Toussaint,Allen Complete Tousan Sessions CD

Although he has been the presiding genius of New Orleans R&B since the late Fifties, Allen Toussaint has made relatively few recordings under his own name. These are his first sides; they were made for RCA and Sevile in 1958-1959. Toussaint assembled a crack New Orleans band, including Red Tyler, Roy Montrell, Melvin Lastie and Hungry Williams, and led them through a program of wonderfully inventive instrumentals that includes the original version of Java and 26 other songs, like Whirlaway, Po Boy Walk, Cow Cow Blues, and Real Churchy. The roots of Sixties New Orleans R&B are here.

1. Whirlaway 2. Happy Times 3. Up the Creek 4. Tim Tam 5. Me and You 6. Bono 7. Java 8. Wham Tousan 9. Nowhere to Go 10. Nashua 11. Po Boy Walk 12. Pelican Parade 13. Chico 14. Back Home Again in Indiana 15. Second Liner 16. Cow Cow Blues 17. Moo Moo 18. Sweetie Pie (Twenty Years Later) 19. You Didn't Know, Did You 20. Up Right 21. A Blue Mood 22. A Lazy Day (Without Organ) 23. Naomi 24. Al's Theme 25. Real Churchy (Without Organ) 26. A Lazy Day (With Organ) 27. Real Churchy (With Organ)