CLASSIC SOUNDS OF NEW ORLEANS

From street parades to nightclubs, from church houses to dance halls, music is key to New Orleans' uniqueness. Drawn from the Smithsonian Folkways repository of classic New Orleans sounds, this collection treats us to the city's many musical veins, including jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, spirituals, and more. The Eureka Brass Band, Lonnie Johnson, Snooks Eaglin, Billie and De De Pierce, the first commercial recordings of Mardi Gras Indians, Champion Jack Dupree, Baby Dodds and other signature artists remind us why this musical city is admired around the world. 26 tracks, 73 minutes, 32-page booklet.

Just A Little While To Stay Here Eureka Brass Band 03:56

Shine - Hambone Shoeshine boy 01:02

Tiger Rag Freddie L. Small 01:42

Blackberries! Dora Bliggen 00:18

Red White And Blue Got the Golden Band Mardi Gras Indians 05:07

Times Done Changed Sister Dora Alexander 01:24

Dark Was The Night Rev. Lewis Jackson and Charlotte Rucell 00:52

Back To The Time Choir of Pilgrim Baptist Church 02:14

We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - Dirge Doc Paulin 04:00

We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - March Doc Paulin 03:01

Bucket's Got A Hole in It Punch Miller with Samuel B. Charters 02:14

Spooky Drums #1 Baby Dodds 02:21

Milenberg Joys Emile Barnes 03:04

Clarinet Marmalade The Six and Seven-Eighths String Band of New Orleans 02:06

High Society Snooks Eaglin 01:33

Careless Love Lonnie Johnson 03:51

Lonesome Road Billie and De De Pierce with Emile Barnes 05:38

Corrine, Corrina Kid Clayton 04:19

Saint James Infirmary Snooks Eaglin 02:20

Take Your Big Leg Off Me / Easy Rider / Mama Don't 'Low No Music Playing Here H.J. Boiusseau 02:00

Rattlesnake Boogie Champion Jack Dupree 03:00

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Roosevelt Sykes 02:28

Jimmy's Blues Kid Clayton 05:02

C. C. Rider Lonnie Johnson 02:27

Shake It and Break It Emile Barnes and Lawrence Tocca with Billie Pierce 03:41

Lord, Lord, Lord Eureka Brass Band 03:08