{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Buck Jump | type = studio | artist = the Dirty Dozen Brass Band | cover = Buck Jump.jpg |border=yes | released = May 25, 1999 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Jazz, R&B | length = | label = Rough Trade | producer = John Medeski | prev_title = This Is Jazz | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Medicated Magic | next_year = 2002 }} '''''Buck Jump''''' is an album by the American band the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, released on May 25, 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spera |first1=Keith |title=Out This Tuesday |work=The Times-Picayune |date=May 21, 1999 |page=L9}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hendrickson |first1=Tad |title=Must Hear |magazine=CMJ New Music Report |date=May 24, 1999 |volume=58 |issue=619 |page=5}}</ref> It is named for a New Orleans style of dancing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Robert |title=Dirty's Brass Maintains Quite a Lustrous Finish |work=The Record |date=April 21, 2000 |location=Hackensack |department=Lifestyle/Previews |page=13}}</ref> The band supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hay |first1=Carla |title=Popular Uprisings |magazine=Billboard |date=May 8, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=19 |page=16}}</ref>
==Production== The album was produced by John Medeski, who also played organ on some of the tracks.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Klinge |first1=Steve |title=Dirty Dozen Brass Band Buck Jump |magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly |date=July 1999 |issue=71 |page=47}}</ref><ref name=JT/> Founding member Kirk Joseph, who had officially quit the band, played sousaphone on the album.<ref name=JT/> The tracks were taken mostly from first takes.<ref name="JT">{{cite magazine |last1=Wyckoff |first1=Geraldine |title=The Brass Is Back |magazine=JazzTimes |date=September 1999 |volume=29 |issue=7 |page=50}}</ref> "Run Joe" is a version of the Louis Jordan song.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chamberlain |first1=Adrian |title=Dirty Dozen sidestep tradition for hip new sounds |work=Times Colonist |date=February 12, 2000 |page=D9}}</ref> "Old School" was created in the studio, after the band experimented with a groove.<ref name=JT/> "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" is a cover of the Marvin Gaye song.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hear It Live |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=July 15, 1999 |department=Get Out |page=18}}</ref> ==Critical reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = ''All Music Guide to Soul'' |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul |date=2003 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |page=195}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=18}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' |rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Weingarten |first1=Marc |title=The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Buck Jump |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 4, 1999 |issue=488 |page=86}}</ref> |rev4 = ''Orlando Sentinel'' |rev4score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="OS">{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=Get Up and Dance |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=July 16, 1999 |department=Calendar |page=9}}</ref> |rev5 = ''Philadelphia Daily News'' |rev5score = B<ref name="PD">{{cite news |last1=Takiff |first1=Jonathan |title=A Rainbow of Releases |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=July 2, 1999 |department=Features Yo! |page=61}}</ref> |rev6 = ''The Press of Atlantic City'' |rev6score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="AC">{{cite news |last1=Melhorn |first1=Mark |title=The Sounding Board |work=The Press of Atlantic City |date=June 4, 1999 |department=At the Shore |page=19}}</ref> |rev7 = ''(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide'' |rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=243 |chapter=Dirty Dozen Brass Band}}</ref> |rev8 = ''San Francisco Examiner'' |rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="SF">{{cite news |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |title=Pop CDs in Brief |date=May 23, 1999 |department=Datebook |page=47}}</ref> |rev9 = ''Winnipeg Sun'' |rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sterdan |first1=Darryl |title=Discs |work=Winnipeg Sun |date=June 25, 1999 |page=46}}</ref> }} The ''Charleston Daily Mail'' opined that "''Buck Jump'' qualifies the Dirty Dozen as the rightful heirs to the Meters' Crescent City crown."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lipton |first1=Michael |title=Review |work=Charleston Daily Mail |date=June 3, 1999 |page=2D}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'' noted that the album "isn't so much an advance as a grander sonic exposition of the New Orleans ensemble's trademark sound: classic Crescent City parade band music melded with sinewy R&B and fiery jazz."<ref name=WP>{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Richard |title=Songs in a Holiday Mood |work=The Washington Post |date=June 9, 1999 |page=C5}}</ref>
The ''Orlando Sentinel'' said that "the band skillfully fuses its funky brass-band roots with be-bop, offering up inventive solos, striking harmonies and killer grooves."<ref name=OS/> Jon Pareles listed ''Buck Jump'' at No. 2 on ''The New York Times''{{'}} list of its "Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed |work=The New York Times |date=January 13, 2000 |page=E5}}</ref> The ''San Francisco Examiner'' called the album "nothing less than masterly."<ref name=SF/> ''The Press of Atlantic City'' considered it "one of the most enjoyable jazz albums of 1999."<ref name=AC/> ''The Herald-Sun'' ranked it at No. 4 on its list of the 11 best albums of 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Van Vleck |first1=Philip |title=The Best of 1999 |work=The Herald-Sun |date=December 24, 1999 |page=D4}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = Unclean Waters | length1 = | title2 = Run Joe | length2 = | title3 = Duff | length3 = | title4 = Dead Dog in the Street | length4 = | title5 = Old School | length5 = | title6 = Pet the Kat | length6 = | title7 = Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | length7 = | title8 = Time | length8 = | title9 = Nuttballus | length9 = }}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Dirty Dozen Brass Band albums Category:1999 albums Category:Mammoth Records albums