Various Artists / Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Soundtrack), The
Album: Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Soundtrack), The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Jan 2009
Label:Concord Jazz, Inc.  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-01-25 Pull Date: 2009-03-29 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 15 Mar 8 Mar 1 Feb 22 Feb 15 Feb 8 Feb 1
Airplays: 2 1 4 3 1 2 5

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 10, 2009: The Silly Show
My Name Is Benjamin, Out Of Nowhere
4. Feb 24, 2009: Reelin' in the Years
Out Of Nowhere
2. Mar 06, 2009: No Cover, No Minimum
Dear Old Southland
5. Feb 23, 2009: The B-side
Out Of Nowhere
3. Feb 28, 2009: The Silly Show
Dear Old Southland, My Name Is Benjamin
6. Feb 21, 2009: Deep Fried Mardi Gras
Basin Street Blues

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-01-25
[coll]: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (soundtrack)
Concord, 2008

Classic New Orleans/traditional jazz, swing, and other tasty treats. I don’t know if the movie’s any good, but this here is some fine listenin’!

* * * * * | Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

1. 0:21 – spoken intro
2. 2:56 – N.O. marching band
3. 3:06 – hot 1920s jazz; Bix & Tram
4. 2:53 – swinging vocal harmony
5. 5:35 – New Orleans trad blues
6. 7:34 – “Basin Street” done right
7. 3:35 – Louis Armstrong vocal
8. 3:06 – serious/heroic male chorus
9. 3:18 – classical piano (Schumann)
10. 3:00 – trad jazz clarinet ballad
11. 3:17 – wonderful trumpet blues
12. 2:38 – it’s time to mambo!
13. 2:46 – classic doo-wop ballad
14. 5:43 – gentle Scott Joplin rag

[ Fo ] 01/25/09

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) My Name Is Benjamin
2. Doc Paulin's Marching Band We Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City
3. Frank Trumbauer & His Orchestra Feat. Bix Beiderbecke Ostrich Walk
4. Boswell Sisters, The That's How Rhythm Was Born
5. Pierce, Billie & De De Freight Train Blues
6. Preservation Hall Jazz Band Basin Street Blues
7. Armstrong, Louis / Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
8. Choeur De La Cathedrale De La Rue Daru, Paris Xvii Chanson Sur Staline
9. (Performer Uncredited) Schumann: Arabeske For Piano In C Major, Op. 18
10. Bechet, Sidney Out Of Nowhere
11. Armstrong, Louis Dear Old Southland
12. Prado, Perez & His Orchestra Skokiaan
13. Platters, The My Prayer
14. Kerber, Randy Bethena (A Concert Waltz)