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Kermit Ruffins, Rebirth Brass Band
Throwback
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Make Way For The Rebirth
2. Mr. Big Stuff
3. Here To Stay
4. Mardi Gras Day
5. It's Later Than You Think
6. Happy Weekday Blues
7. I Got A Woman
8. What Is New Orleans Part 2
9. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
10. Happy Birthday
11. Rebirth Medley: My Song, Pie Pt. 2, Mexican Special
12. Up In Tha Hood
13. Untitled

CD Details

All Artists: Kermit Ruffins, Rebirth Brass Band
Title: Throwback
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Basin Street Records
Release Date: 4/5/2005
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: New Orleans Jazz, Swing Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 652905010525

Synopsis

Amazon.com

New Orleans native Kermit Ruffins was aptly born on the birthday of one of that city's most deservedly heralded masters of music, Professor Longhair. The 40-year-old trumpet player came blasting out of high school with the Rebirth Brass Band. Formed with tuba player Philip Frazier, the ensemble stormed across 10 years, several continents, and 7 albums before disbanding in 1992. Here reconvened, they've lost none of their exuberant flair and verve. The seven originals by Ruffins are mixed with numbers by the city's current elder statesman, Mac Rebennack, as well as Ray Charles, Mildred Hill's perennial "Happy Birthday," and more. Unobtrusively produced, the set bristles with the immediacy of a true celebration. --David Greenberger

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CD Reviews

Ruffins Goes Full Circle

Second Line Chicago | 07/15/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I guess Rebirth is the perfect name for his Brass Band after all. After a long and successful stint with his Barbecue Swingers, Kermit Ruffins has rejoined the Rebirth Brass Band for this delightful funky blue CD. If there was ever such a thing as fraternity rock, New Orleans Style, this would be it. It is obvious that these pieces have all been well polished in regular club dates. From the Happy Weekday Blues to his cover on I Got a Woman, it is clear that his years as a working live performer have given him the confidence to make a studio take sound as easy as a march down Bourbon Street. I will always admire his work with the Barbecue Swingers and how Louis and Muggsy would have loved to have heard him. Even though he shifted music gears, Ruffins didn't disappoint the trad fans with his funeral pacing on the dixieland classic Just a Closer Walk With Thee. This is a delightful party CD. The highlight of the entire project may well be his lively second line strutter, It's Later Than You Think. It is almost impossible not to dance to it. For pure fun, this CD is higly recommended."