Mardi Gras in New Orleans [Rounder]

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: February 13, 2001
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: World

Review

First of all, this compilation is produced by Scott Billington, a guy who has become Rounder Records' link to all that's hot and tasty in New Orleans (never mind the rest of Louisiana). Aside from the rest of an impressive list of credits, he has produced several excellent compilations prior to this effort, mostly focusing on Cajun and zydeco of fairly recent (post-1970) vintage. This holds true here, with most of the album being drawn from post-1990 recordings, and the rest from 1985-1989. It's still a splendid collection, however, with a great deal of energetic rumbling and thumping, and a strong brass band presence (with the ReBirth Brass Band and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band amongst those showing up). Definitely a worthwhile party album, with excellent choices and effective sequencing -- and no sign of "Iko Iko." ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Meet de Boys on the Battlefront	George Landry	Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias	(4:13)
Beau's Mardi Gras	Traditional	Beau Jocque	(3:28)
Sing It	David Egan	Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Maria Ball	(4:19)
Let's Go Get 'Em	Bo Dollis, Monk Boudreaux	Rebirth Brass Band, Bo Dollis, Monk Boudreaux	(4:48)
Hey, Mardi Gras! (Here I Am)	Chuck Carbo, Edward Frank, Ruth Durand	Chuck Carbo	(4:11)
New Second Line	Milton Batiste, M. Baptiste	Dejan's Olympia Brass	(2:41)
My Feet Can't Fail Me Now	Stanley Dural, Dirty Dozen, Mad Musicians	Buckwheat Zydeco	(3:06)
Carnival Time	Joe Ruffino, Al Johnson, Al Johnson	Bo Dollis	(2:42)
Funky Liza	Craig Klein, Matt Perrine	New Orleans Nightcrawlers	(7:11)
Mardi Gras Mambo	Frank Adams, Lou Welch, Ken Elliot	Zachary Richard	(2:27)
Do Whatcha Wanna, Pt. 3	Rebirth Brass Band	Rebirth Brass Band	(4:29)
Mardi Gras in New Orleans	Roy Byrd, Professor Longhair	The Dirty Dozen Brass Band	(5:26)
Le Danse de Mardi Gras	Traditional	Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys	(3:42)
Shoo Fly	Bo Dollis, Traditional	Rebirth Brass Band, Bo Dollis, Monk Boudreaux	(6:10)
Big Shot	Marcia Ball	Marcia Ball	(3:57)
Just a Little While to Stay Here	Chris Barber, Albert E. Brumley, Traditional	Rebirth Brass Band	(6:20)

