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'Here Come The Girls'... Again

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'Here Come The Girls'... Again

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio

Drummer Stanton Moore — a founding member of the funk band Galactic — has a new release with "Here Come the Girls" on a tribute album to the late songwriting producer Allen Toussaint.

Stanton Moore, 'Here Come The Girls'

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Hear An Unreleased Song By Allen Toussaint

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Music Interviews

Hear An Unreleased Song By Allen Toussaint

NPR contributor Gwen Thompkins met the musician at a time when he'd thrown himself into performing around the world. Before his death this week in Madrid, he gave her a song he never got to release.

Hear An Unreleased Song By Allen Toussaint

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World Cafe Remembers Allen Toussaint

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World Cafe

World Cafe Remembers Allen Toussaint

XPN

Listen back to the music and parts of the New Orleans legend's 2006 World Cafe interview.

World Cafe Remembers Allen Toussaint

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Allen Toussaint On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

Allen Toussaint On Mountain Stage

The New Orleans R&B icon performs songs from throughout his storied career, live in West Virginia.

Allen Toussaint On Mountain Stage

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Allen Toussaint On 'Song Travels'

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Song Travels

Allen Toussaint On 'Song Travels'

The New Orleans pianist and composer plays some of his songs, including "Get Out of My Life Woman," and tells the stories behind his most iconic hits.

Listen: Allen Toussaint On 'Song Travels'

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Allen Toussaint: Heartwarming Jazz

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Allen Toussaint: Heartwarming Jazz

Jazz24

Hear the legendary jazz man liven up KPLU's studios with his New Orleans-style piano work and his stories about what makes New Orleans tick.

"It's A New Orleans Thing"

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Keys To New Orleans On JazzSet

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Concerts

Keys To New Orleans On JazzSet

WBGO

New Orleans is not only the cradle of jazz. It's also the birthplace of great jazz piano, dating back to the early 1900s, when Jelly Roll Morton tickled the ivories. Hear three pianists who are keeping upholding that great tradition — Allen Toussaint, Henry Butler and Jon Cleary — onstage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with Keys to New Orleans.

Keys To New Orleans On JazzSet

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Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello On Piano Jazz

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Studio Sessions

Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello On Piano Jazz

Marian McPartland asked her friend Elvis Costello to sit in as guest host for this episode of Piano Jazz. The session features New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint, who sings and plays his hit tune "Southern Nights" and performs a duet with Costello on the pair's recent collaboration "Ascension Day."

Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello On Piano Jazz

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Allen Toussaint: The Road Through America

WFUV

WFUV's New York City home is more than a thousand miles from New Orleans. But on a recent fine day, a favorite son of the Crescent City brought his city's sounds to the station's Studio-A piano. Throughout the session, pianist Allen Toussaint led the way down through the different "musics" of New Orleans.

Session Spotlight: Allen Toussaint Performs 'Singin' The Blues'

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All Songs Considered

Music You Should Love But Don't, Allen Toussaint, Vieux Farka Toure, More

Is there music you know you should love, but for whatever reason just don't? For Bob Boilen, Green Day is one of those acts. Also on the show, Sunset Rubdown, Danger Mouse, Allen Toussaint and more.

Music You Should Love But Don't, Allen Toussaint, Vieux Farka Toure, More

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Allen Toussaint: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Live At The Village Vanguard

Allen Toussaint: Live At The Village Vanguard

WBGO

He's a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame producer, songwriter, pianist, singer and New Orleans native. And now he's made one of the best jazz albums of 2009. Toussaint brings a diverse cast to the Vanguard.

Allen Toussaint: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Celebrate Mardi Gras With New Orleans Piano

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Take Five: By Holiday

Celebrate Mardi Gras With New Orleans Piano

Jazz24

One of the beauties of New Orleans piano music is that once you hear it, you'll know it whenever you encounter it again. It's Mardi Gras week in New Orleans, and we're going to join in the celebration with a brief but broad overview of some of the Crescent City's many extraordinary pianists.

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