Dr Michael White Live - BSR05082 - Jazz - par Basin Street - Live Canal Street Blues I Love You Too

Just What the Doctor Ordered: Dr. Michael White Live For nearly 45 years, Dr. Michael White has been bringing smiles to faces with his joy-filled, masterful clarinet-playing in the tradition of New Orleansjazz. May 5, 2017 was a special night in this storied career. In an evening celebrating Basin Street Records’ 20th anniversary, Dr. Michael White andhis quartet (plus special guest Jason Marsalis) captivated an audience at the packed Little Gem Saloon with forty minutes of his mesmerizingperformance. A Michael White show is more than a concert, it’s an experience. Like a siren in the sea, the first dulcet tones from White’s clarinetimmediately draw the listener in; what ensues is nothing short of magic, a performance steeped in tradition—one that perhaps wouldn’t sound out ofplace in the very same venue in the 1920s—but full of luster and originality—something that makes you want to get up and dance. It may be“traditional” and “historical” but more apropos, it’s “electric” and “captivating.”Dr. Michael White Live kicks off with the energetic “Canal Street Blues,” and segues straight into “I Love You Too Much To Ever Leave You” with theinimitable vocals of White’s long-time collaborator and trumpeter/vocalist, Gregory Stafford. White brings the audience to a warm island with“Caribbean Girl,” and the show only gets better from there. White brings fellow Basin Street labelmate, and resident prodigy Jason Marsalis to thedrum set to accompany on the final two songs. A hush goes through the room, and more than a few jaws drop with the sultry rendition of the audiencefavorite and Gershwin classic, “Summertime.” White and his comrades leave nothing on the floor, wrapping up the set with the downright raucous“Give It Up / Gypsy Second Line,” a Michael White original.If you were there, you witnessed a show for the ages; something you won’t ever forget. If not, you have a chance to experience a piece of what thisspecial night entailed. Listen to Dr. Michael White Live now, and let yourself fall under his trance.