Baconwrapped
10-08-2009, 01:54 PM
just got this from Basin Street Records:
Fresh off the success of Livin’ a Treme´ Life, Kermit Ruffins is ready to add a little Bourbon Street jazz to the upcoming holiday season. Produced by Grammy Winner Tracey Freeman, Have A Crazy Cool Christmas is Kermit Ruffins’ bold foray into Christmas music. The album runs the gamut from yuletide classics like “Silent Night” and “Jingle Bells” to Kermit’s own rollicking originals like “A Saints Christmas” and “Crazy Cool Christmas.” Kermit is joined once again by former bandmates from the Rebirth Brass Band, as well as fellow Basin Street Records recording artist Irvin Mayfield and New Orleans hotshot trombonist Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews.
Make no mistake, everything about Kermit Ruffins exemplifies New Orleans. Residing in the town of Treme´, former home of his predecessors Louis Prima and Louis Armstrong, he continues the big brass tradition the town is known for – Kermit plays a “sweet, sweet horn”, as Michael J. Agovino of Newsweek notes. His musical stylings resemble the culture of New Orleans, a melting pot, with Jazz, funk, standards and hip-hop. His charisma, both onstage and on his recordings, reflects the spirit of his city. Kermit’s love for New Orleans is not just shown in his music. He gives back to his city not as if a necessity or chore, but as a way of life. And Kermit’s city embraces him the same way he embraces it.
Tracklist
1. Silent Night
2. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
3. What Will Santa Say When He Finds Everybody Swingin’
4. O Christmas Tree
5. Baby It’s Cold Outside
6. A Saints Christmas
7. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
8. Little Drummer Boy
9. Silver Bells
10. Crazy Cool Christmas
11. Winter Wonderland
12. This Christmas
13. Jingle Bells
If you find yourself in NOLA you can catch Kermit and his band, Tuesdays at Bullet’s and Thursdays at Vaughns’s!
Don’t miss Kermit on HBO’s new series TREME in early 2010!
Fresh off the success of Livin’ a Treme´ Life, Kermit Ruffins is ready to add a little Bourbon Street jazz to the upcoming holiday season. Produced by Grammy Winner Tracey Freeman, Have A Crazy Cool Christmas is Kermit Ruffins’ bold foray into Christmas music. The album runs the gamut from yuletide classics like “Silent Night” and “Jingle Bells” to Kermit’s own rollicking originals like “A Saints Christmas” and “Crazy Cool Christmas.” Kermit is joined once again by former bandmates from the Rebirth Brass Band, as well as fellow Basin Street Records recording artist Irvin Mayfield and New Orleans hotshot trombonist Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews.
Make no mistake, everything about Kermit Ruffins exemplifies New Orleans. Residing in the town of Treme´, former home of his predecessors Louis Prima and Louis Armstrong, he continues the big brass tradition the town is known for – Kermit plays a “sweet, sweet horn”, as Michael J. Agovino of Newsweek notes. His musical stylings resemble the culture of New Orleans, a melting pot, with Jazz, funk, standards and hip-hop. His charisma, both onstage and on his recordings, reflects the spirit of his city. Kermit’s love for New Orleans is not just shown in his music. He gives back to his city not as if a necessity or chore, but as a way of life. And Kermit’s city embraces him the same way he embraces it.
Tracklist
1. Silent Night
2. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
3. What Will Santa Say When He Finds Everybody Swingin’
4. O Christmas Tree
5. Baby It’s Cold Outside
6. A Saints Christmas
7. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
8. Little Drummer Boy
9. Silver Bells
10. Crazy Cool Christmas
11. Winter Wonderland
12. This Christmas
13. Jingle Bells
If you find yourself in NOLA you can catch Kermit and his band, Tuesdays at Bullet’s and Thursdays at Vaughns’s!
Don’t miss Kermit on HBO’s new series TREME in early 2010!