The Big Butter & Egg Man
Kermit Ruffins
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I'll Drink Ta Dat | Kermit Ruffins | 3:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Big Butter and Egg Man | Kermit Ruffins | 4:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Besame Mucho | Kermit Ruffins | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Out of Left Field | Kermit Ruffins | 4:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Undertaker Man | Kermit Ruffins | 3:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Leshianne | Kermit Ruffins | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Struttin' With Some Barbecue | Kermit Ruffins | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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If You're a Viper | Kermit Ruffins | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Li'l Liza Jane | Kermit Ruffins | 3:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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West Indies Jazz Dance | Kermit Ruffins | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
Album Review
With his outgoing personality, New Orleans-style trumpet playing, and likable singing style, Kermit Ruffins has the potential to develop into a new Louis Prima. This CD from Justice hints at his potential, but it is quite erratic. Some of the songs (particularly those featuring the tenor of Roderick Paulin) are too modern; Ruffins's solos are streaky, and the varied material does not all succeed. Best are such good-time numbers as "I'll Drink Ta Dat," "The Undertaker Man" and "Li'l Liza Jane," although one wishes that this rendition of "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" were a lot stronger.
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...
Full BioTop Albums and Songs By Kermit Ruffins
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Drop Me Off In New Orleans | 1533 St. Philip Street | 4:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Skokiaan | Kermit Ruffins - Live At Vaughan's | 5:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Happy Birthday | Throwback | 2:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Mardi Gras Day | Throwback | 4:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Saints Christmas | Have a Crazy Cool Christmas | 5:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Happy Birthday | World On a String | 2:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Treme' Second Line | Kermit Ruffins - Live At Vaughan's | 5:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Didn't He Ramble | Livin' a Tremé Life | 5:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Do the Fat Tuesday | The Barbecue Swingers Live | 7:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Good Morning New Orleans | Livin' a Tremé Life | 3:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.90
- Genres: Jazz, Music, Easy Listening, Swing
- Released: Sep 1993
- ℗ 1994 Justice Records
