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    "comment": "Originally conceived as a studio jam-project by producers Arthur Baker and Lati Kronlund, the all-star group of musicians, singers, DJs and poets hailing from different parts of the globe, soon became regulars in New York club-land, famously mixing styles like soul, jazz, latin and dub - all rolled into one ferocious funk fest.: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/brooklyn-funk-essentials/\n--\n Lati Kronlund explains : “In the summer of ’97, I bought a beat-up old Fender Rhodes Mark I electric piano from a guy in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It was held together with gaffer’s tape, but it sounded really good, so I figured it was worth the $500 he was asking for it. As soon as I got it in to my studio, I started jamming on it and that’s how I came up with the groove for ‘Bust The Bus Stop’. I recorded a first version of it with BFE members Yancy Drew (drums), Paul Shapiro (sax & flute) and Bob Brockmann (trumpet) which was released on a funk compilation, but I didn’t bring the song to BFE at that time. Fast forward to last summer when I came across that old recording and thought that it would be a perfect song to pick up for the current version of the band and turn it into a party jam.\"",
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