Credits

Monk Boudreaux (Arranger), Ron Levy (Piano), Craig Klein (Trombone), Brian Langlinais (Vocals (Background)), Kermit Ruffins (Vocals), Kevin Clark (Trumpet), Snakebite Jacobs (Sax (Baritone)), Tommy Shreve (Vocals (Background)), Gerald Sazon (Vocals (Background)), Jimmy Domengeaux (Guitar), Alex U. Case (Mixing), The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Producer), Jason Mingledorff (Sax (Tenor)), Edmond Foucher (Trumpet), King Dou-Dou Boudreaux (Percussion), David Farrell (Engineer), Oran "Junior" Guidry (Bass), Ray Johnson (Guitar), Kennety Terry (Trumpet), Kevin Harris (Sax (Tenor)), Mark Wessel (Mixing), Gator June (Background Music), Red Rails (Sax (Baritone)), Ron Levy (Organ), Steve Reynolds (Assistant Engineer), Calvin Landry (Trumpet), Steve Williams (Guitar), Christian Clayton (Cover Art), Monk Boudreaux (Vocals), Lee Allen Zeno (Bass), Steve "Skeeta" Charlot (Drums), Henry Singleton (Drums (Bass)), Zachary Richard (Producer), George Porter, Jr. (Vocals (Background)), Nathaniel Jolivette (Drums), Randy Zimmerman (Trombone), Lee Allen Zeno (Guitar), Wayne Bennett (Guitar), John Sinclair (Liner Notes), Geenie (Conga), Bo Dollis (Tambourine), Matt Perrine (Tambourine), Tony Daigle (Engineer), Steve Riley (Fiddle), Kirk Joseph (Sousaphone), Marcia Ball (Producer), Mohamed Bangoura (Djembe), Raymond Weber (Drums), Edward Frank (Arranger), Kenneth Austin (Drums (Snare)), Steve Reynolds (Editing Assistant), Zachary Richard (Vocals), Phil Gould (Photography), Gregory Davis (Trumpet), Snooks Eaglin (Guitar), Cruz Fruge (Vocals (Background)), Glen Andrews (Trumpet), Zachary Richard (Accordion), Lawrence Adams (Cowbell), Frank Oxley (Cowbell), Steve "Skeeta" Charlot (Vocals (Background)), Kennety Terry (Vocals), Jason Mingledorff (Clarinet), Bo Dollis (Arranger), Edgar Smith (Tuba), Wendell Eugene (Trombone), Ron Levy (Vocals (Background)), Roger Lewis (Sax (Baritone)), Steve Starnes (Assistant Engineer), Kermit Ruffins (Trumpet), Chuck Carbo (Vocals), Quint Davis (Producer), Anthony Lacen (Tuba), Marcia Ball (Piano), Oran "Junior" Guidry (Vocals (Background)), Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (Soloist), Bo Dollis (Vocals), George Porter, Jr. (Bass), Tyrus Chapman (Trombone), Milton Batiste (Trumpet), Frank Oxley (Tambourine), Marcia Ball (Vocals), Pat Breaux (Saxophone), Steve Riley (Cajun Accordian), Fred Kemp (Arranger), Erving Charles (Bass), Steve Riley (Vocals), Ron Levy (Producer), Scott Billington (Producer), Roderick Paulin (Sax (Tenor)), Milton Batiste (Producer), Ajay Mallery (Drums (Snare)), Ricky Monet (Piano), Ray Johnson (Vocals (Background)), Monk Boudreaux (Vocals (Background)), Doc (Cowbell), Frank Oxley (Drums (Bass)), Edward Frank (Producer), Kelli Roberts (Triangle), Pretty Queen (Vocals (Background)), Tracy Nelson (Vocals), Henry Singleton (Tambourine), Stafford Agee (Trombone), Nowell Glass (Drums (Bass)), David Greely (Vocals), Craig Klein (Cowbell), George Porter, Jr. (Arranger), Peter Schwarz (Vocals), Craig Klein (Soloist), Chuck Bush (Bass), Philip Frazier (Leader), Don Bennett (Bass), Sista Teedy (Vocals), Stanley Dural (Accordion), Miles Wilkinson (Engineer), Snakebite Jacobs (Sax (Tenor)), New Orleans Nightcrawlers (Producer), George Porter, Jr. (Associate Producer), Leon Medica (Bass), Nancy Given (Art Direction), Fred Kemp (Sax (Tenor)), Marshall Cyr (Trumpet), Victoria McGee (Vocals (Background)), Jay Gallagher (Engineer), Elliot Callier (Sax (Tenor)), Jay Gallagher (Mixing), Lionel Batiste (Drums (Bass)), Kevin Dugas (Drums), Pretty Queen (Tambourine), Wilfred Pierre (Vocals (Background)), Eugene Ross (Guitar), Wilfred Pierre (Rubboard), Ron Levy (Arranger), Ernie Vincent (Guitar), Beau Jocque (Arranger), John Mooney (Vocals (Background)), Bernard "Bunchy" Johnson (Percussion), Rodney Craig (Drums), Scott Billington (Design), Ron Levy (Percussion), Jimmy Reed (Guitar), Ernest Watson (Sax (Tenor)), Ajay Mallery (Cymbals), David Farrell (Mixing), David Farrell (Editing), Miles Wilkinson (Mixing), Matt Perrine (Sousaphone), Liz Linder (Photography), Nancy Given (Design), Tommy Shreve (Guitar), Barney Floyd (Trumpet), Craig Klein (Vocals), Sarah Shelby (Vocals (Background)), Dr. Toby Mountain (Remastering), Roger Lewis (Sax (Soprano)), Buckwheat Zydeco (Performer), Jack Berry (Engineer), Chuck Bush (Vocals (Background)), George Porter, Jr. (Percussion), Raymond Weber (Percussion), Scott Billington (Art Direction), Stanley Dural (Vocals), Reginald Stuart (Trombone), Anthony Butler (Sax (Alto)), Steve Reynolds (Mixing), Rick Olivier (Photography), Peter Schwarz (Bass), Jenell Marshall (Vocals), Bernard "Bunchy" Johnson (Drums), Frank Naundorf (Trombone), Lawrence Adams (Vocals (Background)), Steve Reynolds (Editing), Davell Crawford (Organ (Hammond)), Elijah Cudges (Rubboard), Charles Joseph (Trombone), Robert Funkdidley (Percussion), Scott Billington (Mixing), Geenie (Vocals (Background)), Steve Reynolds (Engineer), Gregg Lunsford (Mixing), David Greely (Fiddle), David Torkanowsky (Piano (Electric)), Davell Crawford (Piano), George Wein (Executive Producer), Cruz Fruge (Drums), Harold Dejan (Leader), Jean Hangarter (Photography), Beau Jocque (Vocals), Reg Stewart (Trombone), Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (Sax (Tenor)), Paul Kemperer (Saxophone), Eric Traub (Sax (Tenor)), Keith "Bass Drum Shorty" Frazier (Drums (Bass)), Rebirth Brass Band (Musician), David Richards (Engineer), Jenell Marshall (Drums (Snare)), Scott Billington (Compilation Producer), Irma Thomas (Vocals), Monk Boudreaux (Tambourine), Craig Lege (Keyboards), Michael Toles (Guitar), Harold Dejan (Sax (Alto)), Monk Boudreaux (Associate Producer), Gator June (Tambourine), Peter Kaplan (Drums (Snare)), Wilson Victory (Guitar), Willie Tee (Producer), Michael P. Smith (Photography), Philip Frazier (Tuba), Bnois King (Vocals (Background)), Beau Jocque (Accordion), Keith Winking (Trumpet), Keith "Bass Drum Shorty" Frazier (Cymbals), Leroy Breaux (Drums (Snare)), Gregg Lunsford (Engineer), Henry Singleton (Vocals (Background)), Earl Nunez (Bass)