Jazz Articles about Kermit Ruffins

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Kermit Ruffins: The Barbecue Swingers Live / Swing This / 1533 St. Philip Street

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 2001

Channeling the free spirit of Satchmo.

New Orleans trumpeter Kermit Ruffins has kept his light under a basket. On the scene since his membership in the Rebirth Brass Band in the early 1990s, Ruffins struck out on his own with the first of three solo outings on Justice Records, World on a String (1992). Ruffins followed his debut with two additional Justice releases, Big Butter and Egg Man (1994) and Hold on Tight (1996). In 1997, Ruffins assembled The Barbecue ...