Producer and GRP Records president Tommy LiPuma, a longtime associate of Dr.
John's, revived his old Blue Thumb label as an imprint of GRP/MCA with this album, which served as something of a sequel to the last Dr.
John/Tommy LiPuma collaboration, In a Sentimental Mood.
On that earlier album, the two had covered pop standards.
Here, they again turned to evergreens by the likes of Irving Berlin and Duke Ellington.
But if Sentimental Mood was stylistically linked to the '20s and '30s, Afterglow was more a recreation of the late '40s and early '50s, with its big-band arrangements and the inclusion of jump blues numbers like Louis Jordan's "I Know What I've Got." Such songs allowed Dr.
John plenty of room to play his trademark New Orleans piano solos, and, in the second half of the record, some of the Doctor's own compositions were snuck in among the classics without disturbing the mood.
Of course, the dominant sound remained Dr.
John's gravel-and-honey voice, an even more appropriate instrument for these bluesier standards than it was for the Sentimental ones.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to YouAndy Razaf, Don Redman | Dr. John | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Blue SkiesIrving Berlin | Dr. John | Play | 04:42 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | So LongRemus Harris, Irving Melsher, Russ Morgan | Dr. John | Play | 05:06 | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | New York City BluesDoc Pomus, Mac Rebennack | Dr. John | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | Tell Me You'll Wait for MeCharles Brown, Oscar Moore | Dr. John | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | There Must Be a Better World SomewhereDoc Pomus, Mac Rebennack | Dr. John | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | I Still Think About YouDr. John, Mac Rebennack | Dr. John | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds | Dr. John | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 9 | I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So | Dr. John | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 40 mins | 92 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 232 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murray Adler | Concert Master |
| 2 | Israel Baker | Violin |
| 3 | Marilyn Baker | Viola |
| 4 | Rick Baptist | Trumpet |
| 5 | Irving Berlin | Composer |
| 6 | Samuel Boghossian | Viola |
| 7 | George Bohannon | Trombone |
| 8 | Oscar Brashear | Trumpet |
| 9 | Alan Broadbent | Arranger, Conductor |
| 10 | Robert Brosseau | Violin |
| 11 | Charles Brown | Composer |
| 12 | Ray Brown | Bass, Guest Artist, Trumpet |
| 13 | Larry Bunker | Percussion, Vibraphone |
| 14 | Mark Cargill | Violin |
| 15 | Lenny Castro | Percussion |
| 16 | Jules Chaikin | Orchestra Contractor |
| 17 | Pete Christlieb | Saxophone |
| 18 | Ronald Clark | Violin |
| 19 | Jeff Clayton | Saxophone |
| 20 | John Clayton | Arranger, Bass, Conductor |
| 21 | Larry Corbett | Cello |
| 22 | Rollice Dale | Viola |
| 23 | Doc Daugherty | Composer |
| 24 | Mack David | Composer |
| 25 | Charlie Davis | Trumpet |
| 26 | Joel Derouin | Violin |
| 27 | Bonnie Douglas | Violin |
| 28 | Dr. John | Composer, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 29 | Assa Drori | Concert Master |
| 30 | Susanne Edgren | Production Coordination |
| 31 | Duke Ellington | Composer |
| 32 | Barry Feinstein | Art Direction, Design, Photography |
| 33 | Gary Foster | Saxophone |
| 34 | Armen Garabedian | Violin |
| 35 | James Getzoff | Violin |
| 36 | Endre Granat | Violin |
| 37 | Thurman Green | Trombone |
| 38 | Jeff Hamilton | Drums |
| 39 | Remus Harris | Composer |
| 40 | John Hendrickson | Assistant Engineer |
| 41 | Steve Huffsteter | Trumpet |
| 42 | Clay Jenkins | Trumpet |
| 43 | Thomas "Snake" Johnson | Tuba |
| 44 | Louis Jordan | Composer |
| 45 | Suzie Katayama | Cello |
| 46 | Ray Kelley | Cello |
| 47 | Ezra Kliger | Violin |
| 48 | Gina Kronstadt | Violin |
| 49 | Brian Leonard | Violin |
| 50 | Tommy LiPuma | Producer |
| 51 | Earl Madison | Cello |
| 52 | Gordon Marron Strings | Violin |
| 53 | Irving Melsher | Composer |
| 54 | Oscar Moore | Composer |
| 55 | Russ Morgan | Composer |
| 56 | Al J. Neiburg | Composer |
| 57 | Ira Nepus | Trombone |
| 58 | Charles Owens | Saxophone |
| 59 | Doc Pomus | Composer |
| 60 | Andy Razaf | Composer |
| 61 | Mac Rebennack | Composer |
| 62 | Don Redman | Composer |
| 63 | Ellis Reynolds | Composer |
| 64 | Kim Richmond | Saxophone |
| 65 | Sid Robin | Composer |
| 66 | Sydney Robin | Composer |
| 67 | Jimbo Ross | Viola |
| 68 | Doug Sax | Mastering |
| 69 | Marc Sazer | Violin |
| 70 | Al Schmitt | Engineer, Mixing |
| 71 | Tom Scott | Saxophone |
| 72 | Davin Seay | Liner Notes |
| 73 | Paul Shure | Violin |
| 74 | Susan Sommer | Paintings |
| 75 | Maurice Spears | Trombone |
| 76 | Dave Trigg | Trumpet |
| 77 | Mari Tsumura | Violin |
| 78 | Phil Upchurch | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 79 | Donald Waldrop | Tuba |
| 80 | Bill Watrous | Trombone |
| 81 | Tibor Zelig | Violin |
| 82 | Shari Zippert | Violin |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |