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The Grammy Awards will be presented tonight. Every year, it is safe say that music-wise, whether it’s jazz, blues, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, rap, well, you get the idea, there will be some musical notion from the street of New Orleans mixed in.

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In recent years, Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Lil Wayne, and Terence Blanchard have picked up Grammy Awards. But this year, with the exception of the Zydeco and Cajun category, New Orleans-area musicians are rather scarce among the nominees.

In spite of this, I’ll be watching to see if producer, composer, arranger, pianist, singer Allen Toussaint can score his first Grammy. Toussaint has produced acts like Irma Thomas, Ernie K-Doe, Lee Dorsey, and Meters. Others like Glen Campbell and the Pointer Sisters has had megahits with songs such as “Southern Nights” and “Yes We Can,” respectively. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the 72 year-old, with a long and distinguished musical career, has yet to win a Grammy. That could change tonight with his first jazz album “The Bright Mississippi.”

In it, Toussaint applied his experienced producer’s chops and R & B infused piano to more traditional tunes. And the result is fresh and original. Well-deserved recognition for trying something new. And while Toussaint has decided not make the trip to Los Angeles, it’s high time for him to be able to put a Grammy Award on his mantelpiece back home.

Follow-up: Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Five Piece Band bested Allen Toussaint for best jazz instrumental band. However, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra won for best large jazz ensemble, and Buckwheat Zydeco garnered best Zyedco and Cajun cd for “Lay Your Burden Down.”

Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi is dignified, elegant, intimate, playful, quintessentially New Orleans. At 71, one of the fathers of contemporary R&B, soul and funk plays the piano sublimely, as he and some younger friends creatively address his jazz forebears.

As songwriter, arranger and producer, Toussaint is one of pop music's all-time greats - a key person, but usually 'behind the scenes.' Post-Katrina (which destroyed his home) Toussaint has been the focus of more attention and is enjoying new opportunities. Toussaint says now of Katrina, 'I accepted it not only as a drowning but a baptism.' He has never previously made an album remotely like The Bright Mississippi. Its initiator and producer Joe Henry hand-picked the other players. Clarinetist Don Byron, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, drummer-percussionist Jay Bellerose, upright bassist David Piltch and Marc Ribot(playing acoustic guitar) comprise the core group. Pianist Brad Mehldau and saxophonist Joshua Redman each play an exquisite duet with Allen.

The story behind this album is here:
http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/allen-toussaint

To discover more about Allen Toussaint, this is a well-linked starting point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Toussaint

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Details of each track are presented in the following order:

BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
distributor/ source details, like this, in lower-case
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs

'THE WEEKEND PLANET' SAT 16.1.10 ( first aired 30. 05. 09 )

2205
THEME:
details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - 'Nuevos Medios Coleccion' - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
( in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm )
and ' Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate' (Hannibal 334352 )

CD CUT 1, 'JARABI'
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - 'SONGHAI'
0: 30 (excerpt)
retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate's kora, Danny Thompson's beautiful double bass and Ketama's flamenco guitars

2208
CD (DISC ONE) CUT 15, 'LIFE IS A CARNIVAL'
RICK DANKO, LEVON HELM, ROBBIE ROBERTSON. HORNS ARRANGED BY ALLEN TOUSSAINT
PUB NOT SPEC ( PROBABLY DWARF MUSIC - ASCAP }
CAPITOL 72435-30181-2-2
Through EMI
THE BAND - 'ROCK OF AGES' ( expanded 2-CD version )
4: 00
'Live' on the evening 1971 became 1972. Jubilant-to-max with all their virtues on display - great grooves, distinctive male voices & Robbie Robertson's great lead guitar - plus a humdinger horn arrangement by Allen Toussaint. Levon Helm is primary singer & one of two drummers. Garth Hudson plays organ. Toussaint's superb horn arrangements were a key element in this concert's success. He & The Band were mutual admirers.

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2212
CD CUT 10, 'DAY DREAM'
DUKE ELLINGTON/ BILLY STRAYHORN
BILLY STRAYHORN SONGS C/O CHERRY LANE MUSIC PUBOISHING/ SONY-ATV HARMONY
NONESUCH 480380-2
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
worldwide: http://www.nonesuch.com
ALLEN TOUSSAINT - 'THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI'
5: 25
Sublime, new treatment of a classic ballad. Allen's piano begins, very gently, alone. He & tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman listen superbly & each solos wonderfully. They had never previously met. This is a single, first take.

