Our New Orleans 2005: A Benefit Album
CML call number: CD/JAZZ/Our
Contents: Yes We Can Can (Allen Toussaint), World I Never Made (Dr. John), Back Water Blues (Irma Thomas), Gather by the River (Davell Crawford), Cryin' in the Streets (Buckwheat Zydeco), Canal Street Blues (Dr. Michael White), Brother John Is Gone/Herc-Jolly-John (Wild Magnolias), When the Saints Go Marching In (Eddie Bo), My Feet Can't Fail Me Now (Dirty Dozen Brass Band), Tou' Les Jours C'est Pas La Meme (Carol Fran), L'Ouragon (Beausoleil), Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), Prayer for New Orleans (Charlie Miller), What a Wonderful World (Wardell Quezergue Orchestra), Tipitina and Me (Allen Toussaint), Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra).
Jon Pareles wrote in the New York Times: "Louisiana musicians recorded the songs … within weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated that city and, for some, their homes. It's an album full of mourning, obstinacy and longing for redemption. … [T]he old songs become haunted and prophetic. And … the city's old party spirit reveals itself as defiance."
Contents: Yes We Can Can (Allen Toussaint), World I Never Made (Dr. John), Back Water Blues (Irma Thomas), Gather by the River (Davell Crawford), Cryin' in the Streets (Buckwheat Zydeco), Canal Street Blues (Dr. Michael White), Brother John Is Gone/Herc-Jolly-John (Wild Magnolias), When the Saints Go Marching In (Eddie Bo), My Feet Can't Fail Me Now (Dirty Dozen Brass Band), Tou' Les Jours C'est Pas La Meme (Carol Fran), L'Ouragon (Beausoleil), Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), Prayer for New Orleans (Charlie Miller), What a Wonderful World (Wardell Quezergue Orchestra), Tipitina and Me (Allen Toussaint), Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra).
Jon Pareles wrote in the New York Times: "Louisiana musicians recorded the songs … within weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated that city and, for some, their homes. It's an album full of mourning, obstinacy and longing for redemption. … [T]he old songs become haunted and prophetic. And … the city's old party spirit reveals itself as defiance."
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