Allen Toussaint

Acting

Allen Toussaint

Born — Died

1938-01-14 — 2015-11-10

Place of birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

19 titles

Known for

Later... with Jools Holland poster
5.9

Later... with Jools Holland is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland.

Later... with Jools Holland

1992

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue poster
NR

Jon Brewer examines the history of blues music in America, marrying startling imagery and expert interviews with archival performances to fill in the gaps about the music itself, its origins and the impact it had and continues to have on popular music today.

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

2017

Eve's Bayou poster
6.5

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.

Eve's Bayou

1997

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music poster
8.0

Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip hop dominating the world's charts. It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts. Together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged white hegemony, helped break down segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality. This new six-part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway, Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of soul music - with a fascinating combination of rare archive footage and over 100 contemporary interviews. The movers and shakers from the world of soul – such as James Brown, Mary J Blige, Beyoncé and Martha Reeves, - plus some often overlooked talent, track the music that shaped our lives.

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

2005

Hurricane on the Bayou poster
5.7

The film "Hurricane on the Bayou" is about the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane on the Bayou

2006

Make It Funky! poster
7.0

Make It Funky! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.

Make It Funky!

2005

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

Cyndi Lauper: To Memphis With Love poster
NR

This concert taped at The Warehouse in Memphis and featuring special guests including Allen Toussaint, Tracy Nelson and Jonny Lang, serves as Cyndi's love letter to the blues and the city that she has fallen in love with. To Memphis, With Love will feature special, live concert performances of songs from Lauper's latest album, 2010's Grammy-nominated, best-selling blues album of 2010, Memphis Blues, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart and held the top spot for 14 weeks.

Cyndi Lauper: To Memphis With Love

2011

Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance poster
5.7

Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance, the first-ever documentary portrait of one of the greatest musicians and songwriters of our time. Assured of Costello’s full collaboration, exclusive access to his extensive archive and with the full participation of his record company, the film is a definitive portrait of a major music icon.

Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance

2013

Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia poster
10.0

Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music Of Jerry Garcia was recorded live at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia Maryland on Thursday, May 14, 2015. This historic one-night concert event honored the music of Jerry Garcia, one of the most influential musicians and cultural icons of our time. The two and half hour concert film and available audio recordings feature over 20 once-in-a-lifetime performances from this momentous event by Phil Lesh & Communion, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann's Billy & the Kids, Mickey Hart, Eric Church, Jimmy Cliff, The Disco Biscuits, Peter Frampton, David Grisman, Jorma Kaukonen, Los Lobos, Buddy Miller, Moe., O.A.R., Grace Potter, Allen Toussaint, Trampled By Turtles, Widespread Panic, and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia

2016

Jimmy Buffett & Friends: Live from the Gulf Coast poster
NR

Free concert in Gulf Shores, Alabama filmed for Country Music Television (CMT).

Jimmy Buffett & Friends: Live from the Gulf Coast

2010

2000s · 8 titles

Hurricane on the Bayou poster
5.7

The film "Hurricane on the Bayou" is about the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane on the Bayou

2006

Make It Funky! poster
7.0

Make It Funky! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.

Make It Funky!

2005

The New Orleans Concert: The Music of America's Soul poster
NR

Captured in state-of-the-art High Definition and mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, The New Orleans Concert ignites a massive celebration of Big Easy music past and present - redolent in jazz, rollicking piano renditions, classic rhythm and blues, contemporary funk and rock & roll, all as steamy as a sweltering Delta summer's evening. New Orleans' legends, including Allen Toussaint, The Neville Brothers, and legendary drummer Earl Palmer, are joined by Steve Jordan, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards and Joss Stone to create this extraordinary musical extravaganza, reminding the world once again that New Orleans is far more than just one nation's treasure.

The New Orleans Concert: The Music of America's Soul

2006

The Legends of New Orleans : The music of Fats Domino poster
9.0

The hits come fast and furious in this 2001 performance by Antoine "Fats" Domino at the Jazz and Heritage Festival in his hometown of New Orleans. Well, maybe not that fast; Fats's style was never what you'd call exactly frenetic, and he was well into his seventies at the time of this show. But there are a whole lot of hits--"I'm Walkin'," "Blueberry Hill," "Walking to New Orleans," "My Blue Heaven," etc.--and they're just as irresistible as ever, with Domino and band (including a full horn section) in top form as they deliver their brew of R&B, rock & roll, and country music with its distinctively rollicking New Orleans vibe. Aside from the 60-minute concert, the DVD features interviews with Fats, Allen Toussaint (himself a legendary New Orleans musician and producer), author/music journalist Mikal Gilmore, and others, plus a minute or two of Domino and Toussaint jamming at the piano

The Legends of New Orleans : The music of Fats Domino

2003

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade poster
7.5

"Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade", released December 5, 2006, captures that tour's scintillating concert in Montreal, Canada, spotlighting songs from the album as well as other Elvis Costello gems spanning four decades, from "Watching The Detectives" and "Pump It Up" to lesser-known songs, most of them given special arrangements by Allen Toussaint.

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade

2006

Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans poster
7.7

Two years after a harrowing rescue from Hurricane Katrina, music legend Fats Domino headlined a 2007 benefit concert for New Orleans hometown, performing hits to an adoring audience. The special captures Domino's triumphant return to the stage and provides an up-close, biographical look at Domino's storied career.

Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans

2008

New Orleans Concert - The Music of Americas Soul poster
5.5

An extraordinary gathering of top musical stars appears in this live concert, celebrating the musical heritage of New Orleans. Aaron Neville and The Neville Brothers, Keith Richards, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, The Dirty Dozen Band, The Dixie Cups, and others appear; songs include "Fire on the Bayou," "Southern Nights," "Chapel of Love," "Trick Bag," "Tiptina," and many more.

New Orleans Concert - The Music of Americas Soul

2006

Putting the River in Reverse poster
NR

Music legend Elvis Costello journeys to New Orleans to celebrate the songbook and spirit of the hurricane-battered city's Renaissance man, Allen Toussaint.

Putting the River in Reverse

2006

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