From his early Sixties work in L.A.’s session players known as the Wrecking Crew, to his flirtation with pop success in the Seventies and excavation of New Orleans musical history throughout his entire carer, Dr. John, born Malcolm John Rebennack, infused his musical output with the heart and soul of his birthplace. The piano-playing icon, who died Thursday at age 77, is today being eulogized for the essential role he played in taking the jazz, boogie-woogie and funk of his hometown throughout the world.
Although his connections to country music were few,...
Although his connections to country music were few,...
- 6/7/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
This year marks the 50th annual edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. To celebrate, Smithsonian Folkways will release Jazz Fest, a five-disc box set of live recordings from the iconic fest, spanning 1974 through 2016. You can preview the set now with Trombone Shorty’s hard-grooving 2010 version of “One Night Only (The March),” a track from his album Backatown, which came out that same year.
The set’s 53 tracks span the various genres represented at Jazz Fest, while putting the focus on local artists rather than big-name headliners. Disc...
The set’s 53 tracks span the various genres represented at Jazz Fest, while putting the focus on local artists rather than big-name headliners. Disc...
- 3/5/2019
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
The 2017 Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off in New Orleans on Friday, Apr. 28. Jazz Fest Kicks Off In New Orleans Thousands from around the globe flew in to experience the eclectic food and music. Artists like Nas, Maroon 5, Stevie Wonder, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kermit Ruffins, Aaron Neville, and Harry Connick, Jr. are in town to celebrate and perform. […]
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- 4/28/2017
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
Burbank, Calif., Oct. 7, 2016 — Beginning Nov. 15, the collector’s edition of Disney’s live-action epic adventure The Jungle Book—Jon Favreau’s stunning reimagining of Walt Disney’s animated classic—will be available to own just in time for the holidays. The Jungle Book Collector’s Edition offers more than just the bare necessities with collectible packaging and a three-disc set containing the original theatrical release on Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™, Digital HD and DVD, along with originally released bonus features and five never-before-seen extras.
The Collector’s Edition provides fans with unprecedented access to The Jungle Book production through exciting new bonus features, including a performance of “The Bare Necessities” by Bill Murray (voice of Baloo) and jazz greats Dr. John and Kermit Ruffins, an inside look at the collaboration between director Jon Favreau and renowned composer Richard Sherman on a new version of the classic song “I Wan’na Be Like You,...
The Collector’s Edition provides fans with unprecedented access to The Jungle Book production through exciting new bonus features, including a performance of “The Bare Necessities” by Bill Murray (voice of Baloo) and jazz greats Dr. John and Kermit Ruffins, an inside look at the collaboration between director Jon Favreau and renowned composer Richard Sherman on a new version of the classic song “I Wan’na Be Like You,...
- 10/9/2016
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
New Orleans, La. — On the eve of the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the historic Saenger Theatre in New Orleans was filled with an emotional crowd. Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis hosted "New Orleans Honors," an invite-only event recognizing those who aided in New Orleans recovery events after the devastating storm. The hosts performed multiple times, once along with the city's mayor Mitch Landrieu. The tribute event was peppered with performances by renowned musicians like Trombone Shorty, Kermit Ruffins, Allen Toussaint, Michael Cerveris, Irma Thomas and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Presenters included James Carville
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- 8/29/2015
- by Lorena O'Neil
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Monday, we got a look at the first piece of concept art and the title treatment for The Jungle Book after Disney unveiled it over the weekend. Production is underway on the adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic book, and director Jon Favreau has been posting some cool photos from behind the scenes, both in the sound booth for recording cast members like Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray and Christopher Walken, and on the set with Mowgli (played by newcomer Neel Sethi, the only actor who will actually be seen on screen). Can't wait to see what the visual effects are like to bring the animals to life. Look below! Here's some photos from production of The Jungle Book from Jon Favreau's Instagram: Behind the scenes #junglebook A photo posted by Jon Favreau (@jonfavreau) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:21am Pst Kermit Ruffins and Bill Murray #nola #junglebook A photo...
