''Tango Palace'' is the ninth album by

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singer and pianist

Dr. John Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B. Active as a session musician from t ...

. It was his second and last album recorded for jazz label Horizon Records. It also marked the second album on which he collaborated with Doc Pomus on a few songs.

Track listing

#"Keep That Music Simple" (Giddon Daniels) – 3:35 #"Disco-Therapy" (

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, Mac Rebennack) – 4:14 #"Renegade" (Rebennack,

Gerry Goffin Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the List of Billboard number-one ...

) – 3:57 #Fonky Side (Rebennack, Doc Pomus) – 3:19 #"Bon Temps Rouler" (Rebennack, Pomus) – 4:25 #"Something You Got" (

Chris Kenner Christophe Kenner (December 25, 1929 – January 25, 1976) was an American, New Orleans-based Rhythm and blues, R&B singer and songwriter, best known for two hit singles in the early 1960s, "I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner song), I Like It Li ...

, Antoine Domino) – 2:37 #"I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say" (Rebennack, Pomus) – 4:26 #"Tango Palace" (Rebennack, Pomus) – 4:20 #"Louisiana Lullabye" (Rebennack, Pomus) – 4:03

Personnel

Musicians

* Dr. John – keyboards, vocals * Abraham Laboriel – bass * Andre Fischer – drums (track 1) * Herman Ernest – drums (tracks 3, 5–7), percussion (tracks 4, 8–9) * Steve Gadd – drums (tracks 4, 8–9), percussion (tracks 3, 5–7) * Hugh McCracken – guitar *

– guitar, backing vocal (track 6) * Fred Staehle – percussion, Wingertree * Paulinho da Costa – percussion * Neil Larsen – percussion *

Ronnie Barron Ronnie Barron (born Ronald Raymond Barrosse, October 9, 1943, in Algiers, New Orleans – March 20, 1997) was an American actor, keyboardist, organist, and blue-eyed soul singer during the 1970s. He was known for his work as a session musicia ...

– percussion, backing vocals * Charlie Miller – trumpet,

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solo (track 7) *

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* Warren Luening – trumpet, flugelhorn *

Benny Powell Benny Powell (March 1, 1930 – June 26, 2010) was an American jazz trombonist. He played both standard (tenor) trombone and bass trombone. Biography Born Benjamin Gordon Powell Jr in New Orleans, Louisiana, he first played professionally ...

– trombone * Herman Riley –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

* Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone, flute & clarinet * Jackie Kelso – tenor saxophone, clarinet * Gary Herbig – tenor saxophone solo (track 5) * Tommy Johnson – tuba * Larry Williams – tenor,

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, clarinet * Kim Hutchcroft – tenor, soprano saxophone * Harold Battiste – horn arrangements * Petsye Powell, Tami Lynn, Brenda Russell, Jim Gilstrap, Muffy Hendricks, Denise Trammell – backing vocals

Technical

* Tommy LiPuma – producer * Hugh McCracken – producer * Al Schmitt – engineer * Norm Kinney – engineer * Don Henderson – assistant engineer * Linda Tyler – assistant engineer * Mike Reese – mastering * Roland Young –

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* Amy Nagasawa – design * Lou Beach –

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* Mark Hanauer – photography

References

1979 albums Dr. John albums Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma Horizon Records albums Disco albums by American artists Funk albums by American artists Jazz fusion albums by American artists {{1970s-rock-album-stub