Allen Toussaint

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Legendary New Orleans musician and songwriter Allen Toussaint recently teamed up with some of the best players in jazz to record The Bright Mississippi, his first solo album in more than a decade. He joins us to perform live in our studio. Toussaint’s last performance for us, shortly after fleeing Hurricane Katrina, resulted in the gift of a new piano. Hope he’s not expecting us to top that…

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