Donnay, Roberta / A Little Sugar
Album: A Little Sugar   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Donnay, Roberta   Added:Jan 2013
Label:Motema Music  

A-File Activity
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
Joseph
Reviewed 2013-04-25
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

Track Listing
1. Oh Papa   8. (Tropical) Heatwave
2. You Got To Swing And Sway   9. You Go To My Head
3. Mama's Gone, Goodbye   10. Sugar Blues
4. Say It Isn't So   11. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
5. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling   12. (I Want A Little) Sugar In My Bowl
6. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show   13. Empty Bed Blues
7. Rocking Chair   .