West Coast Mardi Gras Party

by West Coast Mardi Gras Party / V

Overview

Featuring some of the most fun and boisterous performances of 2001, West Coast Mardi Gras Party is a great collection of Cajun music that reaches out to several other genres for inspiration. Country, jazz -- it all blends together on these 15 tracks to create a good soundtrack to a Louisiana-style good time. The best tracks here are probably the most jazz influenced; a good example is "Postman," a wonderful track from Eddie Baytos & the Nervis Brothers that uses the typical blues structure and blends big Dixieland horns and zydeco style rhythm to create an awesome track. Another great song, the Pulsators' "Back to Louisiana," is a roots rock ballad filtered through Cajun rhythms, creating the only real slow point of the album. Not all the songs are this good; in fact, a few of them are pretty average. But when the album picks up, it really picks up, and luckily nothing here is bad enough to skip past. Overall, this is a wonderful collection that should appeal to not only fans of the genre, but anyone who even wants to give Cajun music a chance for the first time. ~ Bradley Torreano

Product Details

Release Date:	02/13/2001
Label:	GLOBE RECORDS
UPC:	0786498002725

Tracks

1. You Can Dance (All Night)  -  Zydeco Flames
2. Chicot Two-Step  -  California Cajun Orchestra  -  Public Domain
3. Open up the Barn Door, Baby  -  Rhythmtown Jive
4. Quelle Etolie  -  Frog Legs
5. Swamp Feet  - Tom Rigney
6. Mardi Gras Song  -  Gator Beat  -  Traditional
7. Boss Hog  - Andre Thierry
8. Postman  -  Baytos
9. Big Life  -  Mumbo Gumbo
10. High Octane Gas  - S.E. Willis
11. Mamacita  -  Motordude Zydeco
12. Back to Louisiana  - J.J. Campbell  -  Pulsators
13. Original Dixieland One-Step  - Joe Jordan  - Nick LaRocca  - Russell Robinson  -  Golden Gate Rhythm-Machine
14. Zydeco Show  - Tee Fee Swamp Boogie
15. Limbo Jazz  -  Brass Monkey Brass Band  - Duke Ellington

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Motordude Zydeco   Primary Artist
Golden Gate Rhythm-Machine   Primary Artist
Rhythmtown Jive   Primary Artist
Eddie Baytos & The Nervis Bros.   Primary Artist
Tee Fee Swamp Boogie   Primary Artist
Frog Legs   Primary Artist
S.E. Willis   Primary Artist
The Pulsators   Primary Artist
Mumbo Gumbo   Primary Artist
Zydeco Flames   Primary Artist
Tom Rigney   Primary Artist
The California Cajun Orchestra   Primary Artist
Andre Thierry   Primary Artist
Gator Beat   Primary Artist
Brass Monkey Brass Band   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Joe Jordan   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
S.E. Willis   Performer
Nick LaRocca   Composer
Mumbo Gumbo   Performer
Zydeco Flames   Performer
The California Cajun Orchestra   Performer
Gator Beat   Performer
Public Domain   Composer
J.J. Campbell   Composer
Russell Robinson   Composer
Brass Monkey Brass Band   Performer