One of Branford 's more playful albums, the repertoire includes a tribute of sorts to his native New Orleans on "Royal Garden Blues" plus "Strike Up the Band" and then-recent originals.8/

Jasen and Jones say that “‘Royal Garden Blues’ is perhaps the first popular song based on a riff. (This is a melody that achieves its effect from a repetitive rhythm, rather than from an interesting sequence .

This CD includes a set of swing tunes, Swinging at the Haven and Royal Garden Blues, which are standard fair though executed well. There is a drum vehicle at the end (featuring drummer, Tain Watts) which is a throwback to Coltrane's "Drum Thing" from Crescent.5/5(5).

Mar 08,  · referencing Royal Garden Blues, LP, Album, 1. Early Marsalis album worth to buy. Only one his original is to me with title song, Dienda and Emanon the best. To my mind is there problem of many muscians participated on it, that whole album bit sounds to me like Greatest Hits. Anyway strong talent of Marsalis and musicianship of others 4/5(94).

ROYAL GARDEN BLUES, in homage to the Crescent City of New Orleans, takes its title from s composer/bandleader Clarence Williams' familiar theme, Branford (on soprano saxophone) adding his name to a long list of jazzmen who've recorded the number in the last half-century, Kid Ory, Armstrong, Bechet, Bix, Mugsy Spanier, got the picture?

Jun 10,  · Berigan at the Paradise Restaurant () “Royal Garden Blues” This is the first in a series of exciting Berigan recordings taken off the air from radio broadcasts emanating from the Paradise Restaurant, located in the Brill Building in Manhattan, in the spring of Many more will follow.

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Dolby Cassette release of Royal Garden Blues on Discogs. Label: CBS - • Format: Cassette Album Dolby • Country: UK • Genre: Jazz • Style: Bop, Hard Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Modal, Post Bop.

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