A benefit album, with tracks "from the vault" by an array of New Orleans artists, moving from second-line brass band music and R&B to modern jazz, Mardi Gras Indian music and gospel, spanning 65 years of recording.
Hughesy's assessment:
Worthwhile.
Track listing: Dozen Brass Band Mardi Gras In New Orleans Dirty
Davell Crawford Something You Got
Harry Connick, Jr. Good To Be Home (with Branford Marsalis)
Irma Thomas Second Line Medley: I Done Got Over > Iko Iko > Hey Pocky Way
Al Johnson Carnival Time
Bo Dollis, The Wild Magnolias Meet De Boys On De Battlefront
Eddie Bo Check Mr. Popeye
Rebirth Brass Band Do Whatcha Wanna Pt. 3
Jelly Roll Morton I'm Alabama Bound
James Booker Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Theryl DeClouet, Galactic I Get Lifted
New Orleans Nightcrawlers Keep On Gwine
Branford Marsalis Quartet B's Paris Blues
Professor Longhair Cuttin' Out"
Walter "Wolfman" Washington & The Roadmasters Funkyard
Johnny Adams, Aaron Neville Never Alone
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