Allen Toussaint, piano, and vocals on "Long, long journey" ; Don Byron, clarinet ; Nicholas Payton, trumpet ; Marc Ribot, guitar ; David Piltch, bass ; Jay Bellerose, drums, percussion ; special guests: Brad Mehldau, piano on "Winin' boy blues" ; Joshua Redman, tenor saxophone on "Day dream." Recorded Mar. 19-22, 2008, Avatar Studios, New York. Compact disc. Notes by Joe Henry in container.
Contents:
Solitude / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange. Dear old Southland / Raymond Bloch -- St. James Infirmary -- Singin' the blues / J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad -- Winin' boy blues / Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton -- West end blues / Joe Oliver, Clarence Williams -- Blue drag / Django Reinhardt -- Just a closer walk with Thee -- Bright Mississippi / Thelonious Monk -- Day dream / Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn -- Long, long journey / Leonard Feather -- Solitude / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange.
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