Parking Lot Symphony

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Parking Lot Symphony
ParkingLotSymphonyAlbumCover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 28, 2017
Recorded New Orleans (Esplanade Studios); Hollywood, (Gnu Gnome)
Genre Jazz, Funk, R&B
Length50:00
Label Blue Note
Producer Chris Seefried
Trombone Shorty chronology
Say That to Say This
(2013)
Parking Lot Symphony
(2017)
Singles from Parking Lot Symphony
  1. "Here Come The Girls"
    Released: March 3, 2017
  2. "Dirty Water"
    Released: March 31, 2017
  3. "No Good Time"
    Released: April 24, 2017

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.

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(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 Gruska3:47
5."Here Come The Girls" (featuring Ivan Neville) Allen Toussaint 4:00
6."Tripped Out Slim"Andrews2:19
7."Familiar"Andrews, Egbert Dawkins III, Seefried3:19
8."No Good Time"Andrews, Seefried4:10
9."Where It At?"Andrews, Kevin Griffin, Luke Foley3:09
10."Fanfare"Andrews3:12
11."Like A Dog"Andrews3:17
12."Laveau Dirge Finale"Andrews, Seefried, Glenn Patrick Hall III, Pete Murano, Austin Anthony Hall4:44
Total length:50:00

Personnel

Additional Musicians
Production

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Billboard Jazz Albums [3] 1

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References

  1. "Parking Lot Symphony reviews at Metacritic.com" . Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  2. Collar, Matt. "Parking Lot Symphony - Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews". Allmusic . Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  3. "Jazz Albums : 2017 Year End - Chart Archives". Billboard . Retrieved May 20, 2017.