Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi

If this blog is mostly about old vinyl, why is my first record-related post about a new-vinyl release? Because it's what I'm listening to write now.

Allen Toussaint's latest, on 2 vinyl records on Nonesuch, is a lovely, brilliant recording, and the music is very satisfying. It's new and modern, but it's right where I am right now in my interests: Early, New Orleans-inflected jazz.

My only complaint is the way the piano is recorded. Everything else sounds lovely -- woody, textured, real. But the Toussaint's Steinway sounds like an electric piano.

A small complaint about an excellent LP.