1976

Waits leans into his smoky cabaret and streetwise storytelling with Small Change. The album’s opener, "Tom Traubert’s Blues," is a definitive classic, but it’s "Step Right Up" that channels Waits' biting wit and "The Piano Has Been Drinking" that takes Keaki’s favorite spot. Waits conjures the spirit of Louis Armstrong on "I Wish I Was in New Orleans," a tender homage to the Big Easy. With strings, horns, and Waits’ gravelly delivery, it’s a whiskey-soaked journey through seedy nightlife and urban poetry.
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