{{Use mdy dates, date=April 2025 The Soul Enterprise is often described as more of a fraternity than a band per se. It was founded in 1990, by vocalist Bob Manning from the US, with other American musicians based in Sweden, such as Jair-Rohm Parker Wells and Bill Bryant. It featured the sounds of old-school Soul music, with a blend of jazz improvisation. In the beginning years, the group's founding members were busy freelancing for other acts besides the Soul Enterprise, such as Dr. Alban and Jennifer Brown. A period of instability followed, with many different substitute musicians playing in the band. The group went through major reforms and a complete change of members followed under the leadership of guitarist

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in 1992. The new line-up of first-call musicians included some of Stockholm's best, many considered to be world-class musicians, such as

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(drums), Anders Johnsson (bass), Micke Wennergrund (drums), Lasse Pollack (keyboards), Magnus Lindgren (Saxophone), Micke Sörensen (trumpet), Mia Gejrot, Anna Sandberg-Häll and Tonja Hedtjärn (voc). Magnus Lindgren went on to play with

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at age 18; Micke Sörensen went on to work with former

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member Mary Wilson. Lasse Pollack toured with Glenn Hughes in Japan. The Soul Enterprise was voted best Soul band of Scandinavia by Fasching Jazz Club in 1998.

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(a major Swedish newspaper) credited Bob Manning and the Soul Enterprise as a major influence in keeping Soul music alive in Scandinavia. Its musicians work as sessionists and have appeared on numerous records, together and individually.

Discography

* Dance Beat, Shine On You, EMI Dancebeat Records, 1996 * Scrappy G, Mobbin Trow da City, MCA Music Entertainment, 1996 * André De Lange, A Friend, BIEM/NCB/GEMA, 1996 * Jazz On The Corner, Various Artists, Arietta Disks Musikprod. AB, 1995 * Chicago Express, Permanently Blue, Amigo Musik, 1995 * Totally Wired, Sweden, Soul Sister, Acid Jazz, 1994 * Blue Connection, Live at Clipper Club, Dragon Records Sweden, 1993 * All That Blues, From Sweden, Jefferson Rec, 1993 * En Blå Timme, That's Entertainment, TER Records 1993

References

Swedish newspapers * "Colorful Start to Jazz Festival" - DAILY NEWS. Jul 2, 1994 * "A Reason to Dance" - Aftonbladet, Feb 1994 (Swedish) * "Klent intresse för Cozmoz Rox" - Dala-demokraten, Sep 25, 1998 (Swedish) * "Cozmoz fylldes av Blues" - Falun Kuriren Aug 26, 1998 (Swedish) * "Svängig, färgstark, soulig Blå tisdag" - Falun Kuriren Jan 28, 1998 (Swedish) * "Soul for Both Body and Soul" - Vestmanlands Länstidning Oct 3, 1998 (Swedish) * "Blues för Taj Mahal" - Vestmanlands Länstidning Oct 3, 1998 (Swedish) Web * http://www.myspace.com/soulsweden * https://web.archive.org/web/20070928212652/http://www.soulent.com/bobm2.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20070928212657/http://www.soulent.com/Info.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20070928212646/http://www.soulent.com/bobmanning.htm * http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epitonic.com%2Fartists%2Fbobmanning.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20070217233918/http://www.dancebeat.net/html/artists/manning.shtml American soul musical groups Swedish jazz ensembles