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Follow on Google News | PineCone presents Allen ToussaintGrammy-nominated Allen Toussaint, backed by an all-star jazz combo, performs selections from his vast catalog, along with tunes from his newest release, "The Bright Mississippi," which reinterprets some classic New Orleans jazz and blues standards.
Backed by an all-star jazz combo, Toussaint will perform selections from his vast, legendary catalogue, along with tunes from "The Bright Mississippi," Toussaint's return to the music of his roots was suggested by Joe Henry, a friend and frequent collaborator who produced Toussaint's 2006 album with Elvis Costello, "The River in Reverse;" tracks from "As I Believe to My Soul," a collection of classic R&B and soul songs; and songs on Nonesuch's 2005 Gulf Coast benefit album, "Our New Orleans." As Henry explains, "At the close of the day's Our New Orleans session, Allen sat alone at the piano and played through an arrangement he'd devised of Professor Longhair's Crescent City standard, 'Tipitina.' It sounded like nothing I'd ever heard before and like everything I'd ever heard." "The Bright Mississippi" Toussaint calls the experience of making "The Bright Mississippi" Toussaint grew up in a small house in New Orleans, where his mother welcomed and fed all manner of musicians as they practiced and recorded with her son. After a lucky break at age 17 in which he stood in for Huey Smith at a performance with Earl King's band in Pritchard, Alabama, Toussaint was introduced to a group of local musicians who performed regularly at a night club on LaSalle street Uptown known as the Dew Drop Set. In the early 1960s, Toussaint wrote and produced a string of hits for New Orleans R&B artists such as Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas, Art and Aaron Neville, The Showmen, and Lee Dorsey. Some of his songs from this period were published under the pseudonym Naomi Neville. The two-sided 1962 hit by Benny Spellman, including "Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)," Toussaint's piano and arrangements show up on hundreds of records during the early 1960s on records by Lee Dorsey, Chris Kenner, and many other artists. Starting in the 1970s, he switched gears to a funkier sound, writing and producing for a variety of artists. He also began to work with non-New Orleans artists such as Robert Palmer, Willy DeVille, Elkie Brooks, Solomon Burke, and more. Boz Scaggs recorded a Toussaint masterpiece "What Do You Want the Girl to Do?" on his 1976 album "Silk Degrees." Toussaint launched his own solo career around this time with the albums "From a Whisper to a Scream" and "Southern Nights." Also during this time, he teamed up with Labelle and produced their highly acclaimed "Nightbirds" Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling PineCone's box office at 919-664-8302 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets range from $25-$35 for the general public, or $20-$30 for PineCone members. For more information and complete details about PineCone's upcoming concerts, visit www.pinecone.org. # # # PineCone—the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, is a private, nonprofit, charitable membership organization dedicated to preserving, presenting and promoting traditional music, dance and other folk performing arts. End
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