul, hip hop, ragga, spoken word, jazz and, of course, da funk!
Brooklyn Funk Essentials now there's a name I've not heard bandied about for a while,in fact I'm surprised they are still around but judging by their rather perky new album,I'm glad they are.
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