| Donnay, Roberta / A Little Sugar |
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| Album: | A Little Sugar | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Donnay, Roberta | Added: | Jan 2013 | |
| Label: | Motema Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-04-28 | Pull Date: | 2013-06-30 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jun 16 | Jun 2 | May 12 | May 5 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 09, 2015: | 12-9-2015 Say It Isn't So | 4. | May 10, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Mama's Gone, Goodbye | |
| 2. | Jun 15, 2013: | The Iron Skillet Oh Papa | 5. | May 09, 2013: | Sunflower Sutra: Momz Mama's Gone, Goodbye | |
| 3. | May 31, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Mama's Gone, Goodbye | 6. | May 04, 2013: | The Iron Skillet Oh Papa |
| Album Review |
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| Joseph Reviewed 2013-04-25 | ||
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Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band “A Little Sugar” Label: Motema Music Joseph Reviewed 4/25/13 Nice swing vocals by local Bay Area artist and band performing Prohibition era proto-jazz classics. No FCCs detected *= favorite cuts 1 – (3:34) Oh Papa. Smooth vocals, mid-tempo shuffle, good horns & piano solo 2 – (2:35) You Got to Swing & Sway. More up-tempo jazzy number 3 – (4:04) Mama’s Gone, Goodbye* Slower, New Orleans-style blues 4 – (5:00) Say It Isn’t So Soft, beautiful cover of Irving Berlin classic. Piano, bass, drum backing 5 – (2:43) I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling Upbeat tempo on this one 6 – (3:51) One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show* Swinging number, variety of horn solos, nice 7 – (4:10) Rocking Chair Slow tempo, pretty rendition of Hoagy Carmichael tune 8 – (3:59) (Tropical) Heatwave Just so-so 9 – (4:41) You Go To My Head Mid-tempo, nice piano solo 10 – (2:37) Sugar Blues Swinging remake of Ella Fitzgerald’s version 11 – (3:49) You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon* Funny, animated version of the classic. Nicely done 12 – (4:20) (I Want a Little) Sugar in My Bowl Smooth, mid-tempo swing 13 – (4:52) Empty Bed Blues Donnay original, wraps up her trip back in time | ||
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