American Tunes is the final recording from New Orleans jazz and R&B pianist Allen Toussaint . It includes music from a 2013 solo session at the pianist's home studio in New Orleans and an October 2015 session featuring musicians Bill Frisell, Charles Lloyd, Greg Leisz, Jay Bellerose, and David Piltch, with special guest vocalist Rhiannon Giddens and pianist Van Dyke Parks, recorded in Los Angeles the month before Toussaint died.
The album title is taken from the 1973 Paul Simon song "American Tune," which Toussaint performs on the album. Also included are songs written or recorded by Toussaint, Professor Longhair, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, and Fats Waller.



Allen Toussaint - American Tunes
Label: Nonesuch
Format: WEB, 14 files FLAC, Album, 24bit 96kHz HDtracks
Released: 2016
Genre: Jazz, Blues


Tracklist:

1 Delores' Boyfriend 03:34
2 Viper's Drag 03:18
3 Confessin' (That I Love You) 02:52
4 Mardi Gras In New Orleans 03:15
5 Lotus Blossom 04:20
6 Waltz For Debby 03:17
7 Big Chief 02:15
8 Rocks In My Bed 04:40
9 Danza, Op. 33 03:27
10 Hey Little Girl 02:38
11 Rosetta 04:10
12 Come Sunday 05:12
13 Southern Nights 03:33
14 American Tune 04:59


Personnel:

Allen Toussaint – piano and vocals
Jay Bellerose – drums and percussion
Bill Frisell – electric guitar
Greg Leisz – weissenborn
Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone
David Piltch – upright bass
Adam Levy – gut-string guitar
Cameron Stone – cello
Amy Shulman – harp
Rhiannon Giddens – vocals
Van Dyke Parks – second piano and orchestral arrangement