Carl Leblanc - New Orleans` Seventh Ward Griot [Digipak] [8/5]

Artist:

Leblanc, Carl

UPC:

674511021122

Description:

Personnel: Carl LeBlanc (vocals, various instruments); Benjamin Jaffe (vocals, bass instrument); Casey McAllister, Earl Scioneaux III, B. Bela Jaffe (vocals).
Recording information: 2008.
Carl LeBlanc is the banjo player for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, but this unusual solo album is far from the Dixieland sound. While there are elements of classic New Orleans jazz here, SEVENTH WARD GRIOT (a griot is an African word for an oral keeper or teacher of tradition) draws on a wide range of Louisiana sounds. Playing virtually all instruments, LeBlanc presents a tangy sonic stew of funk, R&B, American Indian rhythms, an Elton John song (!), and poetry to convey a living oral history of New Orleans himself.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Gift of Love
2. Indian Love Song
3. Lonely Teardrops
4. You`re Number One
5. Ease Up
6. Stop the Violence
7. I Was Made to Love Her
8. Tomorrow
9. Roll Call
10. You Can Depend on Me
11. Madman Across the Water
12. On Super Sunday (Intro)
13. On Super Sunday
14. Blues on West End, The

Album Information

Release Date:

08/05/2008

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz General

Label:

Preservation Hall Recordings

Producer:

Benjamin Jaffe

Catalog Number:

20082

Original Release Year:

2008

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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