Feb 7, 2013
It's never too early to start celebrating the Mardi Gras! Fat Tuesday comes a bit early this year - February 12 - so make your plans right here and now to blow it out good before Lent comes along (if you follow that sort of thing).
Here's just about an hour of Nawlins inspired or styled music to get you going. Whip up a little Etouffe or maybe some Jambalaya, crank up these tunes, and have yourelf a time.
Podcast 332 includes the following uninterrupted music:
Lester Young – “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans”
Marcus Roberts – “New Orleans Blues”
McCoy Tyner - "New Orleans Stomp”
Neville Brothers – “Congo Square”
John Ellis & Double-Wide – “Dewey Dah”
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet – “Louisiana Gold”
Dirty Dozen Brass Band – “Don’t Stop the Music”
Willy DeVille – “Meet the Boys On the Battlefront”
Nicholas Payton – “Zigaboogaloo”
Gil Evans – “Struttin’ With Some Barbecue”
Lynn Arriale – “Iko Iko”
3 Cohens – “Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?”