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    Allen Toussaint (1938-2015)
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    I woke this empty morning to the sudden departure of a great and good man. There will be many better, more comprehensive tributes today from musicians, music lovers and New Orleanians who knew him well, so don’t stop here without going further to celebrate Allen Toussaint’s life. I met him on only a handful occasions and then only in a professional setting; others can attest to so much more. But there are a couple of warm anecdotes that I treasure and that ought to be added to the day’s reflections on a gentle, giving soul and one of the finest composers who ever created American music. Source: The Audacity of (...)

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      New Orleans songwriter, musician Allen Toussaint dead at 77 - World Socialist Web Site

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      New Orleans songwriter, musician Allen Toussaint dead at 77
      By Hiram Lee
      12 November 2015

      The influential New Orleans songwriter and record producer Allen Toussaint died November 10 at the age of 77. On tour at the time of his death, Toussaint suffered a heart attack following a performance at the Teatro Lara in Madrid, Spain.

      Active since the late 1950s, Toussaint had experienced a career revival in recent years. He was touring and recording regularly and, after a lifetime behind the scenes, had begun to receive greater public recognition. A 2006 album with Elvis Costello, The River in Reverse, was a strong outing. The Bright Mississippi (2009) was an impressive tribute to (mostly) early New Orleans jazz. In 2013, he released Songbook, featuring new recordings of many of his classic rhythm and blues songs.

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