Compact disc

Notes by Joe Henry on insert

Allen Toussaint, piano, and vocals on "Long, long journey" ; Don Byron, clarinet ; Nicholas Payton, trumpet ; Marc Ribot, guitar ; David Piltch, bass ; Jay Bellerose, drums, percussion ; special guests: Brad Mehldau, piano on "Winin' boy blues" ; Joshua Redman, tenor saxophone on "Day dream."

Recorded March 19-22, 2008, Avatar Studios, New York

Egyptian fantasy / Sidney Bechet, John Reid -- Dear old Southland / Raymond Bloch -- St. James Infirmary -- Singin' the blues / J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad -- Winin' boy blues / Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton -- West end blues / Joe Oliver, Clarence Williams -- Blue drag / Django Reinhardt -- Just a closer walk with Thee -- Bright Mississippi / Thelonious Monk -- Day dream / Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn -- Long, long journey / Leonard Feather -- Solitude / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange