It being Mardi Gras time, I started searching for some music to play during this time of celebration. Wow - Did I ever run acorss a great one!
New Orleans - a compilation by Putumayo that has eleven tunes celebrating the jazz, blues and swing of the Big Easy. Crank it up and get ready to be dropped off in New Orleans.
The Tunes:
1) Drop Me Off In New Orleans - Kermit Ruffins
2) I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues - Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
3) Basin Street Blues - Louis Prima
4) Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Duke Dejan
5) Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Topsy Chapman and the Pros
6) The Devil Done Got Me Blues - Kevin Clark and the Jazz Revelation
7) Tin Roof Blues - Louis Armstrong
8) Basin Street Blues - Dr. John
9) Give It Up (Gypsy Second Line) - Dr. Michael White
10) Going Back to New Orleans - Deacon John
11) Bye & Bye / Saints - Gregg Stafford & Dr. Michael White