This music is the best I have recorded with non-New Orleans musicians. Of this there is no doubt in my mind. The band has one U.S.-born musician from Mayo, Florida, one naturalized American born in England, two Swedish-born players and two Canadians. Yet, uncannily, they blend together as one, happily playing in the old style with a heavy influence on ensemble playing – an art that has all but disappeared from the remaining New Orleans bands.
I can honestly say that the music contained herein takes me back to my arrival in New Orleans on January 6th, 1961. For the listener it would, I believe, have the power to make one nostalgic for a time and place one has never known.
The simplicity of the rhythm section allowed me on the drums to employ beats and licks I learned over half a century ago for long forgotten men like Paul Barbarin, Alec Bigard, and “Chinee Bebe.” I know both Orange and Freddie felt the same. You can hear it and that’s why we called this CD “SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES.”
– Barry Martyn
Release Date – 2014
Track List
- Sing On!
- Seems Like Old Times
- I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
- Oriental Man
- Swanee Rive
- D.M.F. Blues
- Anytime
- Houma, La.
- Raining In My Heart
- Beautiful Dol
- Big Butter & Eggman
- Crazy
- Love Songs Of The Nile
- Marie
