Kermit Ruffins - Have A Crazy Cool CHRISTMAS!

Artist: KERMIT RUFFINS
Title Of Album: HAVE A CRAZY COOL CHRISTMAS!
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Basin Street Records
Genre: Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Holiday, Christmas
Quality: Mp3
Bitrate: CBR 320 kbps
Total Time: 59:33
Total Size: 129 MB

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

Personnel
Kermit Ruffins - Vocals & Trumpet
Neal Caine - Bass
Matt Lemmler - Piano
Herlin Riley - Drums

Credits
Produced By Tracey Freeman
Executive Producer: Mark Samuels

Recorded and mixed by Chris Finney at Music Shed Studios (New Orleans, LA) in 2009
Mastered by Vlado Meller at Universal Mastering (New York, NY)
Design: Cynthia Kinney
Photography: Rick Olivier, rickoliver.com

Fresh off the success of Livin’ a Treme´ Life,Kermit Ruffins is ready to add a little Bourbon Street jazz to the upcomingholiday season. Produced by Grammy Winner Tracey Freeman, Have A Crazy CoolChristmas is Kermit Ruffins’ bold foray into Christmas music. The albumruns the gamut from yuletide classics like "Silent Night" and"Jingle Bells" to Kermit’s own rollicking originals like "ASaints Christmas" and "Crazy Cool Christmas." Kermit is joinedonce again by former bandmates from the Rebirth Brass Band, as well as fellowBasin Street Records recording artist Irvin Mayfield and New Orleans hotshottrombonist Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews.
Make no mistake, everything about Kermit Ruffinsexemplifies New Orleans. Residing in the town of Treme´, former home of hispredecessors Louis Prima and Louis Armstrong, he continues the big brasstradition the town is known for – Kermit plays a "sweet, sweethorn", as Michael J. Agovino of Newsweek notes. His musical stylingsresemble the culture of New Orleans, a melting pot, with Jazz, funk, standardsand hip-hop. His charisma, both onstage and on his recordings, reflects thespirit of his city. Kermit’s love for New Orleans is not just shown in hismusic. He gives back to his city not as if a necessity or chore, but as a way oflife. And Kermit’s city embraces him the same way he embraces it.