Tango Palace (Dr. John album)

Tango Palace is an album by the New Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John. It was his second and last album recorded for jazz label Horizon Records. It also marked the second album on which he collaborated with Doc Pomus on a few songs.^[1]

Tango Palace
Studio album by Dr. John
Released	1979[1]
Studio	Sound Labs, Hollywood
Genre	Funk[2] fusion[2] disco[2]
Length	34:56
Label	Horizon[3]
Producer	Tommy LiPuma, Hugh McCracken
Dr. John chronology
City Lights (1979) Tango Palace (1979) Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack Vol. 1 (1981)
Singles from Tango Palace
"Keep That Music Simple" Released: 1979

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide panned the "jivey insincerity."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Keep That Music Simple" (Giddon Daniels) – 3:35
2. "Disco-Therapy" (Alvin Robinson, Mac Rebennack) – 4:14
3. "Renegade" (Rebennack, Gerry Goffin) – 3:57
4. Fonky Side (Rebennack, Doc Pomus) – 3:19
5. "Bon Temps Rouler" (Rebennack, Pomus) – 4:25
6. "Something You Got" (Chris Kenner, Antoine Domino) – 2:37
7. "I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say" (Rebennack, Pomus) – 4:26
8. "Tango Palace" (Rebennack, Pomus) – 4:20
9. "Louisiana Lullabye" (Rebennack, Pomus) – 4:03

Personnel

Musicians

• Dr. John – keyboards, vocals
• Abraham Laboriel – bass
• Andre Fischer – drums (track 1)
• Herman Ernest – drums (tracks 3, 5–7), percussion (tracks 4, 8–9)
• Steve Gadd – drums (tracks 4, 8–9), percussion (tracks 3, 5–7)
• Hugh McCracken – guitar
• Alvin Robinson – guitar, backing vocal (track 6)

Fred Staehle – percussion, Wingertree Paulinho da Costa – percussion Neil Larsen – percussion Ronnie Barron – percussion, backing vocals Charlie Miller – trumpet, cornet solo (track 7) Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn Warren Luening – trumpet, flugelhorn Benny Powell – trombone Herman Riley – baritone saxophone

Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone, flute & clarinet Jackie Kelso – tenor saxophone, clarinet Gary Herbig – tenor saxophone solo (track 5) Tommy Johnson – tuba Larry Williams – tenor, alto saxophone, clarinet Kim Hutchcroft – tenor, soprano saxophone Harold Battiste – horn arrangements Petsye Powell, Tami Lynn, Brenda Russell, Jim Gilstrap, Muffy Hendricks, Denise Trammell – backing vocals

Technical

Tommy LiPuma – producer Hugh McCracken – producer Al Schmitt – engineer Norm Kinney – engineer Don Henderson – assistant engineer Linda Tyler – assistant engineer

Mike Reese – mastering Roland Young – art direction Amy Nagasawa – design Lou Beach – cover art Mark Hanauer – photography