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I’m not sure if New Orleans has reached peak neo-trad yet, but each new release I hear indicates that the music created a century ago still offers a lot for younger musicians to explore. The Secret Six is a side project led by bassist John Joyce of the Smoking Time Jazz Club. The album features members of that project as well as vocalist Meschiya Lake and other musicians from the tightly-knit Frenchmen Street scene.
Given the extremely limited parameters of the pandemic, this album was actually recorded outdoors by the well-regarded producer/engineer Earl Scioneaux III. Yet it is virtually impossible to tell this, based on the ace musicianship and his pristine recording technique. The instrumentation is so clearly delineated; I was almost hoping to hear a bird chirp or a passing truck.