NEW YORK SKA JAZZ ENSEMBLE - MINOR MOODS (2002)

1. Zinc

2. Lullaby of Skaland

3. Streets of NYC

4. Nardis

5. This I Like

6. Mouse

7. Your Love For Me

8. Brain Freeze

9. Kaneho

10. Bemsha Swing

11. Cecilia

12. Sticks

13. Buttah (Live)

Originating from members of the Toasters and releasing their albums on Moon Ska Records, the New York Ska Jazz Ensemble are back home on Megalith Records with their latest release, Minor Moods. Hosting a very tight and fresh line up (Freddie Rieter being the only original member) this album is classic Ska Jazz at their best. With a slew of new tunes and a nice live cut of the crowd favorite "Butta" this album is sure to please any ska fan. Also as a special treat, a new recording of Mouse (that you may remember from the Toasters 'Hard Band For Dead' album) appears as a great half way point to the set. If you want to know what ska means, listen up cause the New York Ska Jazz Ensemble is here to tell you. This cd also boasts musicians from our Mr. T-Bone 'Sees America' release