VA - Allen Toussaint: Artist, Producer, Songwriter

Size: 142,0 MB
Time: 59:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: R&B, Soul
Art: Front & Back

01 Lee Dorsey - Sneakin' Sally From The Alley (2:51)
02 Curly Moore - Don't Pity Me (2:55)
03 Aaron Neville - Hercules (4:13)
04 Eldridge Holmes - Gone Gone Gone (2:39)
05 Maurice Williams - How To Pick A Winner (2:38)
06 Betty Harris - Bad Luck (2:33)
07 Erine K Doe - Here Comes The Girls (3:10)
08 Allen Toussaint - Working In A Coalmine (3:12)
09 Benny Spellman - If You Love Her (2:30)
10 The Rubaiyats - Omar Khayyam (2:15)
11 Diamond Joe - Wait A Minute Baby (2:33)
12 Etta James - Wheel Of Fire (3:34)
13 Zilla Mayes - All I Want Is You (2:11)
14 Warren Lee - Star Revue (2:59)
15 Eldridge Holmes - The Book (3:30)
16 Willie West - Greatest Love (2:22)
17 Allen Toussaint - We Are The People (2:48)
18 Ernie K - So Good (2:54)
19 Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can (3:32)
20 Etta James - With You In Mind (4:23)

A tremendous tribute to the genius of Allen Toussaint – the man who almost single-handedly shaped the sound of New Orleans soul in the 60s! As the title implies, Toussaint is featured here as an artist, producer, and songwriter – and most tracks were issued on his Sansu Records label, and recorded in his Sea Saint studios – a spot that was as important to New Orleans as Chess was to Chicago, and Stax was to Memphis! The singers vary here, but the songs and instrumentation have a very unified vibe – plenty of Nola funk at the bottom, and some killer lyrics that often have a lot of sharpness and wit. Tracks include "So Good" by Ernie K Doe, "Sneakin Sally From The Alley" by Lee Dorsey, "Hercules" by Aaron Neville, "Gone Gone Gone" by Eldridge Holmes, "Don't Pity Me" by Curly Moore, "Bad Luck" by Betty Harris, "All I Want Is You" by Zilla Mayes, "Wheel Of Fire" by Etta Jones, "If You Love Her" by Benny Spellman, "Omar Khayyam" by The Rubiyats, "Here Come The Girls" by Ernie K Doe, "How To Pick A Winner" by Maurice Williams, "Star Revue" by Warren Lee, "Greatest Love" by Willie West, "The Book" by Eldridge Holmes, "Wait A Minute Baby" by Diamond Joe, and "We Are The People" and "Working In A Coal Mine" by Toussaint himself.

Allen Toussaint: Artist, Producer, Songwriter

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Various - Allen Toussaint Saint Of New Orleans

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:17
Size: 101.4 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul, New Orleans blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:07] 1. Allen Toussaint - Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky
[2:25] 2. Curly Moore - Get Low Down
[2:48] 3. Betty Harris - Can't Last Much Longer
[3:06] 4. Ernie K-Doe - Here Come The Girls
[3:07] 5. Allen Toussaint - Get Out Of My Life Woman
[2:33] 6. Art Neville - Bo Diddley
[2:55] 7. Warren Lee - Star Revue
[2:17] 8. John Williams & The Tick Tocks - Do Me Like You Do Me
[2:05] 9. Diamond Joe - Gossip Gossip
[2:56] 10. Willie & Allen - Baby Do Little
[1:58] 11. The Rubaiyats - Omar Khayyam
[3:08] 12. Allen Toussaint - Tequila
[2:21] 13. Betty Harris - I'm Gonna Git Ya
[3:47] 14. Aaron Neville - You Can Give But You Can't Take
[2:52] 15. Willie Harper - You See Me
[2:46] 16. Allen Toussaint - We The People

“In the pantheon of New Orleans music people, from Jelly Roll Morton to Mahalia Jackson to Fats — that’s the place where Allen Toussaint is in,” said Quint Davis, the longtime producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, where Mr. Toussaint played almost every year since the mid-1970s. Mr. Toussaint’s career began when he was a teenager in the ’50s and his jaunty piano playing caught the ear of Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino’s producer. It continued to the present, with a late-blooming love for performing live and collaborating with rock and pop musicians like Elvis Costello.

Mr. Toussaint had his greatest impact in the ’60s and ’70s, when, as both songwriter and producer, he worked on records, like Ernie K-Doe’s “Mother-in-Law,” Lee Dorsey’s “Working in the Coal Mine” and Jessie Hill’s “Ooh Poo Pah Doo,” that described everyday pleasures and nuisances with empathy, wit and a loose, funky swing. During the ’70s Mr. Toussaint’s studio, Sea-Saint, which he founded with the producer Marshall Sehorn, became renowned for recordings by the Meters, Dr. John and Labelle, and attracted international pop stars like Paul McCartney and Robert Palmer. Mr. Toussaint, then still a largely behind-the-scenes figure in music, also found his way to No. 1 on the pop charts in 1977 when Glen Campbell recorded a cover of his song “Southern Nights.”

Mr. Toussaint’s inspiration, he often said, was New Orleans itself, and over the years he became an unofficial musical ambassador for the city, where for decades he maintained a modest home in a middle-class neighborhood.

Allen Toussaint Saint Of New Orleans

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Various - Sun Record Company: Soul Queens

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 36:15
Size: 83.0 MB
Styles: Memphis soul, Contemporary blues vocals
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:33] 1. Gloria Taylor - Grounded Part I
[3:22] 2. Bettye Lavette - Games People Play
[2:43] 3. Margaret Lewis - How Would You Know
[3:29] 4. Peggy Scott - Every Little Bit Hurts
[2:18] 5. Betty Harris - All I Want Is You
[2:12] 6. Evie Sands - I Can't Let Go
[2:55] 7. Teresa Smith - He's A Cooker
[2:53] 8. Carolyn Porter - Put Your Mind Where Your Heart Is
[2:33] 9. Barbara Hall - From The Lips
[2:51] 10. Betty Harris - There's A Break In The Road
[3:15] 11. Carol Channing - He's A Cooker
[2:15] 12. Bettye Lavette - Piece Of My Heart (Take Another Little)
[2:49] 13. Marilyn Haywood - Think About It

Sun Record Company: Soul Queens

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