Allen's son had told him Redman was special. Reflecting on this performance, Allen said of Joshua, 'he was absolutely wonderful .. my son was right.'

LIKE TO SEE A 21.0.5.09 VINTAGE REVIEW OF ALLEN TOUSSAINT, 'LIVE'?

Read the 'New York Times' review, here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/arts/music/21toui.html?ref=music

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2217
CD (DISC FOUR) CUT 5, 'WEST END BLUES'
CLARENCE WILLIAMS, Joe OLIVER
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP/ SONGWRITER'S GUILD OF AMERICA O.B.O GREAT STANDARDS' MUSIC PUBLISHING
COLUMBIA LEGACY C4K 63527 (THROUGH SONY)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: THE COMPLETE 'HOT FIVE AND HOT SEVEN RECORDINGS'
3: 18
June 28th 1928, in Chicago: slow-blues, jazz landmark, with beautifully restored sound. Begins with Armstrong's 'jazz trumpet will never be the same again' cadenza. It also sports his remarkable wordless vocal. After this, jazz singing was never the same, either.

2224
CD CUT 9, 'ASCENSION DAY'
WORDS BY ELVIS COSTELLO, MUSIC BY ROY BYRD ( AKA 'PROFESSOR LONGHAIR' ) AND ALLEN TOUSSAINT
PUB NOT SPEC
VERVE FORECAST 985607
Through Universal
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/default.asp
ELVIS COSTELLO AND ALLEN TOUSSAINT - 'THE RIVER IN REVERSE'
2: 57
Voice/piano duo. Allen Toussaint's minor key re-working of Professor Longhair's classic, 'Tipitina'. Elvis's lyric alludes to old songs/memories & to the flood/post-flood horrors of Katrina/ New Orleans. Toussaint's piano part is miraculous, quietly.

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2227
CD CUT 6, 'WEST END BLUES'
CLARENCE WILLIAMS, Joe. OLIVER
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP/ SONGWRITER'S GUILD OF AMERICA O.B.O GREAT STANDARDS' MUSIC PUBLISHING
NONESUCH 480380-2
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
worldwide: http://www.nonesuch.com
ALLEN TOUSSAINT - 'THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI'
3: 50
In no way seeks to compete with the Armstrong version @ 2217, above, but this new treatment is also glorious, with an unmistakably 'New Orleans', unrushed swagger. The leader is the pianist, with trumpeter Nicholas Payton, Don Byron's clarinet, Marc Ribot's ac guitar, David Piltch's plucked & bowed bass & Jay Bellerose on drums-cussion.

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2231
CD CUT 7, 'BLUE DRAG'
DJANGO REINHARDT
JEWEL MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
NONESUCH 480380-2
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
worldwide: http://www.nonesuch.com
ALLEN TOUSSAINT - 'THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI'
4: 18
Does not ape Django. A finger-popping, New Orleans shuffle-sauntering treatment, which eventually becomes quasi-gospel. Marc Ribot's ac guitar is prominent, as is the leader's piano, with David Piltch's thunking ac bass & Jay Bellerose on drums-cussion.

2237
CD CUT 9, DROWNING IN THE RIVER, HALF LAUGHING'..
JOSEPH LEE HENRY ( AKA Joe HENRY )
C 1990 TRUE NORTH MUSIC/ ALMO MUSIC CORP (ASCAP)
A&M COYOTE 75021 5315 2
Presumably, one day this will be re-issued.
I think it is unavailable, presently.
Joe HENRY - 'SHUFFLETOWN'
3: 18
Wryly poignant, spare song from 1990, sympathetically produced by T-Bone Burnett. Key elements are Cecil McBee's double bass, Phil Kelly's piano & Joe's voice & lyric. Although not in fact his first album, this was the first one where Joe Henry was able to make the kind of album he had in mind. He is producer/instigator of Allen Toussaint album, 'The Bright Mississippi'.

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2240
CD CUT 4, 'TIME IS A LION'
Joe HENRY
CHRYSALIS MUSIC/ BLOOD COUNT MUSIC (ASCAP)
ANTI E86890-2
in Australia through Shock www.shock.com.au
worldwide: www.anti.com
Joe HENRY - 'CIVILIANS'
3: 53
2007-vintage, from probably that year's best singer-songwriter album. Very catchy, with a rocking, bluesy-cum-gospel groove. Joe is the lead singer, Bill Frisell the electric guitar hero, with drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist David Pilch & Greg Leisz on ac guitar.

