At the end of 2015, New Orleans drumming authority Stanton Moore was preparing to record a new album with his longtime musical partners David Torkanowsky and James singleton. Weeks before the trio was set to record, they received the unfortunate news that Allen Touissant had suddenly passed away while on tour in Spain. “I instantly felt a need to pay tribute to his indelible musical legacy-“ said Moore, realizing that an entire group of artists had just lost the soundtrack to their beloved home of New Orleans. 

Moore wasn’t exactly sure how the collection of songs would turn out once they had started recording at Parlor Studios- fortunately one of the great things about working in New Orleans is the vast pool of talented musicians to pull from. Moore first recruited special guests NIcholas Payton, Donald Harrison Jr. and Trombone Shorty to play together. Once the foundation for the songs was set, vocalists Cyril Neville, Kiki Phillips and Erica Falls were called upon to deliver a voice to the album. As everything developed he added Eric “Benny” Bloom, Skerik, Mark Mullins, Aaron Fletcher on horns and Mike Dillon on percussion as well. The end result is a special record that pays tribute to a musical legend in Allen Toussaint- one that Stanton Moore is ready to share with the world. 

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