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2011 live album by Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis

Here We Go Again
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Live album
Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles by

Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis featuring Norah Jones
Released March 29, 2011 (2011-03-29)
Recorded February 9–10, 2009
Venue Rose Theater, New York City
Genre Jazz, country
Length 61:49
Label Blue Note
Willie Nelson chronology
Country Music (Willie Nelson album)
(2010) 		Here We Become Again
(2011) 		Remember Me, Vol. 1
(2011)
Wynton Marsalis chronology
Vitoria Suite
(2010) 		Here We Go Once more
(2011) 		Play the Blues
(2011)
Norah Jones chronology
... Featuring Norah Jones
(2010) 		Here We Go Again
(2011) 		Rome
(2011)
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Here Nosotros Go Once more: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles is a live tribute album past country singer Willie Nelson and jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Information technology was recorded during concerts at the Rose Theater in New York City, on February ix and 10, 2009. The anthology received mixed reviews, in which the instrumentation of Marsalis' orchestra was praised by the critics.

Background and recording [edit]

Nelson and Marsalis played together for the first fourth dimension in 2007 at The Allen Room in Lincoln Center, which resulted in the critically acclaimed album Two Men with the Blues, released the next twelvemonth.[one] [2] The album held the number i position in the Billboard Jazz Albums chart for four weeks.[3] [4] [5] [6] Nelson and Marsalis joined once more in 2009 along with Norah Jones for a series of two concerts, at the Rose Theater, on February 9 and February 10. The recordings were released on March 29, 2011.[i]

Reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (63/100)[7]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [thirteen]
The Austin Chronicle [11]
BBC Music (positive)[sixteen]
The Daily Telegraph [10]
The Jazz Line [fifteen]
Los Angeles Times [8]
The New Zealand Herald [12]
PopMatters (7/ten)[14]
Rolling Rock [nine]

The Los Angeles Times's music critic rated the release with three stars out of 4, and wrote: "Ray Charles surely would have admired the inventive and lively jazz-drenched arrangements accompanying many of his standards, including "Hit the Road Jack," "Busted," "Hallelujah I Honey Her And then," "Unchain My Middle" and "Cryin' Fourth dimension."[eight] Rolling Stone praised Nelson and Jones' duet on Cadet Owens' "Crying Time", just criticized the abundance of solos between Nelson and Marsalis' ring: "(Here We Get Once more) feels like a missed opportunity. Nelson'southward nylon-stabbing guitar is as well deficient here, giving way to Marsalis' jazz band, a slick bandage that rotates solos exhaustively."[nine] The Texas Monthly also criticized the arrangements: "applying Willie's offhand cool and Jones's trademark reserve to the genius's hits, peculiarly his blistering soul classics, makes about as much sense as asking Tony Bennett to embrace the Butthole Surfers [...] Here Nosotros Go Once more is full of arrangements that take the wrong fork in the route. The expert musicianship of Marsalis's working band overthinks and dulls down almost every tune."[17]

The Daily Telegraph rated it with four stars out of five. Praising Nelson, Marsalis and Jones likewise equally the backing band, the critic stated "They accept done Ray Charles proud".[10] Meanwhile, The Austin Chronicle rated the album with two stars out of five; critic Jay Trachtenberg wrote: "Despite boasting favorites from Charles repertoire including "Cryin' Fourth dimension," "Busted," and "Hit the Road Jack," this meridian never clicks, maybe a result of the i-off nature of the project making it hard for the musical personalities to fully gel".[11] The New Zealand Herald wrote: "While they may seem like a funny couple, with the deft precision and way of Marsalis seemingly at odds with Nelson's more than unkempt delivery, it actually works".[12]

AllMusic wrote: "With Charles' standards similar "Hallelujah I Love Her And then", "Cryin' Time", "Hit the Road Jack", "Busted", "Makin' Whoopie", and his iconic signature hitting, "What'd I Say" all sounding comfortable and fresh. The only affair missing is Ray Charles himself, who undoubtedly would have had no trouble fitting into these shows. Radio now splits everything into little niches. That isn't what Charles was well-nigh. He saw music every bit convergence. This fine concert album plays in that aforementioned spirit".[xiii]

PopMatters delivered a mixed review, praising the squad of Nelson, Marsalis and Jones, but criticizing the functioning of the songs, indicating that they consisted merely of an all-star lineup that did not employ a new perspective to Charles' recordings: "the whole never actually rises in a higher place the sum of its parts, and no one ever tries to teach us something new about these tunes. [...] Not that hearing these voices on great tunes doesn't thrill. It does. [...] What'due south missing is some element of risk or sacrifice".[14]

BBC Music wrote a mixed review, remarking that

"Marsalis and company don't exactly hit the bull's-eye every fourth dimension on this recording of the issue. And what's most apparent, sadly, is that Nelson's vocal deficiencies grow more than obvious every year. Some might argue that his weathered voice has gained in character what it has lost in strength and range, but my ears tell me otherwise [...] On the plus side, the Marsalis band compensates quite adequately for occasional lacklustre vocals, navigating the various nooks and crannies of Charles' eclectic songbook with only the correct combination of jazz and popular smarts. [...] Thanks largely to the instrumental work, in that location's a satisfying amount of entertainment value on this release – even if major revelations are non forthcoming."[16]

The review also noted that, while Jones added "mode and panache" to both jazz ("Come Rain or Come Shine", "Makin' Whoopee") and country ("Hither Nosotros Go Over again") songs, she sat out most rhythm and blues songs.[sixteen]

