Alive and Kickin' (album) explained

Alive and Kickin'
Type:studio
Artist:Fats Domino
Cover:Alive and Kickin' (album).jpg
Released:2006
Genre:R&B, rock and roll
Label:tipitinasfoundation.org
Producer:Fats Domino
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Alive and Kickin' is an album by the American musician Fats Domino, released in 2006.[1] [2] Proceeds from the album were directed to Tipitina's Foundation, an organization committed to preserving the musical culture and legacy of New Orleans.[3] The album raised around $150,000 for the foundation in its first year of release.[4]

Alive and Kickin was Domino's final studio album.[5] He had intended to support it by headlining the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, but had to cancel due to illness.[6]

Production

The album's 13 tracks were recorded at least six years before they were released.[7] Much of the album was recorded at Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans.[8] The songs were written by Domino, aside from one by Bobby Charles and one by Floyd Tillman.[9] Domino's backing band included saxophonist Herbert Hardesty and, from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, saxophonist Roger Lewis.[10]

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote: "Calm and meditative rather than playful and ebullient, this is a record only the most congenial of rock 'n' roll legends could have created."[7] The New York Times stated that "the album mingles Mr. Domino's rolling New Orleans rhythm-and-blues piano and horns with touches of synthesizer or slide guitar ... His genial croon can sound close to country music."[8] OffBeat deemed "One Step at a Time" "perhaps the best performance," calling it "a slow moaner ... right out of 1958."[11]

The Philadelphia Inquirer noted that Domino "rolls with his usual aplomb through his trademark R&B and 'good-time rock-and-roll'." The Advocate concluded that "the sporadic substitution of synthesizer for horn solos and string sections is the only drawback about Alive and Kickin."[10] The Baltimore City Paper lamented that "there's no chemistry between the singer and the musicians, and the songs lack the rhythmic propulsion of Domino's classics," but acknowledged that the tracks "have the same infectious hooks of his early hits."[12]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Spera, Keith. Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans. April 24, 2012. Macmillan. November 27, 2021. November 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211127185917/https://books.google.com/books?id=8qnZGSqL5RMC&pg=PA65. live.
  2. Book: Finkelman, Paul. Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: J-N. November 27, 2009. Oxford University Press. November 27, 2021. November 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211127185933/https://books.google.com/books?id=6gbQHxb_P0QC&pg=RA1-PA85. live.
  3. News: Fats Domino, 'Alive and Kickin' After Katrina. NPR. 2021-11-27. 2021-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210717133105/https://www.npr.org/2006/03/13/5259801/fats-domino-alive-and-kickin-after-katrina. live.
  4. News: Blumenfeld . Larry . Fats still has the Domino effect . Ottawa Citizen . Reuters. 27 Sep 2007 . E13.
  5. Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Others Remember Fats Domino. David. Browne. Rolling Stone. October 27, 2017. November 27, 2021. December 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201206122521/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/remembering-fats-domino-1928-2017-126117/. live.
  6. News: Plaisance . Stacey . New Orleans Jazz Festival Attracts Wide Array of Performers, Music Fans . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . 8 May 2006 . C5.
  7. Web site: Fats Domino. Robert Christgau. 2021-11-27. 2019-10-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20191013102753/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Fats+Domino. live.
  8. News: Fats Domino Sets an Example for New Orleans. Jon. Pareles. February 28, 2006. The New York Times. November 27, 2021. June 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210610072649/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/arts/fats-domino-sets-an-example-for-new-orleans.html. live.
  9. Dean . Mac . Catch up on the NOLA music scene . Goldmine . Dec 21, 2007 . 33 . 26 . 8.
  10. News: Wirt . John . Fats Domino Alive and Kickin' . The Advocate . April 7, 2006 . Fun . 12.
  11. Hannusch . Jeff . Reviews . OffBeat . May 2006 . 19 . 5 . 118.
  12. News: Himes . Geoffrey . Ain't Done Yet – Crescent City's Musical Traditions Still Fertile on Parcel of New Albums . Baltimore City Paper . August 16, 2006 . Music.

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