If you enjoyed Doro Wat's self titled debut CD you are going to love their latest— Meet Us At The Lost Love Lounge. Recorded before the pandemic, when the band was still fresh from weekly gigs together, (and daily gigs with their other top New Orleans groups,) they boast that they completed recording in under three hours. That's enough for two takes, maybe three if you time it perfectly.
The resulting album has that resonant New Orleans dance hall sound of the early revival recordings captured in New Orleans. The band also brings some of that grit. While being fresh, vibrant, and danceable they clearly understands the New Orleans sound, and with this line up of course they would. John Rodli-guitar, David Boeddinghaus-piano, Twerk Thomson-bass, Ben Polcer-trumpet, Charlie Halloran-trombone, all hardworking musicians that have been frequently mentioned in the Times. And one more, Oliver Bonnie-alto sax. Oliver is the son of Earl Bonnie (reeds) who played with the DUKES, and is now with the New Orleans Jazz Vipers.
Bonnie replaces James Evans and Tom Fisher who played reeds on the band's first album. The fact that this doesn't diminish the final product says a lot. The screaming sax opening to the self titled debut on Ellington's "Jubilesta" defined that record. The instrumentation shift on this record takes everything back home to the Crescent City.
While the first album
