- Ya - Ka - May (Deluxe Edition) · 2010
- Southern Nights · 1975
- Artist • Producer • Songwriter (Deluxe Edition) · 1973
- Southern Nights · 1975
- American Tunes · 2016
- Life, Love and Faith · 1972
- Backatown · 2010
- Sweet Touch of Love · 1971
- Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia (Live) · 2016
- Life, Love and Faith · 1972
- The Bright Mississippi · 2009
- Sweet Touch of Love · 1970
- Artist • Producer • Songwriter (Deluxe Edition) · 2023
Essential Albums
- In 1975, New Orleans favorite son Allen Toussaint took advantage of Warner Bros.' celebrated creative freedom to record a solo pop album that aspires to greatness. A conceptual testimony to his Creole upbringing, especially in its trippy title track, Southern Nights uses instrumental codas to create a woozy nocturnal mood in songs like "Country John"—which recalls vintage Robbie Robertson—and blue-to-the-bone "Cruel Way to Go Down." Louisiana has rarely sounded so sumptuous.
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- The legendary singer/songwriter and producer was crucial to the sound of New Orleans.
- He helped lay the foundation for soulful modern pop.
- The New Orleans producer's groovy work.
- New Orleans wouldn’t be half as funky without this master.
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About Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint’s impact on the history of New Orleans music is immeasurable. Born in the Big Easy in 1938, Toussaint was still a teen when he began working with local legends like Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. He was soon writing, producing, and performing for a huge range of acts, and he scored an early hit in 1966 with “Working In the Coal Mine,” one of his many songs for Lee Dorsey. He also forged the sound of New Orleans funk in his ‘60s and ‘70s work with Dr. John, The Meters, and LaBelle. His swaggering yet laidback take on soul, jazz, and funk is just as distinctive on solo efforts like 1975’s Southern Nights. His collaboration with Elvis Costello on 2006’s The River In Reverse was another testament to the creativity and productivity that were hallmarks of Toussaint’s career up until his death in 2015.
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- Jazz