Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch

Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch is a 2014 album and the final studio album released by American musician Dr. John during his lifetime, and his penultimate studio album in total. Produced by Dr. John and Sarah Morrow, it was released in August 2014. It contains songs from the repertoire of Louis Armstrong ("Satch") and features many guest musicians, such as The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bonnie Raitt.

Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

The album was selected as a Downbeat Editor's Pick. The Los Angeles Times wrote that tribute albums come and go, "but it's a real rarity that can snap a listener to attention like Dr. John's new salute to jazz founding father Louis Armstrong. "Ske-Dat-De-Dat" turns many of the songs Armstrong recorded inside out and upside down, fast-forwarding them to 2014 with hip-hop beats, funk grooves and wildly inventive horn arrangements that are the work of John and his co-producer and arranger for the project, trombonist Sarah Morrow."

Robert H. Cataliotti's review in Living Blues magazine underlines that Sarah Morrow's "dynamic, textured, and swinging horn charts play a big part in shaping all the different stylistic approaches into a unified soundscape".

Personnel

 * Dr. John – vocals, piano, guitar, horn
 * James "12" Andrews – trumpet
 * Terence Blanchard – trumpet
 * The Blind Boys of Alabama – vocals
 * Carl Blouin Sr. – baritone saxophone
 * Oliver Bonie – baritone saxophone
 * Alonzo Bowens – horn
 * Brian Quezergue – horn
 * Wendell Brunious – flugelhorn
 * Shemekia Copeland – vocals
 * Tony Dagradi – tenor saxophone
 * Gregory Davis – trumpet
 * Tom Fischer – clarinet
 * Barney Floyd – trumpet
 * Bobby Floyd – Hammond B3
 * Alvin Ford, Jr. – drums
 * Rex Gregory – bass clarinet
 * Anthony Gullage – electric bass
 * Anthony Hamilton – vocals
 * Kevin Harris – tenor saxophone
 * Kirk Joseph – sousaphone
 * Mike Ladd – vocals
 * Ledisi – vocals
 * Khari Allen Lee – flute, alto saxophone
 * Roger Lewis – baritone saxophone
 * Eric Lucero – trumpet
 * Tom Mallone – horn
 * Kendrick Marshall – guitar, keyboards
 * The McCrary Sisters – vocals
 * Sarah Morrow – horn, trombone
 * Ivan Neville – Hammond B3
 * Roderick Paulin – alto saxophone
 * Nicholas Payton – trumpet
 * Derwin "Big D" Perkins – guitar
 * Ed Petersen – tenor saxophone
 * Bonnie Raitt – vocals
 * Donald Ramsey – electric bass
 * Herlin Riley – drums, tambourine
 * Jamison Ross – drums
 * Poncho Sanchez – percussions
 * Arturo Sandoval – trumpet
 * Telmary – vocals
 * Efrem Pierre Towns – trumpet
 * Reginald Veal – acoustic bass, electric bass
 * Nick Volz – trumpet
 * Jason Weaver – acoustic bass