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The Creator Has A Master Plan - Live from Marciac 2026. Check the whole song on YouTube. @ebbaasman on trombone. #funk #soul #jazz #love #livemusic taken in JAZZ IN MARCIAC by @brooklynfunkessentials

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Black Butterfly #black #butterfly taken in Cape Verde by @brooklynfunkessentials

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💥 [𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭]
𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘭𝘺𝘯 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 "𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱"

𝘌𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬 « 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘭 », 𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦́ 𝘱𝘢𝘳 𝘭’𝘶𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 —𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦̀𝘮𝘦𝘴— 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦̀𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦̀𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘢𝘻𝘻, 𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘱-𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭, 𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰, 𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘦, 𝘭’𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵... 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘦́𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘜𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘦́𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦. 𝘜𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘦 : "𝘉𝘶𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱", 𝘥𝘶 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘭’𝘦́𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘶 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘹 𝘥𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦.

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘭𝘺𝘯 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘻𝘻 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘤 𝘰𝘯 4 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 2026 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘬.
𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯/𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘥.
𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘓𝘵𝘥. (𝘗𝘙𝘚) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 (𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘔).
𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 - 𝘝𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘌𝘣𝘣𝘢 𝘈𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯 - 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴
𝘑𝘦́𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘢 - 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴
𝘓𝘰𝘪̈𝘤 𝘎𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘵 - 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘹𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 - 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴
𝘏𝘶𝘹 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘮 - 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴
𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘥 - 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘴
𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯 - 𝘒𝘦𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴
𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦-𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯.
𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘥 taken in JAZZ IN MARCIAC by @brooklynfunkessentials

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1990’larda New York’un canlı kulüp sahnesinde ortaya çıkan ve 30 yılı aşkın kariyerleri boyunca funk, soul, hip-hop, caz ve disco’yu özgün bir sound’da buluşturan Brooklyn Funk Essentials, 12 Aralık Cumartesi akşamı Babylon sahnesinde! 💚

Biletler @biletix, @passo ve @bubilet’te! 🎫 taken in Babylon by @brooklynfunkessentials

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1990’larda New York’un canlı kulüp sahnesinde ortaya çıkan ve 30 yılı aşkın kariyerleri boyunca funk, soul, hip-hop, caz ve disco’yu özgün bir sound’da buluşturan Brooklyn Funk Essentials, 12 Aralık Cumartesi akşamı Babylon sahnesinde! 💚

Biletler @biletix, @passo ve @bubilet’te! 🎫 by @brooklynfunkessentials

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials – Woman Thing (Spiro Projecto Rockers Mix) :
Post-produced by Manuel Perez and Philippe Monrose for Wrong Steps Productions, released in 2001 on Dorado / P.I.A.S.

Brooklyn Funk Essentials is a music collective who mix jazz, funk, and hip hop, featuring musicians and poets from different cultures. The band was conceived in 1993 by producer Arthur Baker and bassist and musical director Lati Kronlund. In the mid-1990s, the group became a staple of the New York City club scene.

Their debut album Cool and Steady and Easy (1994) scored an underground hit with the rendition of Pharoah Sanders’ “The Creator Has a Master Plan”. The following album, In the Buzzbag (1998), included Turkish folk music rhythms and instruments, recorded in consortium with the Turkish clarinettist Hüsnü Şenlendirici. Further albums followed in 2000 and 2008 which more resembled their first offering.

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials. Big Apple Boogaloo. New York funk, jazz and groove built for the dance floor.

#RecordOfTheDay #BrooklynFunkEssentials #VinylDJ #RecordDigging #VinylCulture @brooklynfunkessentials @paljoeymusic by @brooklynfunkessentials

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Thank you so much, Jazz in Marciac! ❤️

Playing there with Brooklyn Funk Essentials was truly a highlight of our summer. What an incredible audience, what a beautiful place, and what an unforgettable atmosphere!

A very special thank you to all the volunteers. Your kindness, generosity, and warm smiles made us feel so welcome. You are the heart and soul of this amazing festival, and it was a real pleasure to meet you.

