The KCCK Featured CD for July is “American Tunes” by Allen Toussaint, whose work as a composer, producer, arranger, and performer, especially in the 1960s and ’70s, helped shape the sound of R&B, soul and funk as we know it today. The program is comprised of solo performances of Professor Longhair tunes and band arrangements of songs by Toussaint, Ellington, Fats Waller, Paul Simon and others. Sadly, the disc serves as the final recording from the New Orleans legend as he passed away last November. “American Tunes” is from Nonesuch Records. Click here to purchase the CD.