Genre: Jazz
Original Release: 11/4/1997
1. St. Louis Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
4:55
2. Cherokee
7:00
3. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
3:13
4. Harvard Blues
6:50
5. Prince Of Wails
4:54
6. Froggy Bottom
4:05
7. Piano Boogie
2:32
8. King Porter Stomp
4:37
9. Tickle Toe
3:06
10. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
6:04
A sequel to the fabulously successful soundtrack album from the film Kansas City, KC After Dark gathers together a second batch of tracks from the cutting-room floor with almost equally astonishing results. Again, one is struck by how director Robert Altman and producer Hal Willner were able to get these young neo-boppers, so buttoned-down and respectful of their elders as leaders, to loosen up and wail in circa-1930s Kansas City repertoire. They play roughly in the idioms of their ancestors, but now with fire and humor and a genuine sense of fun, urged on by the whoops of the actors on the nightclub set. Listen to tenormen Joshua Redman Read More
