has also performed at hundreds of funerals during his career in the Crescent City. In 2003 the band received a nomination at the Big Easy Entertainment Awards, which recognizes local talents. Other work Ruffins is interviewed on screen and appears in performance footage in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky!, which presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk and jazz. In the film, he performs "Skokiaan" as part of a trumpet challenge with Irvin Mayfield and Troy Andrews. He appeared as himself in HBO's Treme as a recurring character. Ruffins also performed a rendition of The Bare Necessities for Disney's 2016 remake of The Jungle Book, alongside actor Bill Murray. Discography Filmography Make It Funky! (2005), documentary film New Orleans Music in Exile (2006), documentary film After the Catch (2007) Treme (2010) The Real World New Orleans (2010) The Jungle Book (2016) Awards 2003 – Offbeat'''s Best of the Beat Awards in Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer for Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers See also List of people from New Orleans, Louisiana Rebirth Brass Band Treme (TV Series) References External links Satchmo.com profile Basin Street Records page The Best New Orleans Jazz Musicians Jazz Musicians Ask if Their Scene Will Survive, Ruffins quoted in The New York Times'' about Hurricane Katrina's effect on the New Orleans jazz scene Kermit Ruffins Ruffins' MusiCodex Page Not Just Another Thursday Night: Kermit Ruffins And Vaughan's Lounge 1964 births African-American jazz composers African-American jazz musicians American jazz singers American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters Jazz musicians from New Orleans Living people Rhythm and blues musicians from New Orleans Singers from Louisiana 21st-century trumpeters American male jazz composers American jazz composers 21st-century American male musicians Treme Brass Band members Rebirth Brass Band members African-American Catholics 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people