Rail listing [edit]

No. Title Writer(south) Length
ane. "Hallelujah I Dear Her Then" Ray Charles 4:54
2. "Come Pelting or Come Polish" (featuring Norah Jones) Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer iii:52
3. "Unchain My Heart" Teddy Powell, Bobby Sharp 5:35
4. "Cryin' Time" (featuring Norah Jones) Buck Owens iv:32
5. "Losing Hand" Charles Calhoun 5:16
6. "Hit the Road Jack" (featuring Norah Jones) Percy Mayfield 7:45
7. "I'one thousand Moving On" Hank Snowfall v:44
viii. "Busted" Harlan Howard 3:52
9. "Here We Go Once more" (featuring Norah Jones) Don Lanier, Blood-red Steagall five:10
10. "Makin' Whoopee" (featuring Norah Jones) Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson 4:54
11. "I Dear You So Much It Hurts" Floyd Tillman 2:52
12. "What'd I Say" (featuring Norah Jones) Ray Charles 6:eleven

A Barnes & Noble-exclusive edition has 3 bonus tracks: "You Don't Know Me" (4:45), "You Are My Sunshine" (6:26), and "That's All" (6:04).

Personnel [edit]

Musicians

  • Willie Nelson – guitar (i–ix, 12), vocals (1, 3–9, 11, 12)
  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, arranger, vocals (6, 8, 12)
  • Norah Jones – vocals (two, 4, 6, ix, x, 12)
  • Dan Nimmer – piano
  • Carlos Henríquez – bass
  • Walter Blanding – tenor saxophone, vocals (half-dozen)
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Ali Jackson – drums, percussion[18]
  • Arrangements by Sherman Irby (1), Richard DeRosa (2, 10), Victor Goines (3, 4), Jackson (5), Vincent Gardner (6), Marsalis (7, eleven), Christopher Crenshaw (8) and Andy Farber (9, 12)[19]
  • Music supervised by Christianna English and Kay Niewood
  • Music copyists were Geoff Shush, Jonathan Kelly and Kate Sain

Production

  • Jeff Jones – producer, engineer (mixing, mastering)
  • Jazz at Lincoln Centre – producer
  • Mark Rothbaum – executive producer
  • Saundra Palmer-Grassi – engineer (recording)
  • Rob Macomber – engineer (recording)
  • Gordon H. Lee – creative direction
  • Randall Leddy – art direction, design
  • Darren Booth – typography

Chart Performance [edit]

Chart Elevation
position
Billboard Jazz Albums 2[twenty]
Alben Top 75 (Republic of austria) xl[21]

References [edit]

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  2. ^ Chinen, Nate (2009-02-10). "Much Brass, a Bit of Twang and Plenty of Ray Charles". The New York Times . Retrieved 2011-08-06 .
  3. ^ "Top Jazz Albums: Calendar week of July 26, 2008". Billboard. 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-17 .
  4. ^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August two, 2008". Billboard. 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2011-05-17 .
  5. ^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 9, 2008". Billboard. 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2011-05-17 .
  6. ^ "Acme Jazz Albums: Week of August 16, 2008". Billboard. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2011-05-17 .
  7. ^ "Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles". Metacritic. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  8. ^ a b Lewis, Randy (March 29, 2011). "Album review: 'Here We Become Once more: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles' with Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis featuring Norah Jones". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Visitor. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  9. ^ a b Doyle, Patrick (April 13, 2011). "Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011.
  10. ^ a b Chilton, Martin (May 17, 2011). "Here We Get Again – Celebrating the Genius Of Ray Charles, CD review". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Grouping Express. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  11. ^ a b Trachtenberg, Jay (April 29, 2011). "Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis (Featuring Norah Jones) Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (Blue Annotation/EMI)". Austin Chronicle. Austin Relate Corp. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  12. ^ a b Kara, Scott (April 5, 2011). "Album Review: Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis featuring Norah Jones, Here We Go Again". New Zealand Herald. APN Holdings NZ Limited. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  13. ^ a b Leggett, Steve. Here Nosotros Become Once again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles at AllMusic. Retrieved June vi, 2011.
  14. ^ a b Layman, Will (April ane, 2011). "Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis featuring Norah Jones: Here Nosotros Become Again". PopMatters. PopMatters Media, Inc. Retrieved May viii, 2011.
  15. ^ "Review: Here We Get Over again – Jubilant the Genius of Ray Charles". The Jazz Line. Mersion Media.
  16. ^ a b c Tilland, Bill (March 23, 2011). "Marsalis and Nelson join forces once more, with help from Norah Jones". BBC Music. British Broadcast Corporation. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
  17. ^ McCord, Jeff (April 2011). "Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles". Texas Monthly. Emmis Publishing LP. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
  18. ^ Here We Go Again: Jubilant the Genius of Ray Charles (booklet). Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis featuring Norah Jones. New York City: Blue Note Records. 2011. p. four. 509990 96388 two 2. {{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ^ Hither We Get Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (booklet). Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis featuring Norah Jones. New York Metropolis: Blue Note Records. 2011. pp. 2–iii. 509990 96388 2 2. {{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. ^ "Here We Get Once more Celebrating The Genius of Ray Charles: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  21. ^ "Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Featuring Norah Jones – Here We Go Again:Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (Anthology)". Austrian Charts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 12, 2011.

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