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Trumpet player Kermit Ruffins is an icon of New Orleans jazz.
Boing Boing 2009
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Ruffins is also the founder of the jazz quintet Barbecue Swingers and is famous for firing up his grill at their shows in NOLA.
Boing Boing 2009
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Ruffins is featured on Putumayo's New Orleans compilation and also Putumayo Kids 'New Orleans Playground CD, which I heartily recommend.
Boing Boing 2009
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The trumpeter Kermit Ruffins is one epitome of the New Orleans musician: skillful, versatile and no less serious just because he’s happy to entertain.
Jazzfest: ‘Things Are Gonna Get Brighter’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The trumpeter Kermit Ruffins is one epitome of the New Orleans musician: skillful, versatile and no less serious just because he’s happy to entertain.
Jazzfest: ‘Things Are Gonna Get Brighter’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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One tune in particular is likely to go over huge this year, and it's not "Santa Claus is Coming to Town": Ruffins '"A Saints Christmas" speaks directly to the fan base.
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Kermit Ruffins: Yep, the tailgating started [it] all.
Boing Boing 2009
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So one morning I woke up and said “Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Kings,” but by the middle of the evening I had changed it to “Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers.”
Boing Boing 2009
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New Orleans jazz trumpet icon Kermit Ruffins on barbecuing
Boing Boing 2009
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Then next Saturday Feb. 18, the 6th Annual Nolafunk.com Mardi Gras Ball arrives with the combination of the irrepressible funster Kermit Ruffins and his BBQ Swingers, the uber-funky Bonerama brass band, and jam-band favorite Marco Benevento.
A Young Lion, All Grown Up Will Friedwald 2012
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