Parking Lot Symphony
Parking Lot Symphony is the eleventh recording overall by American jazz musician Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and his first studio album on Blue Note Records. The album was produced by Chris Seefried (Andra Day, Fitz and the Tantrums) and was released on April 28, 2017 as a follow-up to Say That to Say This (2013). It reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart on May 20 and spent 31 weeks on the chart.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
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| Released | April 28, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | New Orleans (Esplanade Studios); Hollywood, (Gnu Gnome) | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Funk, R&B | |||
| Length | 50:00 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Chris Seefried | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Laveau Dirge No.1" | Troy Andrews | 2:09 |
| 2. | "It Ain't No Use" | Joseph Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Arthur L. Neville | 4:33 |
| 3. | "Parking Lot Symphony" | Andrews, Alex Ebert, Chris Seefried | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Dirty Water" | Andrews, Ethan Gruska | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Here Come The Girls" (featuring Ivan Neville) | Allen Toussaint | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Tripped Out Slim" | Andrews | 2:19 |
| 7. | "Familiar" | Andrews, Egbert Dawkins III, Seefried | 3:19 |
| 8. | "No Good Time" | Andrews, Seefried | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Where It At?" | Andrews, Kevin Griffin, Luke Foley | 3:09 |
| 10. | "Fanfare" | Andrews | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Like A Dog" | Andrews | 3:17 |
| 12. | "Laveau Dirge Finale" | Andrews, Seefried, Glenn Patrick Hall III, Pete Murano, Austin Anthony Hall | 4:44 |
| Total length: | 50:00 | ||
Personnel
- Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews – trombone, lead vocals, background vocals, trumpet, piano, organ, drums, glockenspiel, guitar
- Pete Murano – guitar
- Tony Hall – bass guitar
- Joey Peebles – drums
- Dan Oestreicher – baritone saxophone
- BK Jackson – tenor saxophone
- Additional Musicians
- Ivan Neville – piano on "Here Come The Girls"
- Leo Nocentelli – acoustic guitar on "It Ain’t No Use"
- Chris Seefried – sitar guitar, piano, mellotron, glockenspiel
- Ramon Islas – percussion on "It Ain't No Use" and "Here Come The Girls"
- Glenn Hall – electric piano on "Laveau Dirge Finale"
- Juan Covarrubias – synthesizer on "Familiar"
- Paul Cartwright – viola, violin on "Parking Lot Symphony"
- Tracey Lee – choir
- Chrishira Perrier – choir
- Remonda Davis – choir
- Raion Ramsey – choir
- Ashley Watson – choir
- Lonel Simmons – choir
- Ashley Doucett – choir
- Sabrina Hayes – choir
- India Favorite – choir
- Faith Mack – choir
- Production
- Chris Seefried – producer, arranger, mixing
- Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews – arranger
- Seth Atkins Horan – engineer, mixer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Mathieu Bitton – photography
- Paul Moore – design
Year-end charts
| Chart (2011) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Jazz Albums[3] | 1 |
References
- "Parking Lot Symphony reviews at Metacritic.com". Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- Collar, Matt. "Parking Lot Symphony - Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews". Allmusic. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- "Jazz Albums : 2017 Year End - Chart Archives". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
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