Toussaint (album)

Toussaint
Studio album by Allen Toussaint
Released	June 6, 1971
Recorded	Summer 1970
Genre	Funk, jazz
Length	34 min
Label	Sceptor, DJM
Producer	Allen Toussaint, Charles Greene
Allen Toussaint chronology
The Wild Sound of New Orleans (1958) Toussaint (1971) Life, Love and Faith (1972)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B

Toussaint (also known as From a Whisper to a Scream in some editions) is a 1971 solo funk, jazz and soul album by Allen Toussaint, his second solo album and his first since the 1950s.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Allen Toussaint unless otherwise indicated.

1. "From a Whisper To a Scream" – 3:27
2. "Chokin' Kind" (Harlan Howard) – 3:23
3. "Number Nine" – 3:37
4. "Either" – 2:52
5. "Sweet Touch of Love" – 3:20
6. "Working in a Coal Mine" – 3:13
7. "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky" – 3:12
8. "Louie" – 3:04
9. "What is Success" – 3:34
10. "Pickles" – 4:27
11. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Carel Rowe, Vince Guaraldi)

Personnel

• Allen Toussaint – piano and vocal
• Mac Rebennack – organ and guitar
• Terry Kellman – guitar
• Eddie Hohner – bass
• Freddie Staehle – drums
• John Boudreaux – drums
• Ed Greene – drums
• Clyde Kerr - trumpet
• Earl Turbinton - alto saxophone
• Frederic Kemp - tenor saxophone
• Merry Clayton - backing vocals
• Venetta Fields - backing vocals
• Dick Smith - artwork