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I’ve been back from the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for seven weeks. But the flavors of the city and the music of Frenchman Street and the various clubs around town have not left my brain. Here’s a little something funky for your weekend.

Lee Dorsey – Night People

For their two song “super jam” during Jazz Fest, the Funky Meters & Galactic joined forces with Corey Glover of Living Colour fame for a take on this Allen Toussaint song. Clearly it was a smashing success. Wednesday night in Brooklyn, Galactic & Corey reprised it with Warren Haynes on guitar. Lee Dorsey was original New Orleans Funk. Dig in those crates people.

Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama

This band has nothing to with Jazz Fest. In fact, they have more to do with gay New York City club culture. But the groove is infectious. And although I suspect it refers to a club, they mention New Orleans in the song. And the city’s name and the fact that it makes you shake your ass is really all that matters.

Robert Palmer – Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley

If you don’t know who Allen Toussaint is, then you’re missing out on the man who probably singlehandedly defined the sound of funky New Orleans that we’ve all come to love. But if you only know Robert Palmer as the guy with all the dancing models playing instruments behind him in his ’80s videos, then shame on you. Palmer who left us much too early was one of the great white soul voices. And his work on albums like the one that shared its title with this Allen Toussaint penned song combined The Meters with Lowell George, “Pretty” Purdie, Richard Tee, Cornell Dupree and Steve Winwood among others. READ ON for the rest of this mix’s tracklist…