ALLEN TOUSSAINT - THE WILD SOUND OF NEW ORLEANS BY TOUSAN (180G IMPORT LP)

Allen Toussaint The Wild Sound Of New Orleans By Tousan on 180g Import LP

New Orleans native Allen Toussaint is one of the city’s greatest living pianists and after over five decades on the city’s music scene, he is still going strong! Born in 1938, he got his start playing at one of New Orleans’ many night clubs and was soon signed to RCA where, on January 29, 1958 he took to the studio to record this album with a line-up of local musicians that included two saxophones, guitar, bass and drums (although the names of these musicians is a subject of some debate). In 1963, a remake of the song “Java” from this album became a huge hit for trumpet player Al Hirt. In fact, in the decades that followed, many of Toussaint’s songs (“Working In A Coalminek,” “Ride Your Pony,” “Fortune Tellerk,” “Mother-In-Law” etc.) have become R&B standards and Toussaint himself a living legend of New Orleans R&B.

Allen Toussaint The Wild Sound Of New Orleans By Tousan Track Listing:

1.  Up The Creek
2.  Tim Tam
3.  Me And You
4.  Bono
5.  Java
6.  Wham Tousan
7.  Nowhere To Go
8.  Nashua
9.  Po Boy Walk
10. Pelican Parade
11. You Didn't Know, Did You
12. A Lazy Day
13. Chico
14. Back Home Again In Indiana
15. Second Liner
16. Cow Cow Blues
17. Moo Moo
18. Sweetie Pie (Twenty Years Later)
19. Up Right
20. A Blue Mood
21. Naomi
22. Al's Theme
23. Real Church