Zulu Coconuts by Jon Cleary
On Fat Tuesday in New Orleans, a Zulu might throw you a coconut - if you’re lucky.
Catch one at the Zulu parade and you can consider yourself King of Carnival. Brightly painted, you’ll see these cherished family jewels displayed proudly on the shelves and mantelpieces of homes all over the Crescent City - King amongst nuts: the crown jewels of the New Orleans family.
But - and this is a very big but - visitors, please treat them with respect. Don’t manhandle them. They’re valuable. They’re delicate. Don’t just pick them up and play with them, one slip and they could easily drop!
In fact, it's far safer to just admire the splendour of Zulu Coconuts from a distance.
Delight in them from afar and keep your hands off. Enjoy Carnival, let your hair down, do watcha wanna! Have a wonderful, wild Mardi Gras - just keep your hands off my nuts!
Tracklist
| 1. | Zulu Coconuts | 4:12 |
Credits
Jon Cleary - piano, vocals
Cornell Williams - bass, vocals
AJ Hall - drums, vocals
Pedro Segundo - percussion
Xavier Lynn - guitar
Nigel Hall - B3 organ, vocals
Aaron Narcisse - alto sax
Jason Mingledorf - tenor sax
Charlie Halloran - trombone
Harry Shearer - vocals
Produced, engineered and mixed by John Porter and Jon Cleary
Recorded at FHQ Studios, Bywater, New Orleans
License
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Jon Cleary is a GRAMMY winning British-born American funk and R&B musician based in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he has studied the musical culture and life of New Orleans for 35 years.