Man, does this set go down easy big easy! This gorgeous set features over 80 hits from New Orleans' most famous-and occasionally obscure-musical sons and daughters, 4 CDs of jazz, blues, Cajun, zydeco and funk all mixed together like a good 'n' spicy gumbo. An 84-page book takes you by the hand into the most notorious bars and restaurants as you listen to such Crescent City classics as Iko Iko Dr. John; Potato Head Blues Louis Armstrong; You Can Have My Husband Irma Thomas; I'm Walkin' Fats Domino; Let the Good Times Roll Shirley & Lee; Mother-in-Law Ernie K-Doe; Release Me Johnny Adams; Jambalaya Clifton Chenier; St. James Infirmary Preservation Hall Jazz Band; Hey Pocky A-Way Meters; Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville; I Hear You Knocking Smiley Lewis; Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette) Benny Spellman; Tipitina Professor Longhair, and more. (New Orleans Monthly)
New Orleans is my home, and I love New Orleans music. New Orleans is, and always has been, a city that lives and breathes music. Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens ("DPKQ") magnificently succeeds in capturing the wide spectrum of seemingly disparate sounds that comprise the New Orleans music phenomenon. No other compilation comes even close to seamlessly melding the common threads found in jazz, R&B, blues, gospel, Mardi Gras music, Cajun, zydeco, brass band music, Latin dance grooves, funk, and even klezmer music.
DPKQ shoots for an extremely high goal. It tells the grand story of the history of New Orleans music from the jazz of the 1920's through the brass band/hip hop fusion of the present day while paying tribute to every important stylistic genre in between. Although it is impossible to do more than scratch the surface of the endless bounties of the New Orleans sound in any 85 track, 5 1/4 hour box set, DPKQ thrillingly pulls it off and clearly sets the new standard for compilation projects.
In addition, the "liner notes", is actually an 84 page book chock full of detailed descriptions of the music and the history and idiosyncrasies of the city itself. There are over 70 photographs that will transport you to New Orleans if you don't live here, and will remind you of the unique beauty of your own backyard if you do.
As a life long New Orleanian, I am proud to give DPKQ the highest possible rating and to praise everyone involved in sharing the wonderful gift of New Orleans music with the world. (R&B Review)
The producers of The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans claim it to be the first box set to cover the full range of music from the Crescent City--from R&B to jazz, from zydeco to funk. Indeed, this handsome four-disc collection ranges through the decades and the neighborhoods of America's first city of music, which has both pluses and minuses. Yes, it's a joy to bask in the diversity of the New Orleans sound. From Louis Armstrong to the Meters, Little Richard to Pete Fountain, Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens scrambles to include a little something from a whole lot of native sons and daughters among its 85 selections. Problems, however, do arise. At times the sequencing can be jarring, as when Troy Andrews's raucous take on "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" gives way to the modern blues-rock of Sonny Landreth's "South of I-10." The obscurities here are great fun, but, given the city's rich history, they skew too heavily toward more recent releases. Still, there's much to be enjoyed here, from the photo-packed 82-page booklet to the mix of classics and hidden treasures that populate the discs. Not definitive, perhaps, but definitely delightful. --Steven Stolder, Soul World
trax disc 1:
1. Welcome To New Orleans - Galactic Featuring Theryl deClouet 2. Drop Me Off In New Orleans - Kermit Ruffins 3. I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino 4. Iko Iko - Dr. John 5. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven 6. My Darlin' New Orleans - Lil' Queenie & The Percolators 7. Para Donde Vas (Where Are You Going) - The Iguanas 8. Meet The Boyz On The Battlefront - Anders Osborne & "Big Chief" Monk Boudreaux 9. Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry 10. Feel Like Funkin' It Up - Rebirth Brass Band 11. Zydeco Gris-Gris - BeauSoleil 12. Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe 13. That's Enough Of That Stuff - Marcia Ball 14. Confidential - The Radiators 15. Hey Pocky A-Way - The Meters 16. I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say - Jelly Roll Morton & His New Orleans Jazzmen 17. Foot Of Canal Street - Paul Sanchez 18. Down In Honky Tonk Town - Vernet Bagneris & The Cast Of One Mo' Time 19. Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Huey (Piano) Smith & The Clowns 20. More Hipper - Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen 21. Release Me - Johnny Adams 22. Preachin' Blues - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feet Warmers 23. Jambalaya - Clifton Chenier
trax disc 2:
1. Dog Days - Leigh Harris 2. No City Like New Orleans - Earl King 3. Salée Dames, Bon Jour - Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders 4. Marshall's Club - Balfa Toujours 5. You Can Have My Husband - Irma Thomas 6. Go Go - Galactic 7. Not Too Eggy - New Orleans Klezmer All Stars 8. St. James Infirmary - Preservation Hall Jazz Band 9. Going Back To New Orleans - Deacon John Moore 10. Hot Tamale Baby - Buckwheat Zydeco 11. Fear, Hate, Envy, Jealousy - The Neville Brothers 12. Poop Ain't Gotta Scuffle No More - James Andrews 13. Mardi Gras Mambo - The Hawketts 14. Ice Cream - George Lewis' Ragtime Band 15. No Doubt About It - J. Monque'D 16. Don't You Feel My Leg - Dirty Dozen Brass Band With Danny Barker & Eddie Bo 17. Dog Hill - Boozoo Chavis 18. Au Bord De Lac Bijou - Zachary Richard 19. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band
trax disc 3:
1. Shrimp And Gumbo - Dave Bartholomew 2. St. Phillip Street Breakdown - Dr. Michael White 3. Going Back To Louisiana - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 4. Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville 5. The Saints - Coolbone 6. Canaille - Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie 7. Carnival Time - Al Johnson 8. La Negra Tomasa - Fredy Omar Con Su Banda 9. Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee 10. The Broken Windmill - Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher 11. Way Down - Champion Jack Dupree 12. Hallelujah - Raymond Myles 13. I Hear You Knocking - Smiley Lewis 14. La Crève De Faim (Starvation 2-Step) - Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys 15. Main Street Blues - The Red Stick Ramblers 16. Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford 17. Tee-Nah-Nah - Henry Butler 18. Smoke That Fire - New Birth Brass Band 19. Give Him Cornbread - Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers 20. I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner 21. Classified (Version Two) - James Booker 22. Southern Nights - Allen Toussaint
trax disc 4:
1. Tipitina - Professor Longhair 2. Party - The Wild Magnolias 3. Dr.Jazz - Ellis Marsalis 4. Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Troy Andrews 5. South Of I-10 - Sonny Landreth 6. Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) - Benny Spellman 7. The Right Key But The Wrong Keyhole - Charmaine Neville Band With Reggie Houston & Amasa Miller 8. Rip It Up - Little Richard 9. Royal Garden Blues - Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 10. Stoned, Drunk & Naked - Anders Osborne 11. Laissez Faire (Let It Be) - Bruce Daigrepont 12. Digga-Digga-Do - New Orleans Jazz Vipers 13. Tailspin - Walter "Wolfman" Washington 14. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price 15. Havin' Fun In New Orleans - Eddie Bo 16. King Of The Mardi Gras - Tim Laughlin 17. Red Beans - Snooks Eaglin 18. S.U.V. - Mem Shannon & The Membership 19. 'Tits Yeux Noirs (Little Black Eyes) - The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 20. Lazy River - Pete Fountain & His Band 21. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? - Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
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