Background Music Loops

The evocative dixieland jazz music which plays all around the common areas of both resorts (in the lobbies, pool areas, etc) is a big part of the whole Port Orleans experience and atmosphere.

The main background area music usually plays from two commercial CDs:

New Orleans, Vol. 1 (by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band)

1. Tiger Rag (Instrumental) — 7:45
2. Amen (Instrumental) — 3:22
3. Over In Gloryland (Instrumental) — 7:10
4. Good Blues (Instrumental) — 7:26
5. Bill Bailey (Won’t You Please Come Home) (Instrumental) — 4:00
6. Joe Avery (Instrumental) — 6:43
7. His Eye Is On The Sparrow (Instrumental) — 5:04
8. Memories (Instrumental) — 7:37
9. Panama (Instrumental) — 9:54

Lionel Hampton - Greatest Hits

1. The Munson Street Breakdown (1992 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 3:18
2. I’ve Found a New Baby (1992 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 2:54
3. I Can’t Get Started (1992 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 2:57
4. Flamenco Soul (1993 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 6:08
5. Hot Club of Madrid Serenade (1993 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 4:15
6. Tenderly (1993 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 7:05
7. Dinah (1992 Remastered - Take 1) Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra; Benny Carter; Coleman Hawkins — 2:48
8. Tempo and Swing (1992 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 3:23
9. Jack the Bellboy (1992 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 2:52
10. Toledo Blade (1993 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 4:15
11. Bop City Flamenco (1993 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 6:10
12. Blue Because of You (1992 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 2:59
13. Jivin’ With Jarvis (1992 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 2:42
14. Central Avenue Breakdown (1992 Remastered) Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra — 3:07

Over the Christmas holiday period (normally starting around mid-November) the mix changes to:

Dixieland Christmas (by Jack Jezzro and Sam Levine)

1. It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas — 3:49
2. Home For The Holidays — 4:08
3. Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer — 3:39
4. Go Tell It On The Mountain — 3:24
5. Jingle Bells — 2:41
6. Winter Wonderland — 3:50
7. Deck The Halls — 3:14
8. Up On The Housetop — 4:00
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen — 3:24
10. The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year — 3:15
11. O Christmas Tree — 3:41
12. Frosty The Snowman — 3:33

A Creole Christmas (various artists)

1. Go Tell It on the Mountain
2. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
3. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
4. Jingle Bell Rock
5. Jingle Bells
6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
7. Merry Christmas, Baby
8. O Holy Night
9. Please Come Home for Christmas
10. Christmas Song
11. White Christmas

Many thanks for the diligent hard work of Jay and Horizons over at magicmusic.net who identified the specific CDs which play at the resort — please click on the links to read the threads discussing their work intracking down the general background music and the holiday background music.

For more details, or to buy CDs, please use the following links:

“Ye Haa” Bob Jackson

Of course it wouldn’t be right to discuss the music of Port Orleans without mentioning Riverside’s very own “Ye Haa” Bob Jackson, the talented and energetic entertainer who plays at the River Roost Lounge four nights a week. His live show CD, along with several others, can be ordered directly from his own website, www.yehaabob.com.