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“An exhilarating return.” — USA Today
A born and bred New Orleans jazz artist, Davell Crawford has always been filled with pizzaz as he has been gracing stages since age seven. “It is impossible to hear more than the first two minutes of Crawford without smiling and breaking into some serious foot tapping, there’s just no other way to describe it, unless, of course, you’re dead,” says Chuck Graham of the Tucson Citizen.
But for the first time ever Davell Crawford is partnering up with Basin Street Recordsto produce My Gift To You (Out TODAY) which features a slew of big names includingBig Freedia, Donald Harrison, Jr., Bobbi Humphrey, Dr. John, Nicholas Payton, Steve Riley, Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington, and the Davell Crawford Singers.
Courtesy of Paste, you can hear all of these wonderful collaborations and more via their full stream of My Gift To You HERE.
It’s been fourteen years since the “Piano Prince of New Orleans” has graced the world with an album and he wants to make it clear where his musical allegiance lies with this heartfelt tribute to his birthplace and home, Louisiana.
Influenced by his experiences growing up in Louisiana attending Baptist and Catholic churches, his godmother Roberta Flack and the many tight-knit musical circles of New Orleans that he fell into due to his preternatural talent Crawford has decided to bring the focus of this work to the experiences, emotions, and memories associated with Louisiana.
While My Gift To You celebrates the immeasurable experiences of Louisiana with songs like “Louisiana Sunday Afternoon” it reveals itself as a deeply personal account of Crawford’s unique experiences with originals like the celebratory “Creole Man” and the ballad “Until I See You In A While.” The album fittingly concludes with the gospel-tinged “Ode to Louisiana” an inspiring love letter that sums up the album in its opening line, “Louisiana, I love you.”
Upcoming Shows:
6.11 – Snug Harbor – New Orleans, LA – 8 pm & 10 pm
6.25 – Snug Harbor – New Orleans, LA – 8pm & 10 pm
6.29 – Joe’s Pub – New York, NY – 9:30 pm
For additional tour dates, visit: http://www.BasinStreetRecords.com/on-tour/davell-crawford