Journey To Nawlins, Chapter XI : Kermit Ruffins (Discography 1992-2017)

Is Satch back ?

If New Orleans' tutelary figure Louis Armstrong ever had a spiritual son, Kermit Ruffins must be the one. Even more than trombonist Glen David Andrews. He has the trumpet, he has the growling voice, he has the rejoicing kind and warm friendliness, he has the exuberant showmanship.

Oddly enough, though he started playing trumpet at 13, he didn't get really interested in jazz before discovering Armstrong at the age of 17, which is amazing considering that he is a full New Orleanian, raised in Tremé and in a very musical family (1).

Journey To Nawlins, Chapter X : Tremé : The Music, The Neighborhood, The Seriesb (About The Soundtrack From The HBO Original Series, Seasons 1 & 2)

Is music stronger than hurricanes ?

Before going any further, I must strongly encourage those who didn't or couldn't watch yet this fascinating series to do so by any mean (downloading, streaming * or... buying the DVDs separately or the complete box set). This is not compulsory to appreciate this great 2-CD soundtrack but it will put things in perspective.

Journey To Nawlins, Chapter VIII - Various Artists & Albums

 All from Nawlins
(except one...  guess who)

 

 

 

► Snooks Eaglin - New Orleans Street Singer (1959/2005) : https://onurblues.blogspot.com/2022/02/snooks-eaglin-new-orleans-street-singer.html

 

 ► Johnny Sansone - The Lord Is Waiting And The Devil Is Too (2011) : https://onurblues.blogspot.com/2022/11/johnny-sansone-lord-is-waiting-and.html

Journey To Nawlins, Chapter V - New Orleans Funk (Vol. 1, 2, 3 & 4 - 2000, 2008, 2013, 2016)

→ Thanks also to the late Blue DeVille

The Big Easy...

The Big Funky

New Orleans is a fascinating musical melting-pot which not only gave birth to jazz more than a century ago, but also to funk. Funk is before all a matter of rhythm and groove, and both are historically printed in the city's DNA. This amazing four-volume 85-track collection (mostly rare singles) intends to show how this new genre of music evolved, from the pioneering steps of innovative musicians in the 1950s to adulthood in the 1970s.

Journey To Nawlins, Chapter I - Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens : The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans (1927-2003)

→ Thanks also to the late Blue DeVille

The Big Easy in a box

The Crescent City, The Big Easy (sometimes The Big Sleazy for its darker sides), The City that Care Forgot, NOLA... welcome to New Orleans announces the short opening track by Galactic & Theryl deClouet, mischievously adding “welcome to the Third World”.

This fascinating 4-CD box embarks us on a 5-hour cruise into the extreme richness of the unique musical melting-pot of New Orleans. A Wikipedia article describes it better than I would : “New Orleans has long been a significant center for music, showcasing its intertwined European, African and Latino American cultures. The city's unique musical heritage was born in its colonial and early American days from a unique blending of European musical instruments with African rhythms. As the only North American city to have allowed slaves to gather in public and play their native music (largely in Congo Square, now located within Louis Armstrong Park), New Orleans gave birth in the early 20th century to an epochal indigenous music : jazz. Soon, African American brass bands formed, beginning a century-long tradition. […] The city's music was later also significantly influenced by Acadiana, home of Cajun and Zydeco music, and by Delta blues.”