Trombone Shorty Backatown (2010) [FLAC] torrent

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews - Backatown

Verve Forecast: B0014194-02 {2010}

01  Hurricane Season   ??03:21 

02  On Your Way Down??03:37 

03  Quiet As Kept???03:05 

04  Something Beautiful?       03:42 

05  Backatown  ??           02:48 

06  Right To Complain  ?        02:57 

07  Neph                       ?        03:03 

08  Suburbia                ?         03:20 

09  In The 6th              ?         03:17 

10  One Night Only (The March)    02:50 

11  Where Y' At   ???03:00 

12  Fallin'?    ???03:46 

13  The Cure             ?            03:40 

14  928 Horn Jam     ?   ?00:54 

                     14 tracks, 43:20 

Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Trombone, Trumpet, Vocals Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews 

Guitar Pete Murano 

Bass Mike Ballard 

Drums Joey Peebles 

Percussion Dwayne Williams 

Saxophone Dan Oestreicher 

Flute, Saxophone Clarence Slaughter 

Vocals Marc Broussard 

Guitar, Vocals Lenny Kravitz 

Synthesizer Charles Smith 

Piano Allen Toussaint 

Producer Ben Ellman 

Engineer Ben Ellman; Mike Ballard; Charles Smith; Kyle Lamy; Alexander Alvarez; T-Bone Edmonds; Korey Richey 

 

Studio / Venue Dockside Studios; Gregory Town Sound; Number C Studios; Shorty's Studio 

Recording Location New Orleans, La.; The Bahamas

Date Of This Release 2010 

Sound Stereo 

 

Format                                   : FLAC

Format/Info                              : Free Lossless Audio Codec

Bit rate mode                            : Variable

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Channel positions                        : Front: L R

Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz

Bit depth                                : 16 bits

Writing library                          : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)

AMG review by Thom Jurek

Backatown, the Verve debut from New Orleans composer, bandleader, and trombone and trumpet boss Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, was one of the most hotly anticipated recordings of 2010. Given the well-deserved reputation Andrews and his Orleans Avenue band have for incendiary live performances, one had to wonder if it would translate in their studio offerings for independent labels. It didn't because they'd never had the budget to get the vibe right. Backatown is the first time that Orleans Avenue -- Dwayne "Big D" Williams (percussion), Mike Ballard (bass), Joey Peebles (drums), Pete Murano (guitar), and Dan Oestreicher (baritone sax) -- have had an actual budget to capture the Trombone Shorty experience, and they've made a studio record that offers a real taste of the live show's excitement. Shorty calls his music ìsupafunkrock,î and it's an accurate term for the aural gumbo on this fingerpopping, butt-shakin' mix set. Produced by Galacticís Ben Ellman, it contains 13 Shorty originals and an original interpretation of Allen Toussaint's ìOn Your Way Down," on which Toussaint plays piano. The set is titled for a term used by residents of the Treme neighborhood in the cityís 6th Ward -- the oldest black neighborhood in America. It definitely sounds like it was recorded in a proper recording studio (Number C and Shortyís Gumbo Room in N.O.) but transcends those confines. It crackles and burns with an unburdened, unfettered, passionate live feel. Clocking in at 43 minutes, it opens with ìHurricane Season.î It commences with a marching rhythm on snare and bass drum followed by Andrews playing a trumpet vamp. It kicks into dancing gear with one of the nastiest, funkiest basslines since Parliament's ìFlash Light,î followed by horn vamps, big power chords, and drum kit breaks that are infectious. ìQuiet as Keptî combines Ballardís bass with guest Charles Smith's synthesized bassline, honking baritone sax, grimy distorted electric guitars and trombones, percussion, and organ for a monster funk workout. Former Andrews boss Lenny Kravitz guests on guitar and backing vox on ìSomething Beautiful,î which weds hip-hop, rock, and neo-soul. The rockist power chords on ìRight to Complainî underscore Andrews duetting with Marc Broussard on an anthem that reflects the need for personal transformation in order to solve community problems. Proof of Andrewsí vocal prowess is everywhere, but especially on the modern soul ballad ìFallin.î That said, itís the instrumentals with their drum-heavy, cracking on-the-one funk and second-line rhythms that keep the the entire album moving and grooving -- check out ìNeph,î ìIn the Sixth,î and closer ì928 Horn Jam.î But the rockers -- ìSuburbia,î ìWhere Yí At,î and ìThe Cureî -- meld metallic guitars, second-line, and funky breaks, hip-hop and jazz seamlessly and are equally potent and satisfying. Backatown is everything popular American music should be; yet it's also what sets Andrews and Orleans Avenue, and New Orleans music in general, apart, without compromise. This is a Best of 2010 candidate hands down.