Kermit Ruffins - Happy Talk

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'America needs it some Kermit.' --Davis McAlary in HBO's Tremé And now they have it! Kermit Ruffins, New Orleans Icon and the star of HBO's Treme, released his newest album, Happy Talk , October 26, 2010 on Basin Street Records. This is Kermit Ruffins first big band album and it is packed with 12 tracks that will have dancing and jamming in your car.

According to Basin Street Records: "It takes all of 30 seconds.Whether listening to a track on his newest CD, engaging him in conversation or hearing his voice on an answering machine message, one word springs immediately to mind to describe Kermit Ruffins. Passion.
The 44-year-old New Orleans native lives it, plays it and sings about it, and nowhere is it more evident than when he discusses his craft the swinging, good-time jazz that lured him in as a teenager and continues to whet his appetite even three decades and 10 solo recordings later.

“An unabashed entertainer who plays trumpet with a bright, silvery tone." —The New York Times

..."the trumpeter who as been a leading light on the NOLA music scene for years now." —Relix

Purchase any two CDs and receive a free mixed sampler CD from Basin Street Records. All Cd purchases also come with a free music downloads from Basin Street Records.

Soundtracks:

Panama
Hey Look Me Over
Ain't That Good News
La Vie En Rose
Happy Talk
If Only I Had a Brain
High Hopes
I Got a Tremé Woman
Shine
Sugar
More Today Than Yesterday
New Orleans (My Home Town)

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