2009-05-11
Legendary New Orleans jazz pianist, Allen Toussaint, puts muggy New Orleans evenings to music with his new release, “The Bright Mississippi.” Despite being his first solo jazz release in more than ten years, the album is confident and perfectly performed. Mr. Toussaint’s talent for understated arrangements comes out here. The accompanying performances, particularly that of Don Byron on clarinet, are equally impressive. “The Bright Mississippi” is available from Nonesuch Records in April, 2009.JAKE BERGEVIN
Holding Back the Dawn
THE CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964
THE DEAD KENNY G'S
Bewildered Herd
JAMBALAYA BRASS BAND
IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE
Ted Nash & Odeon
La Espada de La Noche
Noah Haidu
Infinite Distances
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