“Spirit of Satch” Award to Basin Street Records!

The Satchmo SummerFest is this weekend in New Orleans and the Festival is honoring Basin Street Records with a “Spirit of Satch” award!

This is a great honor. There are few people that have graced our planet whose love has brought millions of people together. Louis Armstrong is one of them.  We work each day to help our artists follow in his footsteps.

Catch Jeremy Davenport and Bill Summers at the festival this weekend.

More info.

Jon Cleary is the 2016 Guest of Honor at Telluride Jazz Festival


Grammy winner Jon Cleary is the 2016 guest of honor at the 40th edition of the Telluride Jazz Festival this weekend.  He is all over the schedule as well as a couple of performances each by Kermit Ruffins and the Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band!  More info.

The Jungle Book

Kermit Ruffins sings a duet and plays trumpet with Bill Murray on “The Bare Necessities” and he accompanies Christopher Walken on trumpet on “I Wan’na Be Like You” in the new Disney classic The Jungle Book!

Coming to Jazzfest? Here’s where you’ll find our artists! https://www.BasinStreetRecords.com/on-tour 

Our Best Offer Ever Returns (for a limited time)

Pick 6 or more CDs from our catalog with a total price of $90 or more and receive 33.3% off your order!  That’s just $10 per CD!  As always, if you buy 2 CDs or more, you’ll receive our free festival sampler CD and free US shipping.  Shop here > www.BasinStreetRecords.com/shop

President Obama Wants to Hear WHAT?

President Obama spoke in New Orleans on August 27th, 2015. Check out what he wants to do when he leaves office. Here’s the beginning of his speech:

President Obama: “Hello, everybody! Where y’at? It is good to be back in the Big Easy. And this is the weather in August all the time, right? As soon as I land in New Orleans, the first thing I do is get hungry. When I was here with the family a few years ago, I had a shrimp po-boy at Parkway Bakery and Tavern. I still remember it — that’s how good it was. And one day, after I leave office, maybe I’ll finally hear Rebirth at the Maple Leaf on Tuesday night. I’ll get a chance to “see the Mardi Gras,” and somebody will tell me what’s Carnival for. But right now, I just go to meetings.”

Link to speech on C-Span: http://www.c-span.org/video/?327746-1/president-obama-tenth-anniversary-hurricane-katrina&start=25