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"Camelia" is a tune we used to play a lot. You may be familiar with the version we put out in 2003 on our first CD, "Another Hot Night In February." But over time it gradually fell out of the repertoire as new material came in. We learned it via the original recording from the 1930's featuring the great Martinican clarinetist, Eugene Delouche (1909-1975), which includes a montuno section by guitarist Pollo Malahel.

One of the things I love about making records is deciding which instruments are playing and which are standing by from moment to moment. It was actually on Christmas day many years ago when I worked it out on paper and discovered that, when you have seven instruments in a band, there are actually 128 different combinations of those instruments (turns out it's 2 to the 7th power). And each different combo, from nobody playing to everybody playing and everything in between, is its own unique sound, its own unique texture, its own unique party. So part of our thinking as an ensemble is always about "who's playing, who's not? Who's carrying the lead, who's accompanying? Who's laying out? Who's ready to jump back in?"

With "Camelia (2024)" you'll hear Panorama's "Banjo Emeritus," Patrick Mackey, give the call followed by Matt Perrine and Doug Garrison with the vamp on tuba and drums. Once I come in with the melody on clarinet it's off to the races. But most of the time there's always somebody laying out.

Also, give it up for Lu Rojas's mix (and that of any of the other 119 tracks in your Good-Music-For-You playlist). Lu (the eighth Panoramian) worked really hard on this one, he sent me 38 different mixes before he got it to where he wanted it! Lu precisely places every instrument in the stereo image so that they each occupy their own space in the sound, creating a tableau whereby you can follow along with that ensemble give and take.

By the way, have y'all discovered the Bandcamp app? For one thing, it allows you to shuffle your collection so that you can be surprised by what comes on next.

Thanks for listening! Thanks for your support, both financial and emotional. Looks like we made it through 2023, here's to any amount of peace and healing in 2024. As for Panorama, we'll be celebrating either way.

At your service,
Ben Schenck
Panorama
New Orleans, LA

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from Song​-​of​-​the​-​Month Club: Good Music For You, track released January 1, 2024
Panorama Jazz Band
Ben Schenck - Clarinet, Shaker
Aurora Nealand - Alto Saxophone
Charlie Halloran – Trombone
Simon Moushabeck - Accordion
Patrick Mackey - Tenor Banjo
Matt Perrine - Tuba
Doug Garrison - Drums

Music - Eugene Delouche (PD)
Arranged by Ben Schenck (ASCAP) with Nealand, Halloran, Moushabeck, Mackey, Perrine + Garrison
Publisher - Snack Daddy Music
Recorded and edited by Rick Nelson Oct 13 + 20, 2023 at Marigny Studios, New Orleans, LA.
Mixing and mastering by Lu Rojas
Cover photo by Alex Pucciarelli
Graphic design by Ben Schenck

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"New Orleans' genre fluid jazz band"

The Panorama Jazz Band and the Panorama Brass Band have been working steadily in New Orleans and beyond since 1995. Many hundreds of nightclub gigs, festivals, weddings, crawfish boils and Mardi Gras parades have added to this community of musicians' collective experience, all of which they bring to each of their recordings. ... more

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