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Selections From Allen Toussaint’s new recording, The Bright Mississippi.

Here’s a record that celebrates the roots of American popular music, going back to nearly a century, in the place where it all started, the blessed city of New Orleans, LA.

Allen Toussaint is known for his classic r&b songwriting, his record producing work with a host of pop legends, his deft piano skills on the bandstand, and his work as the lead songwriter and producer of The Meters.

This disc however goes further back in time with selections from the catalog of jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and others. He’s got an awesome band with him too, with special appearances from Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Don Byron, Nichaols Payton, and Marc Ribot.

The New Orleans jazz and Heritage festival is going on right now and in my book, there’s no better way to celebrate it than to play some of this great old music.
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Listen:  

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Set List:
Singin’ The Blues (w/ Nicholas Payton)
Bright Mississippi
Just A Closer Walk With Thee (w/ Don Byron)
Blue Drag (w/ Marc Ribot)
Whinin’ Boy Blues (w/ Brad Mehldau)

And here’s Allen doing his old hit record, Workin In The Coal Mine:

Enjoy!

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