Photo: Candy Dulfer by Carin Verbruggen
Sax Icon Candy Dulfer Channels Vintage Funk On New Single ‘YeahYeahYeah’
Candy Dulfer, saxophone icon, channels vintage funk on her new single “Yeah Yeah Yeah” from her forthcoming album, We Never Stop out October 28 via Funk Garage/Mascot Label Group. It’s a party platter of stanky jams, slinky R&B, jazz and pop-funk.
The fabulous Dutch jazz and pop sax player Dulfer channels P-Funk, Prince and Average White Band with a fun and funky groove with her punchy sax lines lighting up this track. This is feel-good music. Your dance floor awaits.
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“This song’s about the feeling of rebirth we musicians were experiencing when we were allowed to perform again,” Dulfer recalls. “It’s an ode to the magic that is live music. Magic not just for the musicians, but for the audiences as well. Live music elevates, soothes, educates, uplifts, brings people together and makes them forget their pain and sorrows. Although times are tough in the world for many people, we say a big YEAHYEAHYEAH to the future, because positivity is the only way.”
Dulfer’s upcoming album We Never Stop features several guests by Nile Rodgers, three-time Grammy Award winner, Chic Guitarist, producer, and songwriter. The release of “YeahYeahYeah” follow’s the album’s lead single “Jammin Tonight (feat. Nile Rodgers), a bold injection of party pop-funk with slick jazz that hints of Rodger’s 1970s “Good Times.”
Give the people an invigorating beat, some swanky sax uplift, and watch the pain melt away. That’s the funky stuff Prince’s former top-choice sax player Candy Dulfer and her band specialize in. A solo artist, a songwriter, and in-demand instrumentalist, Dulfer has worked with some of the biggest names in modern music, including Van Morrison, Maceo Parker, Sheila E., Mavis Staples, Lionel Richie, Beyoncé, Pink Floyd, Chaka Khan, and Aretha Franklin, among many others.
“This is a personal album—it’s personal for everyone because we are struggling with many of the same things,” Candy shares. ”The main spirit of this music is to elevate. It feels like it’s never been more important to not let the hurt and pain in the world defeat us. That’s why I called this album, We Never Stop.”
Dulfer first rose to fame with her high-profile collaboration with Dave Stewart on the worldwide number 1 smash “Lily Was Here.” Her tenure with Prince may be best remembered by his tongue-in-cheek recommendation in the “Partyman” video: “When I want sax, I call Candy.” Their collaboration continued over the years with many studio sessions, TV show appearances, award show performances, including the Grammy Awards, and concert tours around the globe, including Candy joining Prince’s NPG band as a permanent member for his record-shattering Musicology tour and album.
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