Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers
Release Date: 25 May 2015
Label: Basin Street Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 652905011423
Genres: Jazz
Description
Beloved New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist, Kermit Ruffins, returns proclaiming his love and pride for his hometown with '#imsoneworleans'. Good times and a carefree attitude permeate this collection of originals and covers that features The Barbecue Swingers, Kermit's regular gigging band, for the first time in over a decade.
The album pulls from various styles including New Orleans classics like "Jock-a-Mo (Iko Iko)" and "Tipitina," vintage Kermit Ruffins originals from his time with Rebirth Brass Band like the Caribbean-tinged "Mexican Special," and a two-part title-track, an homage to the city he loves so dearly replete with dedications to music legends and anecdotes about his life growing up in the Big Easy.
In addition to expressing his love of New Orleans, Kermit also wanted to showcase two special guest vocalists - Nayo Jones, a regular featured guest at Kermit's live shows, belts her way through Etta James' "At Last," and introducing Kaylin Orleans Ruffins, Kermit's youngest daughter, in a heartfelt duet with her dad on "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Tracklisting
Jeremy Davenport
Kermit Ruffins
Los Hombres Calientes: Irving Mayfield & Bill Summers
Los Hombres Calientes
Kermit Ruffins & Rebirth Brass Band
Jason Marsalis
Henry Butler
Kermit Ruffins
Tuohi Klang
Skerik, Brian Haas, James Singleton, Simon Lott
Heikki Sarmanto
Max Roach
Gil Evans
Henry Mancini
Ray Barretto
Miles Davis Quintet
