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artist: Deacon John Moore
title: Deacon John's Jump Blues
date: 2003
label: Vetter Communications
genre: New Orleans/Soundtrack
rls. date: Feb/2004
tracks: 12
bitrate: 192kbps
size: 53,1 MB
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The music here is really from the movie - in this case a concert DVD
and a documentary feature film. The fuss isn't so much about Deacon
John himself - a New Orleans legend, but barely known elsewhere -
but about the music itself: the jump blues so popular in the late
'40s. However, Deacon John has a lexicon of major New Orleans names
helping him out. The venerable Dr. John plays piano on several
tracks, with another legend, Allen Toussaint, featured elsewhere.
Wardell Quezergue, associated with Big Easy music for decades,
provides the band charts. The musicians bring a springy rhythmic
sensibility that could only come from one town. Deacon John himself
(who played rhythm guitar on Lee Dorsey's "Working in a Coal Mine")
is a more than adequate singer. He has a part '50s quality to his
voice, ideal for this music, soulful without ever being raw. When he
turns over the mike to the Zion Harmonizers for a fiery a cappella
"Jesus on the Mainline," they tear the house down in finest '50s-
style gospel. Teddy BouttΘ's version of "Piece of My Heart" is
inspired by Erma Franklin's original rather than the overblown Janis
Joplin cover for a piece of soulful glory. Two Dave Bartholomew tunes
offer a doff of the cap to the marvelous Fats Domino, and Dr. John
shows the inimical genius of the late Professor Longhair on
"Tipitina." It all closes, as it should, with a jump version of
"Going Back to New Orleans." So this is more than a jump blues
record. Really, it's a celebration of the history of Crescent City
music and, as such, it's pure pleasure. - Chris Nickson
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01-Jumpin' In The Morning [03:55]
02-Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out [03:35]
03-I Didnt Want To Do It [02:39]
04-Jesus Is On The Main Line [02:37]
05-Someday [02:28]
06-Hook, Line And Sinker-Go On Fool [04:09]
07-Losing Battle [03:21]
08-Piece Of My Heart [03:37]
09-Tipitina [01:47]
10-Going Back To New Orleans [02:45]
11-Nobody Knows You (Reprise) [03:00]
12-Let The Good Times Roll-Feel So Good [04:40]
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38:33 min
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