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Naptown to NOLA is a funky, majickal love letter to Annapolis, MD and New Orleans, LA, and to communities everywhere that lead with love. The passion project of songwriter, producer, guitarist, bassist & banjoist Papa Lebas (aka Jeff Muller), the album grew outta the rich New Orleans mujickal soil. It's an earthy gumbo of funk, R&B, jazz, blues, zydeco, Cajun, brass band, and more, with stories drawn from history, mystery, and the real life experiences Papa Lebas had with some incredible people, including Allen Toussaint, Art Neville, and Eva Cassidy.
Among its 63 performers, the album features such notable mujicians as Ivan Neville, George Porter Jr., Bill Summers, Chubby Carrier, Tommy Malone, Ron Holloway, Tommy Lepson, Deacon John, Leroy Jones, Tricia Boutté, Louis Michot, Ian Neville, Shannon Powell, Raymond Weber, Johnny Vidacovich, Russ Broussard, Dave Easley, and many more.
Take a mujickal journey and experience for yourself the majick of Naptown to NOLA!
Jeff Muller's debut album as a songwriter, performer, and producer, Jes Grew was inspired by the music of New Orleans and featured some of the top musicians in the DMV. It received critical acclaim, including being named one of the top albums of the year by Hilary Grey in JazzTimes magazine. The all-star cast included: Tommy Lepson, Mary Ann Redmond, Eva Cassidy, Meg Murray, Michael McHenry, Scott Carter, Tim Eyermann, Alex Holland, John Jensen, Dave Detwiler, Roscoe Bowie, Christian Boyd, Tom Roberts, Joe Yanovitch, Dean Rosenthal, Jay Turner, Anthony Setola, John Previti, Dana Biagini, Timm Biery, Mark Merella, Josh Howell, Shelley Dorsey-Ensor, Dolan Turner, Sr., Rodney Farmer, Sr., Diane Jones, Mary Yuille, Laverne Madden, Renee Dorsey, Stephanie Yuille, Darlene Morrison, M. Kenneth Morrison, Ronny Francois, Mari Uehara, Fred Wilcox, and Xiao Jun Wang.
Naptown to NOLA is a funky, majickal love letter to Annapolis, MD and New Orleans, LA, and to communities everywhere that lead with love. The passion project of songwriter, producer, guitarist, bassist & banjoist Papa Lebas (aka Jeff Muller), the album grew outta the rich New Orleans mujickal soil. It's an earthy gumbo of funk, R&B, jazz, blues, zydeco, Cajun, brass band, and more, with stories drawn from history, mystery, and the real life experiences Papa Lebas had with some incredible people, including Allen Toussaint, Art Neville, and Eva Cassidy.
Among its 63 performers, the album features such notable mujicians as Ivan Neville, George Porter Jr., Bill Summers, Chubby Carrier, Tommy Malone, Ron Holloway, Tommy Lepson, Deacon John, Leroy Jones, Tricia Boutté, Louis Michot, Ian Neville, Shannon Powell, Raymond Weber, Johnny Vidacovich, Russ Broussard, Dave Easley, and many more.
Take a mujickal journey and experience for yourself the majick of Naptown to NOLA!
Jeff's debut album features 10 original songs inspired by the music of New Orleans as well as classic funk, R&B, jazz, and worldbeat sounds. It was well received by critics, even being named one of the top albums of the year by Hilary Grey in JazzTimes magazine. Jes Grew features some of the finest talent from the DMV (some who are no longer with us), including Tommy Lepson, Mary Ann Redmond, Eva Cassidy, Meg Murray, Michael McHenry, Tim Eyermann, John Previti, Timm Biery, Roscoe Bowie, Mark Merella, Dean Rosenthal, and more.