Parking Lot Symphony | ||||
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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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Singles from Parking Lot Symphony | ||||
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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.
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 70/100 [1] |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
Chart (2011) | Position |
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US Billboard Jazz Albums [3] | 1 |
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