- 12/17/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The award-winning HBO series Treme will kick off its final run of five episodes beginning December 1st on HBO. The new mini-season will pick up in November 2008 with the historic election of President Barack Obama and carry through to Mardi Gras 2009, as the city of New Orleans juggles the hope of the new presidential administration with the community's ongoing difficulties in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Highlights From Voodoo Fest 2013
Wendell Pierce, Khandi Alexander, Steve Zahn, Melissa Leo and the rest of the ensemble cast will be back for the show's fourth season,...
Highlights From Voodoo Fest 2013
Wendell Pierce, Khandi Alexander, Steve Zahn, Melissa Leo and the rest of the ensemble cast will be back for the show's fourth season,...
- 11/5/2013
- Rollingstone.com
In late May, Bravo's "Top Chef" arrived in New Orleans to film its 11th season, premiering on Wednesday, Oct. 2, in a city famed for fun, food and fabulous music. Production wrapped in early July.
But sitting as it does on the Gulf Coast in the Deep South of the U.S., the Big Easy is also known for warm weather -- and the "Top Chef" team could hardly have picked a toastier time of year.
Says judge Gail Simmons, a cook and former food journalist,to Zap2it, "It was incredibly hot outside. It was definitely taxing on our chefs that are cooking and on our production crew, shooting long hours and long days in 100-degree, 100 percent humidity weather. Otherwise, that was a small price to pay to get to do it in New Orleans.
"We mixed it up a lot. We're indoors; we're outdoors. We go into the countryside.
But sitting as it does on the Gulf Coast in the Deep South of the U.S., the Big Easy is also known for warm weather -- and the "Top Chef" team could hardly have picked a toastier time of year.
Says judge Gail Simmons, a cook and former food journalist,to Zap2it, "It was incredibly hot outside. It was definitely taxing on our chefs that are cooking and on our production crew, shooting long hours and long days in 100-degree, 100 percent humidity weather. Otherwise, that was a small price to pay to get to do it in New Orleans.
"We mixed it up a lot. We're indoors; we're outdoors. We go into the countryside.
- 10/2/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Release Date: Nov. 19, 2013
Price: DVD $39.99, Blu-ray $49.99
Studio: HBO/Warner
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HBO’s popular television show Treme: The Complete Third Season picks up two years after Hurricane Katrina has ravaged New Orleans, a time when crime and corruption are on the rise, and outsiders with their own agendas are starting to pour money into the city.
For the people of New Orleans, even the promises of redevelopment come with strings attached, and every dollar that shows up – whether from government disaster relief, or from venture capital, or even from those seeking to remake New Orleans in the wake of Katrina – carries with it new dynamics and new risks. National interest has waned, moving on to the next headline, but those who know and love the Crescent City have no choice. They must find their way back to what matters in the life of their city.
Price: DVD $39.99, Blu-ray $49.99
Studio: HBO/Warner
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HBO’s popular television show Treme: The Complete Third Season picks up two years after Hurricane Katrina has ravaged New Orleans, a time when crime and corruption are on the rise, and outsiders with their own agendas are starting to pour money into the city.
For the people of New Orleans, even the promises of redevelopment come with strings attached, and every dollar that shows up – whether from government disaster relief, or from venture capital, or even from those seeking to remake New Orleans in the wake of Katrina – carries with it new dynamics and new risks. National interest has waned, moving on to the next headline, but those who know and love the Crescent City have no choice. They must find their way back to what matters in the life of their city.
- 9/10/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
10. (tie) The Thick of It
Is there a better tonic for election-year hype than an Armando Iannucci series? The apparently-final series of the show that made Iannucci’s name, The Thick Of It, upped the ante on its pitch-black style, stripping nearly all of its characters of any remaining semblances of humanity and daring us to laugh as it does so. What other television comedy could get away with a penultimate episode that spends a full hour on a set of realistically rendered government inquiry hearings and not lose a step? As we say goodbye to Malcolm Tucker (the brilliant Peter Capaldi) and the rest, it’s clear that Iannucci has crafted one of the most consistently great political satires in television history. (S.H.)
10. (tie) Treme
Treme hit creative highs this season by tightening its focus and interconnecting the many characters’ stories in a way creators David Simon and...
