This was the Sterophile "Recording of the Month" for July 2009. This is a great recording and you can read the review at www.stereophile.com.
Allen Toussaint album: The Bright Mississippi
I just wanted to call attention this 2009 album I heard on the radio today. Very beautiful music that I find too little of.
From allmusic:
including clarinetist Don Byron, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, guitarist Marc Ribot and, on a track a piece, pianist Brad Mehldau and saxophonist Joshua Redman -- to support the pianist (Toussaint) on a run through jazz standards ranging from Duke Ellington and Django Reinhardt to Louis Armstrong and Thelonious Monk, whose 1963 classic provides the album its title.
Give it a listen and enjoy!
Phil
From allmusic:
including clarinetist Don Byron, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, guitarist Marc Ribot and, on a track a piece, pianist Brad Mehldau and saxophonist Joshua Redman -- to support the pianist (Toussaint) on a run through jazz standards ranging from Duke Ellington and Django Reinhardt to Louis Armstrong and Thelonious Monk, whose 1963 classic provides the album its title.
Give it a listen and enjoy!
Phil