synffAllen Richard Toussaint was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer.
He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular music's great backroom figures." Many musicians recorded Toussaint's…
10 roots·7 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Allen Toussaint; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Professor Longhair, Bill Frisell, Duke Ellington, Rhiannon Giddens + 6 more
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6 releases·1978-2016
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1996
