Kermit Ruffins | Irvin Mayfield
A Beautiful World
- Type CD
- Label Basin Street
- UPC 0652905071724
- Catalog number BSR 07172
- Release date 03 November 2017
About the album
A Beautiful World is a collaboration between two friends, Kermit Ruffins, the big easy ambassador of good times and Rebirth Brass Band co-founder, who has appeared on HBO’s Treme, Bravo’s Top Chef, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, and the soundtrack for Disney’s Jungle Book in a duet with Bill Murray and backing Christopher Walken, and Irvin Mayfield, two-time Grammy-award winner, Billboard Music Award-winner, author, and producer. Combined, the two musicians share a staggering output of nearly fifty records, the majority released on Basin Street Records, an international independent music powerhouse that asked its two most recorded artists to collaborate on this centerpiece of the label’s 20th anniversary celebration. A Beautiful World is the ultimate party in record form. Producer Mayfield worked tirelessly to translate the eclectic soul of Kermit Ruffins to twenty-six tracks. On the process of making the album, Ruffins explains, “Good food and good music are my passions. I wanted to make a record people could eat.”
Mayfield realized that vision by bringing in 57 musicians arranged in four configurations built around a jazz structure: big band, traditional jazz marching band, chamber orchestra and an amended funk ensemble. Some Basin Street Records artists joined to accomplish this goal: The king of New Orleans brass, Rebirth Brass Band; the professorial clarinetist Dr. Michael White; the musical genius, Jason Marsalis; and world-renowned percussionist, Bill Summers. Other notable featured artists include: Haley Reinhart of American Idol, Cyril Neville (of the Meters and Neville Brothers), New Orleans bass legend George Porter Jr. (of The Meters and countless other bands), Tremé-crooner John Boutté, the inimitable and monstrous voice of Glen David Andrews, The King of Tremé Shannon Powell, a nine-piece string ensemble, and the silky-smooth spoken word bass of New Orleans-born actor Wendell Pierce (USA’s Suits, HBO’s The Wire, HBO’s Tremé).
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11Well, Alright05:13
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12Kermit, Turn It Down Interlude (feat. Wendell Pierce)00:22
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13Drop Me Off in New Orleans (feat. Dr. Michael White)02:32
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14Don?t Worry Be Happy (feat. Jason Marsalis, Cyril Neville, Haley Reinhart, Glen David Andrews)05:03
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15Irvin, Turn It Up Interlude (feat. Wendell Pierce)00:11
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16Good Life (feat. Bailey Flores, Glen David Andrews, John Boutté)04:56
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17Good Morning New Orleans04:22
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18You Don?t Look Good Interlude (feat. Wendell Pierce)00:29
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19Mystic04:32
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110Dad, Turn It Up Interlude (feat. Irvin Mayfield III)00:23
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111Move on Ahead (feat. Jolynda ?Kiki? Chapman)05:19
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112Practicing Interlude (feat. The Urban Cellist)00:32
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113Just Playin? (feat. Wendell Brunious, Leroy Jones, Leon ?Kid Chocolate? Brown, Andrew Baham)03:19
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114Soul Sister Interlude (feat. DJ Soul Sister)00:37
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115Sister Soul (feat. Wendell Pierce, Bill Summers)04:15
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116Allen Toussaint (feat. Cyril Neville)03:48
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117King Lear Interlude (feat. Wendell Pierce)00:28
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118Beautiful World [for Imani] (feat. Haley Reinhart)04:36
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119Do Whatcha Wanna Interlude (feat. Rebirth Brass Band)02:21
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120Be My Lady (feat. Cyril Neville, George Porter Jr.)05:40
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121Footwork (feat. Rebirth Brass Band, Cyril Neville)02:30
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122Trumpet Bounce01:23
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123Lexine (feat. Denisia)02:45
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124Li?l Liza Jane Interlude01:26
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125Just A Closer Walk With Thee (feat. Topsy Chapman, Jolynda ?Kiki? Chapman, Yolanda Robinson)04:05
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126When the Saints Go Marching In02:48