# Buck Jump

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Buck Jump
| type       = studio
| artist     = the [Dirty Dozen Brass Band](/source/Dirty_Dozen_Brass_Band)
| cover      = Buck Jump.jpg
|border=yes
| released   = May 25, 1999
| recorded   = 
| studio     = 
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [R&B](/source/rhythm_and_blues)
| length     = 
| label      = [Rough Trade](/source/Mammoth_Records)
| producer   = [John Medeski](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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)](/source/Inner_City_Blues_(Make_Me_Wanna_Holler))" is a cover of the [Marvin Gaye](/source/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](/source/AllMusic)''
|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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Charleston_Daily_Mail)'' opined that "''Buck Jump'' qualifies the Dirty Dozen as the rightful heirs to [the Meters](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Jon_Pareles) listed ''Buck Jump'' at No. 2 on ''[The New York Times](/source/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](/source/San_Francisco_Examiner)'' called the album "nothing less than masterly."<ref name=SF/> ''[The Press of Atlantic City](/source/The_Press_of_Atlantic_City)'' considered it "one of the most enjoyable jazz albums of 1999."<ref name=AC/> ''[The Herald-Sun](/source/The_Herald-Sun_(Durham%2C_North_Carolina))'' 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](/source/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)](/source/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

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