Kermit Ruffins in New Orleans

Kermit Ruffins is a jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, born in 1964. Influenced by Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan, he plays traditional jazz with a bright trumpet tone and easygoing vocals. He co-founded the Rebirth Brass Band in 1983 and formed the Barbecue Swingers in 1992, and appeared as himself in HBO's "Treme". His long Thursday residency at Vaughan's produced "Live at Vaughan's" (2007).