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Recorded at Jazz City Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana. Includes liner notes by Clive Anderson. All songs written by Allen Toussaint. As a musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer, Allen Toussaint has been a key figure in New Orleans music since the 1960s. His 1972 solo release, LIFE, LOVE AND FAITH (his Warner/Reprise debut), shows his talent in full flower. Toussaint blends all the best elements of New Orleans R&B (many of which he helped shape and refine), including swampy funk, second-line boogie, Professor Longhair-styled R&B, and touches of jazz. But Toussaint's far more than a sculptor of grooves: he is a singer-songwriter with a wide compositional palette that encompasses ballads, smooth soul, and psychedelia, as well as tasty jams. LIFE, LOVE AND FAITH is one of the finest from this Big Easy legend.
