45 HORSEPOWER 7/24/23: Minit Records and Allen Toussaint PART ONE (1959-1963) New Orleans R&B

[PART ONE]

Rounder continues his look at New Orleans r&b through the story of the brief association between Minit Records, a small independent record label, and Allen Toussaint, one of the great musical visionaries America has had. The songs Toussaint wrote, performed and produced in this period helped carry New Orleans r&b into a new era, and sparked hit after hit across the country. For fans of Ernie K-Doe, pianos, saxophones, getting happy, Esquerita, barrelhouses, fake Fats Dominoes.