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The Barbecue Swingers Live

Kermit Ruffins

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Album Review

It is debatable whether this performance really needed to be released. Trumpeter Kermit Ruffins is a crowd pleaser who loves to shout out cliches to the audience (which in this case is quite excitable), takes mundane vocals, and plays decent but not particularly memorable trumpet. With his regular band (trombonist Corey Henry who takes an unfortunate rap on "Peep This Groove Out," pianist Emile Vinette, bassist Kevin Morris, and drummer Jerry Anderson) during a night at New Orleans' Tipitina's, Ruffins succeeds in getting the crowd riled up. The main problem is that a lot of the excitement does not translate well to disc. Ruffins performs basic originals, "St. James Infirmary," "Killing Me Softly with His Song, " and a slow and soulful "The Star Spangled Banner," but his crowd pleasing antics get tiring after awhile and the mixture of trad jazz with hip hop is eccentric and sometimes uncomfortable.

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Barbecue Swings Live

I know that tip #5 on the itunes list for writing an album review suggests that I shouldn't write anything that can be construed as hateful... but the person who wrote the original "Album Review" for Kermit Ruffins: The Barbecue Swingers Live is a f**king idiot (sorry). It's a great album, recording one of New Orleans' local favs doing what he does best: singing, playing trumpet, and laying down a welcoming, relaxed vibe. Those who live, have lived, or who are willing to venture outside of the French Quarter when on vacation, will recognize the intersection of many local flavors and influences in this lively recording of Kermit's band. Antiseptic club jazz of SF or NYC it aint. Smokin' hot and full of New Orleans second-line flavor, it is. If you've never seen Kermit play, go see him. If you can't, listening to "What is New Orleans," "Do Watcha Wanna," or "St James Infirmary" on this album is the next best thing. Fresh, alive, and unpretentious, this is a slice of New Orleans you don't want to miss.

Biography

Born: 1964 in New Orleans, LA

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '90s, '00s

New Orleans-based trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and songwriter Kermit Ruffins is an ever-inventive musician who projects a warmth from the stage. He's got charisma, so as a consequence, he and his bandmates in the Barbecue Swingers are not in danger of overexposing themselves in their native Crescent City. Ruffins, born in 1964 in New Orleans, reminds many people of a sort of modern-day Louis Armstrong, though he's far from becoming the international ambassador of goodwill that Armstrong eventually...
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