I already can’t wait to come back. Thank you for everything! 🙏🎷 #Jazzinmarciac #brooklynfunkessentials by @brooklynfunkessentials

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📸 [𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀] 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀

Funk essentiel ? Oui, mais pas que ! Aguerri à de nombreux styles musicaux, cette formation new-yorkaise est un kaléidoscope où les miroirs se renvoient des références diverses et variées. Dans la galaxie de ces groupes qui entreprennent sur scène ou sur disque leur pèlerinage aux fondamentaux de la Great Black Music, les @brooklynfunkessentials ont planté leur autel, à la fois lieu de vénération et gardien de la flamme. Mais l’époque est transgressive et les générations réclament le frisson propre à leur tribu. Le groupe soigne donc son oecuménisme en refusant l’ostracisme musical : en fait de funk « essentiel », ses membres actuels, emmenés par l’un de ses fondateurs —le bassiste Lati Kronlund— franchissent allègrement les barrières pour nous emmener vers le jazz, le hip-hop, la soul, le disco, ou encore le reggae, l’afro beat, la pop et quelques incursions orientales toutes marquées par un optimisme tressautant. Une sorte de groove multicolore qui donne au style historique sa définition la plus accueillante et se retourne dans un sablier sans fin...

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 © @sabathe_laurent

#jazz #marciac #jazzinmarciac #jazzinmarciac2026 #brooklynfunkessentials taken in JAZZ IN MARCIAC by @brooklynfunkessentials

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🌻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝟬𝟰/𝟬𝟴

𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝘀
11h15 Son Quimbombo Quintet
12h15 @goldstandards.music Quintet
15h15 @sammistertchang Bluz Explosion Quintet
16h20 Son Quimbombo Quintet
17h25 @goldstandards.music Quintet
18h35 @sammistertchang Bluz Explosion Quintet

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗮𝘂
21h00 @brooklynfunkessentials
23h00 @koolandthegang
Concert diffusé en direct sur @franceinter à 23h

#jazz #marciac #jazzinmarciac #jazzinmarciac2026 #occitanie taken in JAZZ IN MARCIAC by @brooklynfunkessentials

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Yancy Drew was Brooklyn Funk Essentials’ first drummer. He played on the band’s debut club date in early 1994 at AKA on West Houston Street in New York. He wore his Crimson red poncho that night. Andrea Davis took his picture which ended up on the back of the original Dorado Records release of the Cool & Steady & Easy album later that year. Yancy looked cool. He played a pretty steady fatback and was always easy going. He loved goofing around and cracking jokes. His smokey slapstick midnight radio DJ voice can be heard on BFE tracks like Big Apple Boogaloo, Mizz Bed-Stuy and Kik It! But he also had a tender tenor vocal as featured on Keep It Together on the 1998 In The Buzzbag album where he is duetting with Stephanie McKay. A song he also co-wrote. But more than anything, Yancy loved playing the drums. This was apparent from his big smile while grooving away. It was impossible not to be infected by this joy, either as a fellow band member or part of the audience. Check out Yancy’s pocket on I Got Cash, Date With Baby or his swirling Drum & Bass infused groove on By & Bye.
In the ’00s, health issues meant that Yancy could not always tour with BFE, but he continued to record with the band, playing on 2008’s Watcha Playin’ album as well as on the song Hold It Down from the Funk Ain’t Ova album in 2015.
Yancy Drew Lambert passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on July 4, 2026. His last wish was for those who knew and loved him to celebrate the good times and memories and not be sad for that which we cannot control.
Rest in forever gold, Yancy ❤️☮️🙂
Picture by Andrea Davis Kronlund from the Creator Has A Master Plan video shoot in Joshua Tree, California in 1995. taken in Joshua Tree National Park by @brooklynfunkessentials

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My interview with Dorado Records founder/head Ollie Buckwell is out now in the new Print Issue of “Blues & Soul Magazine”!! Latest Brooklyn Funk Essentials (see pic) album “Black Butterfly” out now through Dorado!! 📱📱🏆🏆💽💽. @olliebuckwell #OllieBuckwell @doradorecords #DoradoRecords @brooklynfunkessentials #PeteLewis #Editor @bluesandsoul #BluesAndSoulMagazine by @brooklynfunkessentials

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