New Orleans jazz is never a bad thing and Kermit Ruffins seems to be good at it. This Louisiana trumpeter, and BBQ master, has made a name for himself when he was cast to be on HBO's new series, Treme . Mr. Ruffins has had music in his blood since he was born. Growing up, Kermit used to skip lunch and perform second line music for his classmates before the principal would shut him and his friends down. In 1982, Kermit founded The Rebirth Brass Band with his high school classmate [...]
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Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Television , All About Jazz Last week I promised to get the lowdown on the recurring line from ' Treme ' about "pride on Bourbon Street" from real-life Treme trombonist and trumpeter Troy " Trombone Shorty " Andrews. But first, let's catch up on this real-life musician who appears in the show's first few episodes and also has a new album entitled 'Backatown.' While his roots are in the music and culture of New [...]
Filed under: All About Jazz Talk to most musicians, and they'll generally sound like they are caught amidst a whirlwind of activity. It takes a lot of hustling to make ends meet when you are musician, particularly a musician who plays jazz. So it is altogether appropriate that one of the running threads of the new HBO series ' Treme ' is that the character of Antoine Batiste, played by Wendell Pierce, is looking for a gig, or is on the run to get to a gig, and he's always short of cab [...]
So it turns out December 12th is the date of my first foray into Christmas music this year. It also happens to be the day I put my Christmas lights up - as well as that lit up metallic deer that swivels his head back and forth. Ho ho ho, people! I trust and hope that a lot of you have been visiting Popdose's annual month-long immersion into all that is not so good about Christmas music. Jeff and Jason's Mellowmas series is a required visit this holiday season, so [...]
Filed under: All About Jazz Christmas music is as much a part of the holiday season for many of us as the decorations, trees and presents. It comes in two forms for the most part: the stuff that is played every year at home, and the stuff that provides forced ambiance of cheer that can seem way too ubiquitous from Halloween to New Year's. Of course, tastes vary, and one family's classic can be another's atrocity. Jazz is rife with Christmas music of both varieties. A stone cold classic for [...]
Featuring Blitzen Trapper, X, Kermit Ruffins, Motion Man, More. Various "Xmas In My House feat. Motion Man" (mp3) from "This Is Your Brain On Xmas" (troublewith2 productions, LLC) More On This Album CSSR State Philharmonic [...]
Influenced by Louis Armstrong with many years of experience. I came across this delightful chap at AllAboutJazz Traditional and delightful. Amazon UK Livin' a Treme Life
Featuring Bike for Three!, School of Seven Bells, Bad Brilliance, Liechtenstein, Kermit Ruffins, Graves of Valor. Bike for Three! "All There Is to Say About Love" (mp3) from "More Heart Than Brains" (anticon) Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album [...]
Why not soundtrack the amazing weather we're about to have this weekend with a whole bunch of FREE MUSIC! Come one, come all and feast below on a selection of MP3s that have come our way in the past week. Some are EAR FARM favorites, some might be more your bag than ours, all are free for you to enjoy... just click the band name for the band's site and the song name for the MP3. EAR FARM: giving you more of what you want. MP3s [...]
Today's post title comes from a song on an old LP I bought this weekend... Baby Washington's "Handful of Memories" Most people I know have never heard of R&B Hall of Fame member Baby Washington, ( aka Justine Washington) which is kind of a shame... visit for more mp3's & random revelations
A fixture in the New Orleans music scene, both pre and post-Katrina, is Kermit Ruffins . Every Thursday night, a club in the Bywater section of town - Vaughan's - becomes Kermit's place. The fact of the matter is that every Thursday, Kermit cooks . And I'm speaking literally and figuratively. Sure, Kermit cooks on stage with his band, the Barbecue Swingers. But when he's not on stage, Kermit's cooking outside - off the back of his red pickup truck. He sets up his barbecue, and grills it up for anyone who's hungry. How cool is that? [...]
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