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Some background noise makes you feel you are really there. The disc is very good.
Sit yourself down on a bench in the front row and enjoy. This is great music. The band is supremely competent and having a great time.
The total postage - for three shipments - was very reasonable. The two books, coming from different book stores arrived as separate shipments - both in proper time before Christmas. Best regardsKjeld Moselund, Denmark Actually I just ordered some second hand books about achitecture as Christmas gifts, and as a last thought added for myself a CD with some New Orleans Jazz from Preservation Hall, which I visited a few years ago. I was very surprised when about a week later I received one separate box all the way from Auckland, New Zealand, which just contained the New Orleans CD.
The instrumental quality is outstanding throughout, are there are blue moments, as well as moments of sheer joy, spirituality, infectious liveliness, contemplativeness, and humor. The sound is very alive and crisp, the band's style engaging and laid back. What more could you want. As anyone knows who has visited New Orleans and been to Preservation Hall, a bare-bones venue where all you get is genuine old-time music, this band is as true to Dixieland's traditional roots as it gets. This recording is surprisingly hi-fi, and I had to check and make sure the players and singers weren't in the next room.
For the most part though its pure good music, well performed by people who know their jazz. I only gave it 4 stars because a couple of the songs are recorded at too slow a tempo. I listened to it to and from work today and the tunes are still going through my head. I'm really enjoying this one. It brings back a lot of memories.
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