Across a career that stretches three decades, Brooklyn Funk Essentials have established themselves as an audacious project fusing soul, hip-hop, jazz, house, spoken word and of course - Funk. Between recording seven studio albums, the Essentials have earned a reputation as absolutely electric performers, exhilarating their loyal and adoring fanbase with performances in every continent.

Brooklyn Funk Essentials have toured internationally in the company of legends like James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Erykah Badu, Kool & The Gang, The Roots, Graham Central Station, The Meters and New Power Generation. Their recordings have been featured in film and television productions such as The Sopranos, Starsky & Hutch, The Blacklist, Manifest as well as countless commercials.

In 2016, British house legend Alison Limerick became the band’s new lead singer - a duty she shares with long time member, Jamaican-born Desmond Foster, who is also the group’s guitarist. Hux Nettermalm plays the drums with band leader Lati Kronlund on bass and Kristoffer Wallman behind the keyboards. The horn section is lead by young Swedish trombonist Ebba Åsman alongside saxophonist Loïc Gayot.

Performance highlights include; Jazz à Vienne, (France), Central Park Summer Stage, New York (USA), Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theatre, Istanbul (Turkey), Festival Vieille Charrue (France), Prospect Park, Brooklyn (USA), Opera Garnier (Monaco), Bodrum Amphitheatre (Turkey), Nice Jazz Festival (France), Goa Open Drive Festival (India), Mosaic Festival (Singapore) and regular party nights at clubs like Ronnie Scott’s (London), New Morning (Paris), S.o.B’s (New York), Blue Note (Milano), Babylon (Istanbul) and The Jazz Café (London) to name a few.

On May 5th 2023, Brooklyn Funk Essentials released their seventh album entitled ‘Intuition’ on Dorado Records,. It included the previously released singles ‘Scream!’, ‘AA Side Single’ ‘How Happy’ and ‘Rollin’ (Love Will Be Here)’. The album was written and recorded in Stockholm during the pandemic. Brooklyn Funk Essentials kicked off touring in Europe in April of 2023 in support of the new album.

Banner photo by Andrea Davis Kronlund