See what Jason Berry says about Kermit Ruffins’ new CD, Livin’ a Treme’ Life in the May 2008 issue of New Orleans Magazine HERE.
Thing to Do in New Orleans
Here are suggestions for a stay at home vacation in New Orleans by the Times-Picayune (nola.com). Number 3 is a really good one! I would add Jeremy Davenport at the Ritz-Carlton on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays to number 5.
SIGGRAPH 2009 New Orleans Music Sampler
SIGGRAPH 2009 and Basin Street Records have teamed up to help kids in New Orleans. We will donate 100% of the proceeds we receive from this digital record to the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp.
Feel free to post this tile on your website and help kids in New Orleans. Link it to: http://www.siggraph.org/s2009/community/outreach/basin2.php
Ellis,Wynton,Branford,Delfeayo,& Jason Marsalis
Ellis Marsalis, and his sons Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo and Jason are all performing today at both the White House and then at the Kennedy Center where Ellis will be honored. Did you know that Ellis, Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason have all been recorded on various CDs on the Basin Street Records label? Pick them up today!
Theresa Andersson on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Theresa Andersson performs on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson tonight on CBS (just after June 10, 2009) at 12:35am ET/PT (11:35pm CT). Also on tonight’s show is Chris Matthews from Hardball. Theresa’s latest CD is Hummingbird, Go! If you missed it, click HERE.
DOWNBEAT Magazine 75th Anniversary Issue
Congratulations to DOWNBEAT Magazine on 75 years! Their 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Magazine just came out, and Kermit Ruffins is on the top right corner of the cover of this issue (July 2009).