Afterglow is an album by the American musician Dr. John, released in 1995.[1][3] The majority of the tracks are covers of jazz and blues songs from the 1940s and 1950s; many of the songs were introduced to Dr. John by his parents.[4][5]
The album peaked at No. 7 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[6] Dr. John supported the album by playing shows with the Afterglow Big Band.[7]
"New York City Blues" and "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" were cowritten by Dr. John and Doc Pomus.[8] "I Know What I've Got" is a cover of the Louis Jordan song; "Blue Skies" was written by Irving Berlin.[13][14]
The Guardian called the album an "elegant homage to the torch songs of yesteryear."[21] The Windsor Star deemed it "too polite to count as a Dr. John album, and too New Orleans-bluesy to be a legitimate big-band album."[20]The Globe and Mail considered it "a sweet exercise in pop nostalgia."[22]
The Orlando Sentinel noted that the album "harks back to the lush, big-band sound that served the singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist so well on 1989's In a Sentimental Mood."[18]The New York Times stated that Dr. John "rambles nostalgically down pop-blues trails originally blazed by Ray Charles... The singing is sultry and swinging."[23]The Independent opined that the album is "spoilt by a showbiz orchestra that varnishes over his shaggy greatness."[24]
^ abAndrews, Michael (2003). "Dr. John". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. pp. 301–302. ISBN978-1-84353-105-0.
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