Opening couplet:

If you fear the angels above while you sleep
Then I'll be the blood you paint on your door

2246
CD CUT 12, 'BLACK ROVER'
ELIZABETH FRENCHAM
( PRESUMABLY ) APRA
DB 003
available direct, via http://lizfrencham.com/content/view/63/56/
LIZ FRENCHAM - 'YOU AND ME VOL 1. A COLLECTION OF LIVE DUETS'
5: 06
AUSTRAL PERF AND COMP: 'The black dog' in this song is depression/ the blues; he/it/they are urged to go elsewhere. Liz sings & plucks her double-bass, in duet with Shannon Barnett's trombone. Winston Churchill popularized - but did not invent - 'black dog' as a term for depression/feeling blue.

LIKE TO KNOW WHEN AND WHERE LIZ FRENCHAM PERFORMS?

Allen Toussaint Bright Mississippi Zip Lines

Gigs are flagged well in advance, here:
http://lizfrencham.com/component/option,com_extcalendar/

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2251
CD CUT 4, 'PAPER MOON'
HAROLD ARLEN/ E.Y. 'YIP' HARBURG/ B. ROSE
PUB NOT SPEC
DB 003
available direct, via http://lizfrencham.com/content/view/63/56/
LIZ FRENCHAM - 'YOU AND ME VOL 1. A COLLECTION OF LIVE DUETS'
2: 54
AUSTRAL PERF: A faux-vaudeville version. Fun: Liz sings & plucks her bass. Mic Conway croons, plays ukulele & solos on paper. He tears the paper, rhythmically-percussively, in keeping with the song's title.

2256
CD CUT 1, 'THE BURRIAN
KRIS DREVER/ AIDAN O'ROURKE/ MARTIN GREEN..
REVEAL PUBLISHING LTD
NAVIGATOR 20
In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
worldwide: www.navigatorrecords.co.uk
LAU - 'ARC LIGHTS'
2: 50 ( excerpt )
Lau are guitarist/singer Kris Drever, fiddler Aidan O'Rourke & accordionist Martin Green. All play on this, plus their pedal steel guitarist guest, Stuart Nisbett. This has a recognisably Scottish accent but is much more impressionistic and wide-ranging than your standard 'Scottish set'. In the latter part Kris Drever sings wordlessly & some friends of the band 'ooh' and 'aah' with him..

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11PM NEWS
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2305
CD ( DISC FOUR ) CUT 18, 'BRICKYARD BLUES'
ALLEN TOUSSAINT
PUB NOT SPEC ( MAY WELL BE MARSAINT MUSIC/ BMI )
WARNER ARCHIVES/RHINO R279912
Import from USA: www.rhino.com
LITTLE FEAT - 'HOTCAKES & OUTTAKES: 30 YEARS OF LITTLE FEAT'
2: 59
1974-vintage, from sessions for their Feats Don't Fail Me Now album. This cut was never completed. Lowell George sings what was shaping up to be a great cover of a classic Allen Toussaint song. Lowell was a major-league admirer of Allen.

2311
CD CUT 5, 'LET'S COOL ONE'
THELONIOUS MONK
PUB NOT SPEC ( BUT PROBABLY, THELONIOUS MUSIC CORP )
JAZZHEAD HEAD107
http://www.jazzhead.com
SAM ANNING, ALLAN BROWNE, MARC HANNAFORD - 'HOMAGE'
7: 25
AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR: Sam's double bass, Allan's drums & Marc's piano, with a fresh, genuinely-improvisatory treatment of a perky Monk number.

Allen

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2318
CD CUT 9, 'BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI'
THELONIOUS MONK
THELONIOUS MUSIC CORP
NONESUCH 480380-2
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
worldwide: http://www.nonesuch.com
ALLEN TOUSSAINT - 'THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI'
5: 05
A definitely-New-Orleans treatment of a happy Monk tune, based on 'Sweet Georgia Brown.' It features the leader's piano & Don Byron's tootling clarinet, Nicholas Payton's trumpet, with David Piltch's upright bass, drummer Jay Bellerose & Marc Ribot on discreet ac guitar. Monk's very different original was on his 1962 album, 'Monk's Dream.'

