WWOZ disk jockey David Kunian, who teaches jazz history at Tulane University, pointed out that one of the features that made Allen Toussaint's songs so endearing and enduring was wit. Though Toussaint ...

Bonnie Raitt performs on the Gentilly Stage during second Sunday of the New Orleans Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds, May 1, 2016. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) ((Photo by ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. To conclude our archive series R&B, Rockabilly and Early Rock 'n' Roll, we have the interview I recorded with Allen Toussaint, who was in our studio at the piano ...