Is there a better tonic for election-year hype than an Armando Iannucci series? The apparently-final series of the show that made Iannucci’s name, The Thick Of It, upped the ante on its pitch-black style, stripping nearly all of its characters of any remaining semblances of humanity and daring us to laugh as it does so. What other television comedy could get away with a penultimate episode that spends a full hour on a set of realistically rendered government inquiry hearings and not lose a step? As we say goodbye to Malcolm Tucker (the brilliant Peter Capaldi) and the rest, it’s clear that Iannucci has crafted one of the most consistently great political satires in television history. (S.H.)
10. (tie) Treme
Treme hit creative highs this season by tightening its focus and interconnecting the many characters’ stories in a way creators David Simon and...
- 12/19/2012
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Emf 2010: Old School Playlist"Before I Let Go" by Frankie Beverly and Maze“Before I Let Go” "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire“September” September – Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits"Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight“Midnight Train to Georgia” Midnight Train to Georgia – Love Songs: Gladys Knight & The Pips"Good Morning New Orleans" by Kermit Ruffins“Good Morning New Orleans” Livin’ a Tremé Life – Kermit Ruffins"Don't Let No One Get You Down" by War“Don’t Let No One Get You Down” "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh“La Di Da Di” "Outstanding" by Charlie Wilson“Outstanding”...
- 7/1/2010
- Essence
Trumpeter/actor Kermit Ruffins in the HBO series Treme It’s Saturday night in New Orleans, one night before HBO’s Treme concludes its first season on the air, and, as the theme song goes, down in the Treme neighborhood we’re all going crazy, but jumping and having fun. On stage, wearing an oversized white hat and blowing a mighty horn, is the iconic trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, one of the many local musicians featured on the show. In Treme’s series premiere, Ruffins shares a scene with Elvis Costello at Vaughn’s, a joint in the Lower-Ninth Ward where the real-life Ruffins performs—and often cooks barbeque—every Thursday night. After his set, the camera shows Ruffins hanging outside with some pals, smoking pot. Davis McAlary, the impassioned disc jockey played by Steve Zahn, sees Costello getting ready to leave and urges Ruffins to go and talk to him,...
- 6/21/2010
- Vanity Fair
Show aimed at putting spotlight on environmental disaster also features Mos Def, Ani Difranco.
By Gil Kaufman
Lenny Kravitz
Photo: Jo Hale/ Getty Images
With much of the music world's attention focused on the devastating flooding in Nashville, Lenny Kravitz is hoping to put some of that focus on the environmental disaster that continues to unfold on the Gulf Coast as a result of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Kravitz, who is a part-time New Orleans resident, is the latest name added to an all-star benefit show, Gulf Aid, slated to take place on May 16 at Mardi Gras World River City. The concert will feature the rocker performing alongside Mos Def, Ani Difranco, New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint, environmental activist/ poet/ singer Zachary Richard, New Orleans trumpeter Jeremy Davenport and the Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, which features Crescent City legends Dr. John, Tab Benoit, George Porter Jr.
By Gil Kaufman
Lenny Kravitz
Photo: Jo Hale/ Getty Images
With much of the music world's attention focused on the devastating flooding in Nashville, Lenny Kravitz is hoping to put some of that focus on the environmental disaster that continues to unfold on the Gulf Coast as a result of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Kravitz, who is a part-time New Orleans resident, is the latest name added to an all-star benefit show, Gulf Aid, slated to take place on May 16 at Mardi Gras World River City. The concert will feature the rocker performing alongside Mos Def, Ani Difranco, New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint, environmental activist/ poet/ singer Zachary Richard, New Orleans trumpeter Jeremy Davenport and the Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, which features Crescent City legends Dr. John, Tab Benoit, George Porter Jr.
- 5/11/2010
- MTV Music News
By Ben Collins
The primary complaint amongst "Treme" watchers is that, lost in all of the culture-documenting and dense symbolism, there hasn't been the kind of action that captivated viewers of director David Simon's previous hit "The Wire." That argument can't be made for "Shame, Shame, Shame," the series' fifth episode. But even with all of that action, it still had a telling and foreboding soundtrack.
