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This, the second Tipitina album, was recorded live at The Hotel Du Vin at the heart of Birmingham's bustling Colmore Business District as part of the city's International Jazz & Blues Festival. On a steamy summer's evening, in a courtyard setting straight out of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, a capacity crowd were ready to be rocked. At 8pm the band went to work with their own distinctive take on the New Orleans styles of Dr John, Professor Longhair, The Meters and Allan Toussaint, delivering near non-stop sets of romping boogie, blues, honky-tonk and gospel with the occasional heartwrencher thrown in for good measure. It proved to be a night to remember, with Dave Gelly of The Guardian writing "A clearer demonstration of the power of live music to lift the human spirit would be hard to find". Leading jazz musician Digby Fairweather didn't disagree "A tightly-arranged quintet of virtuosi who know all the rules of their craft, then apply them with dashing panache to an uninhibited demonstration of carefree music-making, Tipitina can bring any crowd to its feet" Come the witching hour, with almost three hours of uplifting music safely in the can, the audience long gone, band members hanging loose around the deserted courtyard, Justin Randall was moved to return to the piano. Cutting a solitary, barely visible figure in the midnight gloom, Justin's reflective, stately version of Sweet Louisiana was the perfect wind-down to a night of wonderful New Orleans music. This is a record of that night in Birmingham.

Track Listing

Press Quotes

'Debbie Jones' soulful vocals stand out as she tackles the various musical styles with ease'

     —BIRMINGHAM MAIL

Tipitina deliver a 'boogie-woogie bluesy joy' - Hearing Aid and 'provide a very enjoyable and comprehensive journey through the music of New Orleans'

     —MUSICIANS UNION JAZZUK

'Vocalist Debbie Jones is as sultry as a night in downtown, while Justin Randall's piano boogies like there's no tomorrow'

     —SUNDAY MERCURY

'If you like your jazz hot, your blues cool and your...er... woogie boogied... [this album's] the business'

     —THE HEARING AID

'Tipitina does it so well and alive with love'

     —STAFFAN SOLDING, JEFFERSON [SWEDEN]

'Don't go changing guys...'

     —PAUL JONES, RADIO 2

'Can't get to New Orleans this year? Let New Orleans come to you'

     —ISLE OF WIGHT ARTS FESTIVAL