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Michael Doucet,
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Buy It Now!
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Michael Doucet - fiddle & vocals; Danny Poullard - accordion; Alan Senauke - guitar; and Sharon Arms Doucet - triangle.
Recording of a live radio program over KPFA in Berkeley, CA hosted by Chris Strachwitz with some chatter from all.
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Track Listing Lake Arthur Stomp J'ai Fait Mon Idee French Jig Midland Two Step Grand Kaplan La Banane A Nonc Adam Ti Galop A Chataigner California Cajun Blues Eunice Two Step Bosco Stomp |
REVIEWS “Here is one for Cajun aficionados. One of those live radio sessions (dating from 1983) that acquires legendary status. `Cajun Jam Session' comes from Arhoolie supremo Chris Strachwitz's radio show and features Michael Doucet's fiddle with support from accordeonist Danny Poullard (modestly described as a beginner but sounding pretty good to me) and steady guitar from Alan Senauke. It's Doucet's show, though. He was initially reluctant to release the recording and you can see why; his playing is manically inspired but the more outrageous flights of improvisation contain a few excruciat-ing moments along with the uplifting ones. But give me a risk-taker over a journeyman any day. Doucet is also a superb Cajun singer, and here - although distinctly hoarse - his cracked French yelps verge on the demented. Throughout a selection of mostly familiar pieces - `Bosco Stomp,' `Midland Two Step' - the trio maintain a level of enthusiasm and pure fun that makes me wonder what they were on to play like this on a cold morning in a studio, One caveat: this is a couple of tracks short of standard album length, and is padded out by studio chat, inconsequential but for a nice moment where Strachwitz introduces `La Banane A Nonc Adam' as `The Banana Knockout'!Cajun music raw and wildthe way it's meant to be.” (Brian Peters — Folk Roots) |
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“Cajun Jam Session is a private, at-home get together. It was originally broadcast over radio station KPFA in January 1983 while Beausoleil's Michael Doucet was visiting Berkeley. Like most jam sessions, the lack of practice and unfamiliarity with the other musicians creates plenty of rough edges but with music like this, that's hardly a drawback. `Midland Two Step' is a raw piece that threatens to fall apart at any instant but it's also passionate and completely endearing. With the rest of the album partaking of the loose, intimate feeling (the between-songs talk has wisely been left intact), this will appeal to anybody wanting to follow Beausoleil's lead into the world of Cajun music.”
(Lang Thompson — Goldmine) |
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“Back in 1983 Arhoolie's Chris Strachwitz invited Beausoleil's fiddle playing leader Michael Doucet accordionist and California Cajun Orchestra member Danny Poullard, guitarist and Sing Out magazine editor Alan Senauke, and triangle player Sharon Arms Doucet to play live on his radio show. Seven years later we can all hear this ebullient cajun hootenanny. While much of the traditional cajun music I've heard consists largely of languid droll waltzes, that's never the case when you get Michael Doucet involved. Everything, waltzes and two steps alike, just comes alive. Doucet's lively, swinging, bayou fiddle sound and raw, heartfelt French vocals keep these cajun dance grooves vibrant and out of the museum. This clamor, combined with the lively between-song downhome bayou patter, will have you thinking you've been transported down to Louisiana. While this ensures a contagious foot-tapping pulsating atmosphere, cynics and the unconverted may complain about a homogenous similarity from cut to cut. But cajun music, like other styles of music designed for dancing, always maintains a bit of repetition to help keep the dancers on the beat. This radio session does that and more.”
(Steve Kiviat — Option) |
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