New Orleans Blues, Soul & Jazz Gumbo

• Record Label: Metro
• Catalog: 652 A325023
• Country Of Release: NLD
• Year Of Release: 2012
• Notes: Jazz Gumbo

New Orleans remains the greatest music city on earth! All kinds of jazz and blues and funk and rock and everything else inbetween exists there hot musicians play on the street or in dive bars, often relying solely on tips to survive. Which is nothing new, the Big Easy always having been a poor city with more talent than money. Here we ve gathered together 50 classic original recordings by legendary artists that demonstrate how New Orleans music has taken shape - from when jazz first flowered in the city s brothels through to the Crescent City s finest blues, soul and R&B, so creating a musical gumbo of exceptional flavour and strength. Six-panel digipack, collectors 24 page full colour fold-out poster and detailed sleevenotes