From the instrumentals “Java” and “Whipped Cream” to the country standard “Southern Nights” and the funky “Working In the Coal Mine,” Allen Toussaint has written music that has spanned musical genres ...

Tipitina’s tribute to Allen Toussaint’s songbook on November 23 is named after the Toussaint song “With You In Mind.” The watershed event will be produced by Sonny Schneidau, with musical directrion ...

This week marks 85 years since the birth of New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint, regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th century music. “Few people can produce, arrange, write songs ...

Allen Toussaint (1938-2015), a composer / producer who made his mark in the broad spheres of R&B, rock and roll, funk, country and pop music, may seem at first glance an unusual choice for a big-band ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. To conclude our archive series R&B, Rockabilly and Early Rock 'n' Roll, we have the interview I recorded with Allen Toussaint, who was in our studio at the piano ...

Allen Toussaint puts a fresh spin on jazz standards on his new album. Allen Toussaint's post-Katrina renaissance rolls on. Ever since his 1958 debut "The Wild Sound of New Orleans" -- released under ...

After a harrowing experience of administrative scandal, followed by near extinction, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of drummer Adonis Rose, rises phoenix-like from the ashes to ...