"Shame, Shame, Shame (Redux)" by Steve Zahn (as Davis) on vocals, Kermit Ruffins on trumpet, Ben Ellman on sax, et. al. (Originally by Smiley Lewis)
There's been a lot of trepidation for many viewers to get behind Zahn's character Davis. Reviews of the show call him too bumbling to be as well-respected as he is viewed in the community, or too patently unlikable to be the only character who actively bridges the show's cavernous race gap (and doesn't just talk about it). The...
The primary complaint amongst "Treme" watchers is that, lost in all of the culture-documenting and dense symbolism, there hasn't been the kind of action that captivated viewers of director David Simon's previous hit "The Wire." That argument can't be made for "Shame, Shame, Shame," the series' fifth episode. But even with all of that action, it still had a telling and foreboding soundtrack.
"Shame, Shame, Shame (Redux)" by Steve Zahn (as Davis) on vocals, Kermit Ruffins on trumpet, Ben Ellman on sax, et. al. (Originally by Smiley Lewis)
There's been a lot of trepidation for many viewers to get behind Zahn's character Davis. Reviews of the show call him too bumbling to be as well-respected as he is viewed in the community, or too patently unlikable to be the only character who actively bridges the show's cavernous race gap (and doesn't just talk about it). The...
- 5/10/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
"You ever watch Sunday night programming on HBO? It's spectacular," Paul Rudd said in I Love You, Man. I feel he may have been psychic, because until Treme, HBO was only very good. Sunday is now so spectacular that I was compelled to have cable installed for Treme yesterday so as not to have to shush people at viewing parties. Coincidentally, so had the cable guy. Turns out he's a bass player lining up a house gig at a new jazz club. Or as he described it, "Pretty much everyone in New Orleans is a musician." Music has been listed as the main character in Treme, along with the rebuilding of New Orleans, and more local musicians than ever were featured in episode two. Deacon John, Coco Robicheaux, Kermit Ruffins, Big Sam, Trombone Shorty and Allen Touissant for starters. By the...
- 4/19/2010
- by Karen Dalton-Beninato
- Huffington Post
We finally have the first Treme mystery. When New Orleans musician Kermit Ruffins asks the TV version of Davis if Elvis Costello is "That cat who writes for the Times Picayune," the newspaper's Keith Spera weighed in with a column today titled, "Who was that geeky white guy with glasses in the first episode of Treme?" He theorizes, "I'm pretty sure that's a reference to me." Is Spera in error? Is it something Chris Rose knows? Rose, who was a Times Picayune columnist when Simon first researched HBO's Treme, has not yet commented about whether or not he thinks the Treme team scripted Ruffins mistaking Costello for him. Support seems split between Team Spera and Team Rose. For a Chicago comparison, it would be similar to columnists Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune versus Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun...
- 4/16/2010
- by Karen Dalton-Beninato
- Huffington Post
By Ben Collins
David Simon has become famous for creating the type of television that make viewers want to breath inside his detail-heavy landscapes — even if those settings (like his gritty but all-to-real Baltimore streets in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "The Wire") tend to get bloody and gruesome pretty frequently.
Simon's new show "Treme" (named after the New Orleans neighborhood where most of the action takes place) debuted on HBO with an 80-minute premiere on Sunday night (April 11), and its dedication to those inviting hues is no different. It's about a post-Katrina New Orleans (a title card at the top of the show reads "Three Months After"), and there are full five minute blocks of footage that show characters wading through wrecked houses and their own belongings, now unrecognizable by all the flood damage. But the there's something about it all that makes you want to be there regardless,...
David Simon has become famous for creating the type of television that make viewers want to breath inside his detail-heavy landscapes — even if those settings (like his gritty but all-to-real Baltimore streets in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "The Wire") tend to get bloody and gruesome pretty frequently.
Simon's new show "Treme" (named after the New Orleans neighborhood where most of the action takes place) debuted on HBO with an 80-minute premiere on Sunday night (April 11), and its dedication to those inviting hues is no different. It's about a post-Katrina New Orleans (a title card at the top of the show reads "Three Months After"), and there are full five minute blocks of footage that show characters wading through wrecked houses and their own belongings, now unrecognizable by all the flood damage. But the there's something about it all that makes you want to be there regardless,...