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2325
CD CUT 2, 'DON'T DO IT' ( ORIGINALLY TITLED 'BABY DON'T YOU DO IT' )
EDDIE HOLLAND, LAMONT DOZIER AND BRIAN HOLLAND. HORNS ON THE BAND'S VERSION ARE ARRANGED BY ALLEN TOUSSAINT
PUB NOT SPEC
CAPITOL 72435-30181-2-2
Through EMI
THE BAND - 'ROCK OF AGES' ( expanded 2-CD version )
4: 30
'Live', on the night 1971 became 1972. The Band's remake of a song Marvin Gaye made famous in 1964. This rides on a humdinger horn arrangement by Allen Toussaint. Levon Helm is primary singer & drummer, Rick Danko plays very funky electric bass, Garth Hudson is organist ( soprano saxophonist too, I think ), Richard Manuel pianist & Robbie Robertson is the guitar hero. Toussaint's superb horn arrangements were a key element in this concert's success. He & The Band were mutual admirers.

Bright

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2330
CD CUT 4, 'ON YOUR WAY DOWN'
ALLEN TOUSSAINT
WARNER-TAMERLANE PUB. CORP/ MARSAINT MUSIC INC ( BMI )
WARNER BROS 246 200
LITTLE FEAT - 'DIXIE CHICKEN'
5: 31
1973-vintage. Lowell George is the brooding singer & slide guitarist on an Allen Toussaint song. Lowell fervently admired Allen.

Key lines in Toussaint's song:

The same people you misuse, on your way up
You might meet up, on your way down.

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LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT LOWELL GEORGE?
Equally remarkable as singer & slide guitarist, he died in 1979, aged 34.

Official site:
http://dmci.com/lowell/lowell.html

Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_George

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2336
CD ( DISC ONE ) CUT 15, 'WININ' BOY BLUES'
TRAD, ARR BY JELLY ROLL MORTON
SBK UNITED PARTNERSHIP LTD
RCA BLUEBIRD ND90317 ( 4 )
Am unsure of current availability
SIDNEY BECHET - '1932-1943: THE BLUE BIRD SESSIONS'
3: 07
Jelly Roll is the pianist, leading his New Orleans Jazzmen in October 1939. I think the leader is the vocalist. ( if I'm wrong, it is the trombonist, Claude Jones ) Bechet is the primary soloist, wailing on soprano sax.

2342
CD CUT 5, 'WININ' BOY BLUES'
CLAIMED BY ( I THINK THE SONG ALREADY EXISTED ) FERDINAND 'JELLY ROLL' MORTON
EDWIN H. MORRIS & COMPANY, A DIVISIONOF MPL MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC
NONESUCH 480380-2
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
worldwide: http://www.nonesuch.com
ALLEN TOUSSAINT - 'THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI'
6: 40
Two unhurried pianos, alone together. You can almost literally hear how much the players are enjoying this 'unlikely' encounter: Brad Mehldau is the other.

2352
CD CUT 12, 'SOLITUDE'
DUKE ELLINGTON, IRVING MILLS AND EDDIE DE DELANGE
EMI MILLS MUSIC/ SONY-ATV HARMONY/ SCARSDALE MUSIC CORPORATION
NONESUCH 480380-2
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
worldwide: http://www.nonesuch.com
ALLEN TOUSSAINT - 'THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI'
5: 25
Sublime: these ears have not heard a lovelier version. No showing off, no lazy or wasted notes. Toussaint's piano, in duo with Marc Ribot's ac guitar.

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2357
CD CUT 2, 'KING PORTER STOMP'
JELLY ROLL MORTON
PUB NOT SPEC
JAZZHEAD HEAD107
http://www.jazzhead.com
SAM ANNING, ALLAN BROWNE, MARC HANNAFORD - 'HOMAGE'
2: 10 ( excerpt )
AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR: Sam's double bass, Allan's drums & Marc's piano, with a fresh, genuinely-improvisatory treatment of an early jazz classic,. It was penned by the New Orleans man who claimed he'd invented the genre. This begins & ends by harking to 'back then.' In the middle, this trio is 'right now.'

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Credits

Allen Toussaint Bright Mississippi

Presenter
Doug Spencer
Producer
Doug Spencer