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It’s not a party without Nothing But A Party: Basin Street Records’ New Orleans Mardi Gras Collection
13 handpicked tunes from CDs by Kermit Ruffins, Los Hombres Calientes, Rebirth Brass Band, Jon Cleary, Dr. Michael White, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and Henry Butler that will enliven any party, and particularly a Mardi Gras party. Appearances by Trombone Shorty. Packaged in a slim cardboard sleeve.

Track List

1. Mardi Gras Day – Kermit Ruffins w/Rebirth Brass Band from Throwback
2. Let’s Go Get ‘Em – Rebirth Brass Band from Rebirth of New Orleans
3. Mr. Big Stuff – Kermit Ruffins w/Rebirth Brass Band from Throwback
4. Just Kissed My Baby – Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen from Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen
5. New Second Line – Los Hombres Calientes from Volume 3: New Congo Square
6. Treme Mardi Gras – Kermit Ruffins from Livin’ A Tremé Life
7. Zulu Strut – Jon Cleary from Pin Your Spin
8. Movement II: The Elder Negro Speaks – Irvin Mayfield with The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and The Dillard University Choir from Strange Fruit
9. King of the Second Line – Dr. Michael White from Blue Crescent
10. Take Me To The Mardi Gras – Dr. Michael White from Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Part 1
11. Some Iko – Henry Butler from Homeland
12. The Mardi Gras Second Line (feat. Kermit Ruffins, Trombone Shorty, and Rebirth Brass Band) – Los Hombres Calientes from Vol. 5: Carnival
13. Do The Fat Tuesday – Kermit Ruffins from The Barbecue Swingers Live