VA - A Celebration Of New Orleans Music To Benefit MusiCares Hurrincane Relief [2005]

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VA - A Celebration Of New Orleans Music To Benefit MusiCares Hurrincane Relief [2005]

A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005 is a benefit album, with tracks "from the vault" by an array of New Orleans artists.  A collection of recordings to celebrate New Orleans, moving from second-line brass band music and R&B to modern jazz, Mardi Gras Indian music and gospel, spanning 65 years of recording.  The proceeds will be given to the MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund, providing assistance to musicians and other music industry people directly affected by Hurricane Katrina. 

A collection of tracks from the Rounder Records and Marsalis Music labels assembled as a benefit to assist the Musicares Hurricane Relief project following the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, A Celebration of New Orleans Music samples nearly 65 years of music from the Crescent City, and includes second-line brass bands, R&B, modern jazz, funk, Mardi Gras Indian music, gospel, and sometimes all of these forms mashed together in one delightful gumbo. Among the highlights are the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's second-line opener, "Mardi Gras in New Orleans," Davell Crawford's gospel-injected "Something You Get," Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias' loose and rhythmic "Meet de Boys on de Battlefront," and Jelly Roll Morton's "I'm Alabama Bound," from his informal sessions for Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress in 1938. The end result of all of this is a wonderful introduction to the wild, joyous, and ebullient spirit of New Orleans music. (AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett)

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Track list

01 Dirty Dozen Brass Band Mardi Gras In New Orleans 5:26

02 Davell Crawford Something You Got 3:44

03 Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis Good To Be Home 6:25

04 Irma Thomas Second Line Medley, I Done Got Over,Iko Iko,Hey Pocky Way 10:08

05 Al Johnson Carnival Time 2:42

06 Bo Dollis And The Wild Magnolias Meet De Boys On De Battlefront 5:35

07 Eddie Bo Check Mr. Popeye 2:17

08 Rebirth Brass Band Do Whatcha Wanna 4:32

09 Jelly Roll Morton I'm Alabama Bound 4:06

10 James Booker Lawdy Miss Clawdy 3:32

11 Theryl De Clouet; Galactic I Get Lifted 3:09

12 New Orleans Nightcrawlers Keep On Gwine 5:14

13 Branford Marsalis Quartet B's Paris Blues 4:29

14 Professor Longhair Cuttin' Out 2:39

15 Walter Wolfman Washington Funkyard 5:01

16 Johnny Adams &Aaron Neville Never Alone 4:54

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