Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It! (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

"That’s It!" is the eagerly anticipated recording by the legendary group. Founded in 1961, Preservation Hall Jazz Band promotes traditional New Orleans jazz in all its authenticity. That’s It! marks the first album of originals in the band’s entire fifty year history. As these are all brand-new compositions, band members Ben Jaffe, Charlie Gabriel, Rickie Monie and Clint Maedgen wrote the album and collaborated with Paul Williams, Dan Wilson and Chris Stapleton on several songs. It is an eclectic album that draws on the collective experience of players nurtured in the New Orleans tradition but determined to build something fresh and exciting on that foundation.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band's 2013 album, That's It!, is the first album of all-original material in their 50-year career. Certainly, the storied ensemble has performed original songs by its various members over the years, but the group has never released an album made up solely of new compositions. In that sense, the album fits in with Preservation Hall Jazz Band's recent creative direction that found them collaborating with artists from other genres, including 2010's Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program and 2011's jazz-meets-bluegrass experiment American Legacies, featuring the Del McCoury Band. Some of this newfound creativity is surely due in large part to bassist and tuba player Ben Jaffe having taken over as Preservation Hall's director, a legacy passed down to him by his parents, who co-founded the institution. Under his creative direction, Preservation Hall has flourished as a vital part of New Orleans culture. Produced by Jaffe along with My Morning Jacket's Jim James, That's It! celebrates this culture with a batch of brand-new songs that, while hewing closely to the swinging blues and gospel-oriented traditions of New Orleans jazz, never feel stodgy or revivalist. These are freewheeling, organic productions that make the most of the group's mix of older and younger musicians. Along with new songs by Jaffe, clarinetist/vocalist Charlie Gabriel, pianist Rickie Monie, and saxophonist/vocalist Clint Maedgen, the album also features songs co-written by several pop artists, including the legendary Paul Williams and Semisonic's Dan Wilson. All of which helps to make That's It! a vibrant, engaging work and one of Preservation Hall's best albums.

Tracklist:

01 - That's It!
02 - Dear Lord (Give Me The Strength)
03 - Come with Me
04 - Sugar Plum
05 - Rattlin' Bones
06 - I Think I Love You
07 - August Nights
08 - Halfway Right, Halfway Wrong
09 - Yellow Moon
10 - The Darker it Gets
11 - Emmalena's Lullaby

Produced by Jim James and Ben Jaffe.
Recorded on November 17-25, 2012 at Preservation Hall, New Orlean.

Personnel:
Charlie Gabriel - Clarinet, Group Member, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Ben Jaffe - Percussion, String Bass, Tuba, Background Vocals
Clint Maedgen - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Mark Braud - Trumpet, Background Vocals
Ronell Johnson - Piano, Tuba, Vocals
Joe Lastie Jr. - Drums, Background Vocals
Freddie Lonzo - Trombone, Vocals
Rickie Monie - Piano, Background Vocals
Jim James - Background Vocals


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