The Shadow of Your Smile by Funk Elastic feat. Kristina Đurak, also known as Love Theme from The Sandpiper, is a song written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster. The song was introduced in the 1965 movie The Sandpiper. Since then it was covered by numerous artists around the globe. Our version features Croatian female singer Kristina Đurak and Zdenko Ivanušić’s solo on tenor saxophone. Continue reading
Sambite by Funk Elastic, this is a rock samba groove with added percussion on top of it. With piano and tenor saxophone solos it gets a nice contemporary jazz vibe. The theme is presented by three horns, flute (lead), flugelhorn and tenor saxophone and it has a simple flow without any major breaks. Apart from some strings backgrounds, there is not much arranging involved. Continue reading
Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) by Funk Elastic feat. Nikola Marjanović is a song written by James Brown and Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, recorded by James Brown Orchestra and released as a two-part single in 1969. Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) has a groove and structure similar to Cold Sweat, but a faster tempo and a greater amount of rhythmic activity give it a more funkier quality than the earlier song. Continue reading
As I relaunched the Funk Elastic project with new music last year, after ten years of inactivity, we released three instrumental singles in 2020. This relaunch was greatly catalyzed by lack of live gigs and work with other bands, due to the Covid-19 virus. In 2021 we are planning to release four new singles, three more instrumentals Continue reading