Basin Street Records

Basin Street Records is a Grammy Award-winning independent record label based in New Orleans which specializes in jazz, funk, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Basin Street Records was founded in 1997 by Mark Samuels and Tom Thompson. The label arose out of an agreement to release a live album for New Orleans jazz trumpeter and vocalist Kermit Ruffins, who was managed by Thompson. In mid-1998 Samuels bought Thompson's interest in the company. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina flooded the Basin Street Records office and Mark Samuels' home. Samuels continued to operate the company from "computers in coffee shops" while rebuilding his home and office in New Orleans. Basin Street concentrates on jazz, funk, rhythm and blues, and blues.

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