Parking Lot Symphony

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{{Infobox album

| name = Parking Lot Symphony

| type = studio

| artist = Trombone Shorty

| cover = File:ParkingLotSymphonyAlbumCover.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 28, 2017

| recorded = New Orleans (Esplanade Studios); Hollywood, (Gnu Gnome)

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz, Funk, R&B

| length = 50:00

| label = Blue Note

| producer = Chris Seefried

| prev_title = Say That to Say This

| prev_year = 2013

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Parking Lot Symphony

| type = studio

| single1 = Here Come The Girls

| single1date = March 3, 2017

| single2 = Dirty Water

| single2date = March 31, 2017

| single3 = No Good Time

| single3date = April 24, 2017

}}

}}

Parking Lot Symphony is the eleventh recording overall by American jazz musician Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and his first studio album on Blue Note Records. The album was produced by Chris Seefried (Andra Day, Fitz and the Tantrums) and was released on April 28, 2017 as a follow-up to Say That to Say This (2013). It reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart on May 20 and spent 31 weeks on the chart.

{{Album ratings

| MC = 70/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/parking-lot-symphony/trombone-shorty|title=Parking Lot Symphony reviews at Metacritic.com |accessdate=28 April 2017}}

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/parking-lot-symphony-mw0003029815

|title=Parking Lot Symphony - Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews |last=Collar |first=Matt |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=28 April 2017}}

}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 50:00

| title1 = Laveau Dirge No.1

| writer1 = Troy Andrews

| length1 = 2:09

| title2 = It Ain't No Use

| writer2 = Joseph Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Arthur L. Neville

| length2 = 4:33

| title3 = Parking Lot Symphony

| writer3 = Andrews, Alex Ebert, Chris Seefried

| length3 = 3:47

| title4 = Dirty Water

| writer4 = Andrews, Ethan Gruska

| length4 = 3:47

| title5 = Here Come The Girls

| note5 = featuring Ivan Neville

| writer5 = Allen Toussaint

| length5 = 4:00

| title6 = Tripped Out Slim

| writer6 = Andrews

| length6 = 2:19

| title7 = Familiar

| writer7 = Andrews, Egbert Dawkins III, Seefried

| length7 = 3:19

| title8 = No Good Time

| writer8 = Andrews, Seefried

| length8 = 4:10

| title9 = Where It At?

| writer9 = Andrews, Kevin Griffin, Luke Foley

| length9 = 3:09

| title10 = Fanfare

| writer10 = Andrews

| length10 = 3:12

| title11 = Like a Dog

| writer11 = Andrews

| length11 = 3:17

| title12 = Laveau Dirge Finale

| writer12 = Andrews, Seefried, Glenn Patrick Hall III, Pete Murano, Austin Anthony Hall

| length12 = 4:44

}}

Personnel

  • Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews – trombone, lead vocals, background vocals, trumpet, piano, organ, drums, glockenspiel, guitar
  • Pete Murano – guitar
  • Tony Hall – bass guitar
  • Joey Peebles – drums
  • Dan Oestreicher – baritone saxophone
  • BK Jackson – tenor saxophone

;Additional Musicians

  • Ivan Neville – piano on "Here Come The Girls"
  • Leo Nocentelli – acoustic guitar on "It Ain’t No Use"
  • Chris Seefried – sitar guitar, piano, mellotron, glockenspiel
  • Ramon Islas – percussion on "It Ain't No Use" and "Here Come The Girls"
  • Glenn Hall – electric piano on "Laveau Dirge Finale"
  • Juan Covarrubias – synthesizer on "Familiar"
  • Paul Cartwright – viola, violin on "Parking Lot Symphony"
  • Tracey Lee – choir
  • Chrishira Perrier – choir
  • Remonda Davis – choir
  • Raion Ramsey – choir
  • Ashley Watson – choir
  • Lonel Simmons – choir
  • Ashley Doucett – choir
  • Sabrina Hayes – choir
  • India Favorite – choir
  • Faith Mack – choir

;Production

=Year-end charts=

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Chart (2011)

!Position

US Billboard Jazz Albums{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-jazz-albums?page=1 |title=Jazz Albums : 2017 Year End - Chart Archives |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=20 May 2017}}

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References

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Category:Trombone Shorty albums

Category:2017 albums