- 4/12/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Filed under: TV News Daily
Set three months after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, HBO's new series 'Treme' follows, quite simply, a loosely-connected network of New Orleans residents as they struggle to pick up their lives in the wake of the disaster.
But given that this is the latest effort from David Simon -- the much-heralded creator of the seminal HBO series 'The Wire' -- this drama proves to be so much more than just that.
Those expecting a Big Easy version of 'The Wire,' however, are out of luck. This is no police drama, and the city's politics are largely unexplored. The series takes its title from Faubourg Tremé, the historic New Orleans neighborhood adjacent to the French Quarter thought to be the birthplace of jazz. And the music from this multi-cultural, multi-storied, proud yet battered city pulses like a heartbeat throughout.
There's...
Set three months after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, HBO's new series 'Treme' follows, quite simply, a loosely-connected network of New Orleans residents as they struggle to pick up their lives in the wake of the disaster.
But given that this is the latest effort from David Simon -- the much-heralded creator of the seminal HBO series 'The Wire' -- this drama proves to be so much more than just that.
Those expecting a Big Easy version of 'The Wire,' however, are out of luck. This is no police drama, and the city's politics are largely unexplored. The series takes its title from Faubourg Tremé, the historic New Orleans neighborhood adjacent to the French Quarter thought to be the birthplace of jazz. And the music from this multi-cultural, multi-storied, proud yet battered city pulses like a heartbeat throughout.
There's...
- 4/9/2010
- by Allyssa Lee
- Inside TV
I don't get excited very often about television. Hell, I barely watch the damn thing. But I've made it well-known that my all-time favorite television show was HBO's "The Wire," created and produced by David Simon. A few months ago, we reported that Simon had another show in the works that HBO picked up. Fellow "Wire" junkie Seth had this to say about it back then:
He started working on "Treme" shortly after "The Wire" wrapped, turning his focus to post-Katrina New Orleans. Simon has talked about how the intent of this show is to intimately focus on the people, and the city itself, trying to rebuild themselves from the brink of utter devastation.
The show looks nothing less than amazing. Amazing cast. Amazing production. A-fucking-mazing cinematography. A couple "Wire" alums are participating: Wendell Pierce and Clarke Peters. The show will also feature John Goodman, Steve Zahn, Melissa Leo, Khandi Alexander,...
He started working on "Treme" shortly after "The Wire" wrapped, turning his focus to post-Katrina New Orleans. Simon has talked about how the intent of this show is to intimately focus on the people, and the city itself, trying to rebuild themselves from the brink of utter devastation.
The show looks nothing less than amazing. Amazing cast. Amazing production. A-fucking-mazing cinematography. A couple "Wire" alums are participating: Wendell Pierce and Clarke Peters. The show will also feature John Goodman, Steve Zahn, Melissa Leo, Khandi Alexander,...
- 3/22/2010
- by TK
It appears that True Blood won't be the only TV series from HBO that is set in Louisianna. In fact, HBO Canada announced that Treme, a one-hour drama series taking place during the post-Katrina period, will premiere on Sunday, April 11 at 10 Pm.
Treme begins in fall 2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina and the massive engineering failure that resulted in the flooding of 80 per cent of the city and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of residents. More than half the city’s population is elsewhere and much of the city is wrecked, muddied and caked in mould. The tourists have yet to return, the money that follows them is scarce, and residents can take solace only in the fact that the city’s high levels of crime have migrated to Houston and Baton Rouge. For those returning, housing is hard to come by, with many waiting on insurance cheques that may never arrive.
Treme begins in fall 2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina and the massive engineering failure that resulted in the flooding of 80 per cent of the city and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of residents. More than half the city’s population is elsewhere and much of the city is wrecked, muddied and caked in mould. The tourists have yet to return, the money that follows them is scarce, and residents can take solace only in the fact that the city’s high levels of crime have migrated to Houston and Baton Rouge. For those returning, housing is hard to come by, with many waiting on insurance cheques that may never arrive.
- 3/19/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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