Lee Allen

Hits he produced, his original versions of future hits for others 50 key cuts from the New Orleans R&B titan! His Java and Whipped Cream (The Stokes; later the theme for The Dating Game ) join Young School Girl Fats Domino; Ernie K-Doe's smash Mother-In-Law; It's Raining Irma Thomas; Lipstick Traces Benny Spellman; Chris Kenner's big hit I Like It Like That; Wrong Number Allen Neville; Working in the Coal Mine; Yes We Can , and the title hit by Lee Dorsey; Sophisticated Cissy; Look-Ka Py Py Meters, and more.

Without Allen Toussaint's herculean musical contributions, New Orleans' crucial musical heritage would be a footnote confined to '50s Rock & Roll. As a producer, songwriter and artist, Toussaint defined the seminal NOLA funk genre, giving hits not only to favorite sons like Ernie K. Doe and Lee Dorsey, but to Labelle, Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart and many others. Lee Dorsey Sneakin' Sally From The Alley Curly Moore Don’t Pity Me Aaron Neville Hercules Eldridge Holmes Gone Gone Gone Maurice Williams How To Pick A Winner Betty Harris Bad Luck Erine K. Doe Here Comes The Girls Allen Toussaint Working In A Coalmine Benny Spellman If You Love Her The Rubaiyats Omar Khayyam Diamond Joe Wait A Minute Baby Etta James Wheel Of Fire Zilla Mayes All I Want Is You Warren Lee Star Revue Eldridge Holmes The Book Willie West Greatest Love Allen Toussaint We Are The People Ernie K. Doe So Good Lee Dorsey Yes We Can Etta James With You In MInd

Cellar Music Group is delighted to announce the release of The Artist, an introduction to the deeply-swinging world of bassist and multi-instrumentalist John Lee. Lee has become a first-call player on the Vancouver jazz scene, exuding an unerring swing-feel and a distinct tastefulness, radiating joy with his deeply soulful playing. The Artist stands as a document of Lee’s facility on the bass, and as a composer and arranger. The album captures the divine interplay of four masterful musicians, bassist John Lee, drummer Carl Allen, pianist Miles Black and tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds (featured on tracks 1, 7 & 8).

Antje Rux and Lee Santana venture on an unconventional spiritual journey in their latest release. They found inspiration for their song cycle in the poet Angelus Silesius, who made a particularly deeply felt religiosity the basis of his texts. The Breslau court composer Georg Joseph set the 200 poems of his Heiligen Seelenlust to music as early as the 17th century.

Antje Rux and Lee Santana venture on an unconventional spiritual journey in their latest release. They found inspiration for their song cycle in the poet Angelus Silesius, who made a particularly deeply felt religiosity the basis of his texts. The Breslau court composer Georg Joseph set the 200 poems of his Heiligen Seelenlust to music as early as the 17th century.

These dozen sides represent Allen Toussaint's earliest solo recordings for RCA Records circa 1958.