Nils Landgren Funk Unit
Representing Sweden at Athens Jazz & Preveza Jazz Festival
Published: 2024-05-20
The Swedish Institute at Athens welcomes you to Athens Jazz & Preveza Jazz Festival with Nils Landgren and his band Funk Unit.
- 23rd Athens Jazz on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 11 p.m.
- 22nd Preveza Jazz Festival on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 11 p.m.
The band consists of Nils Landgren (trombone, vocals), Magnum Coltrane Price (bass, vocals, extra keyboards), Jonas Wall (tenor saxophone, vocals), Andy Pfeiler (guitar, vocals), Petter Bergander (keyboard, vocals), and Robert Ikiz (drums).
Some more information about Nils Landgren Funk Unit
Nils Landgren and his Funk Unit are not just one of the most important jazz-funk bands of Sweden but a large family that, over the last 20 years and through 11 releases in the solid German label ACT, has evolved into an institution, having created its own universe by inviting emblematic figures of the musical tradition they serve, such as James Brown and Ray Parker Jr. For the group’s most recent album entitled Funk Is My Religion, the "man with the red trombone" as the restless Landgren is called, managed to gather all the members of the musical family to record amid the pandemic in a Stockholm studio. The result sounds like a delightful tribute to the greats of the funk school, free from nostalgic elements but with a mood to start the party at any moment.
Attachments: Invitation
For more information:
Nils Landgren: Official website
Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival:
https://www.facebook.com/AthensJazz
and https://athensjazz.gr/en/
Preveza Jazz Festival:
https://www.facebook.com/prevezajazzfestival/
and http://prevezajazzfestival.wixsite.com/home