Art Neville performs 'All These Things' with The Funky Meters and Allen Toussaint at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest in October 2015. The song was written by Toussaint and first recorded by Art in 1962. | WWOZ 90.7 FM New Orleans

Remembering #AllenToussaint on his birthday (January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) He was a very influential figure in New Orleans R&B from the 1950s and forward. Many musicians recorded Toussaint's compositions, including "Java", "Mother-in-Law", "I Like It Like That", "Fortune Teller", "Ride Your Pony", "Get Out of My Life Woman", "Working in the Coal Mine", "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky", "Here Come the Girls", "Yes We Can Can", "Play Something Sweet", and "Southern Nights". He was a produc

Celebrating #AllenToussaint on his birthday (Jan 14, 1938 – Nov 10, 2015) who was described as "one of popular music's great backroom figures." Quint Davis, producer of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival said,"In the pantheon of New Orleans music people, from Jelly Roll Morton to Mahalia Jackson to Fats—that's the place where Allen Toussaint is in." Here's just a few of the songs he wrote: "Whipped Cream", "Java", "Mother-in-Law", "I Like It Like That", "Fortune Teller", "Ride Your Pony",