Licence to Funk

Licence to Funk
Studio album by
Nils Landgren Funk Unit
ReleasedApril 10โ€“13, 2007
RecordedRecorded at Atlantis Studios Stockholm by Ranne Hansson on April 10โ€“13, 2007 and by Stefan Boman on April 14, 2007
GenreJazz
LabelACT
Nils Landgren Funk Unit chronology
Christmas with My Friends
(2006)
Licence to Funk
(2007)
Funk for Life
(2010)

Licence to Funk is a 2007 jazz / funk album by Nils Landgren.

Christian Genzel of AllMusic rated the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, describing it as "basically an homage to various types of old-school '70s funk".[1]

Track listing

  1. "House Party" 5:05 (Fred Wesley)
  2. "Freak U" 4:34 (Magnum Coltrane Price)
  3. "24 Hours" 4:30 (Nils Landgren)
  4. "Stuff Like That" 5:39 (Quincy Jones, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
  5. "Slowfoot" 5:49 (Wolfgang Haffner)
  6. "Capetown Shuffle" 5:51 (Min Nils Landgren)
  7. "Secret" 4:39 (Wolfgang Haffner, Magnum Coltrane Price)
  8. "Samplerayt" 5:40 (Ida Sandlund)
  9. "For Those Who Like to Party" 4:25 (Ida Sandlund)
  10. "At Home" 5:21 (Ray Parker Jr.)
  11. "Tomomis Tune" 6:57 (Stix Hooper)
  12. "Brazos River Breakdown" 5:10 (Magnum Coltrane Price)

Performers

  • Magnus Lindgren - vocals / tenor saxophone / flute
  • Ray Parker Jr. - guitar
  • Nils Landgren - trombone
  • Ida Sandlund - keyboards
  • Magnum Coltrane Price - bass guitar
  • Wolfgang Haffner - drums

References

  1. โ†‘ Genzel, Christian. "Nils Landgren: Licence to Funk". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2026.