Celebrating the 20th anniversary of If You Can’t Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth (2005), —which featured live performances from Bordeaux, FR, San Sebastián, SP, and NYC—we present Part Two, featuring live performances from Detroit, MI, and Lebanon, OH. (Sweetened by Inna Most and V. Jeffrey Smith)
Part Two also features the Burnt Sugar Arkestra recording debuts of Shelley Nicole, Dave “Smoota” Smith, Paula Marcus, and Anthony “SaxTone” Arrington along with a from-the-mountain-top holler of “thank you” to Mr. Larry Mizell !
Credits
BSAC Paula’s Barn Edition *
Shelley Nicole – Vocals
Bruce Mack – Vocals/Synthesizer/Conduction
Leon Gruenbaum – Keyboards/Samchillian/Talk Box
JS Williams – Trumpet
Anthony “SaxTone” Arrington – Alto Sax
V. Jeffrey Smith – Soprano,Tenor & Bari Saxes/Electric Guitar & Vocals
Dave “Smoota” Smith – Trombone
Andre Lassalle – Electric Guitar
Chris Eddleton – Trap Drums
Paula Marcus – Congas & Percussion
Jared Michael Nickerson – Electric Bubble Bass
BSAC Concert of Colors
Krunk Imaginations and Hollering Hoodoo Ghosts Edition
Vernon Reid – Conduction
Shelley Nicole – Vocals
Bruce Mack – Vocals & Synthesizer
Lewis “Flip” Barnes – Trumpet
V. Jeffrey Smith – Alto & Tenor Saxes
Leon Gruenbaum – Vocals/Keyboards/Samchillian/Talk Box
Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar
Marque Gilmore tha Inna Most – Acoustic-Lectric
Michael Nickerson – Electric Bubble Bass
1. Chicken Scratching Dre Shows SaxTone the Way
(Paula’s Barn Edition/Avant Groid Musica)
2. Hollering Hoodoo Ghosts Conduction #1
(Concert of Colors Edition/Avant Groid Musica)
3. Spiritualizing *
(Paula’s Barn Edition/Avant Groid Musica)
4. Black Cow *
(Walter Becker/Donald Fagen/Universal Inc.)
5. Detroit Blisluth Blues Conduction
(Concert of Colors Edition/Avant Groid Musica)
6. Frankenstank**
(Greg Tate/Avant Groid Musica)
7. Back Pain*
(A. Noland/G. Webster/L. Bonner/M. Jones/M. Pierce/N. Napier/R. Middlebrook/Walter Morrison/Warner Brothers Music) Arranged by Jared Michael Nickerson
8. Someone To Love You **
(Abby Dobson/Greg Tate/Avant Groid Musica)
9. Slop Jar Boogie Oogie Oogie Blues
(Janice Johnson/Perry Kible/Embassy Music Corp) (Larry Mizell)
10. Inna Shelley Over Detroit
(Greg Tate/Marque Gilmore/Lisala Beatty/BSAC Concert of Colors Edition)
11. Hollering Hoodoo Ghosts Conduction #2
(Concert of Colors Edition/Avant Groid Musica)
12. Summertime at Paula’s Barn *
(George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/Dubose Hayward/Downtown Dlj Songs LLC) Arranged by V. Jeffrey Smith
13. Shelley & Smoota Converse … Smoota Has the Last Word *
(Paula’s Barn Edition/Avant Groid Musica)
Recording Dates:
July 24th, September 12th & 13th, 2022 & March 26th, 2024.
Recording Locations:
Concert of Colors Festival-Detroit Michigan/All-nighter Studio-Lebanon Ohio/Jamcarver Studio-Jersey City N.J.
Recording Engineers:
Ryan Cunningham (CofC),
V. Jeffrey Smith (All-nighter Studio/Jamcarver Studios)
Mixing & Mastering Engineers:
V. Jeffrey Smith, Marque Gilmore, Roberto Noel (Sounday Productions, Stockholm)
Mixing/Mastering Locations:
Jamcarver Studio/tribal broadcast recordings Studios A / Sounday Productions,
Stockholm-Sweden
Graphic Design: LaRonda Davis
Bronze Sculpture: “Wanderlust” by Quin Davis aka QuinRoExecutive
Producer: Jared Michael Nickerson for Burnt Sugar Index LLC
Special Thanks to:
Gregory Stephen “Ionman” Tate
Paula Marcus, Underworld Jazz Festival’s Napoleon Maddox, Kim Gory & J Brent Olds, Vernon Reid, Detroit Concert of Colors’ Ismael Ahmed & Aaron Barndollar, Dayton Levitt Pavilion’s Lisa Wagner & Phil Hoffheimer, Cincinnati Arts Association’s Joyce Bonomini, Jazz Educational Network’s Laura Ann Gentry, Southern Grace Cincy Catering LLC, Anthony “SaxTone” Troutman, Leslie Marie Lindsay, Kenneth Marcellus, Quin Davis, University of Dayton’s Dr. Julia Randel & Prof. Susan Gratto, Peter Benkendorf, WYSO’s Juliet Fromholt, Jim “Rev. Cool” Carter & Evan Davis, Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy’s Stephanie Grimes & her Students, WordPlay’s Brandon Isaac, Radio Basim, Dayton Fish, A-One Van Rentals, Bill’s Doughnuts, LaRonda Davis, Amy Gail and the worldwide Burnt Sugar Massive.