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Quartet/Quintet/Sextet jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson featuring his earliest recordings as a leader on the Blue Note label performed by Donaldson's Quartet with Horace Silver , Gene Ramey and Art Taylor , his Quintet with Silver, Blue Mitchell , Art Blakey , and Percy Heath , and a Sextet with Heath, Blakey, Kenny Dorham , Matthew Gee , and Elmo Hope .[2] 10" LP , then as a 12" long-playing record , and finally as a CD with additional tracks added.
Review The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and states "While Donaldson's tone isn't quite as full as it would be within just five years, he impresses with his bold, speedy technique and fine phrasing. He doesn't play anything out of the ordinary, but he plays it very, very well, and his playing is enhanced by the three stellar bands that support him on these sessions... Everyone plays in a straight bop and hard bop tradition, contributing fine performances to a strong debut effort by Donaldson".[1]
Track listing All compositions by Lou Donaldson except where noted.
"Lou's Blues"
"Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin )
"Roccus" (Horace Silver)
"If I Love Again" (Ben Oakland )
"Down Home"
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" (Lew Brown , Buddy DeSylva , Ray Henderson )
"Sweet Juice" (Silver)
"Caracas"
"Moe's Bluff" Recorded at WOR Studios, NYC, June 20, 1952 (tracks 1-3) and November 19, 1952 (tracks 4-7) and Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 22, 1954 (tracks 8 & 9). Personnel Musicians Production References
Studio albums Live albums Related articles
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithLou WithPhilly WithSam WithJimmy WithHorace WithStanley With
Portrait of Cannonball Cannonball Adderley , 1958)Back to the Tracks Tina Brooks , 1960)Street Singer Jackie McLean , 1960)My Kind of Jazz Ray Charles , 1970)True Blue Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon , 1976)Silver Blue Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon , 1976)Dolo! Dolo Coker , 1976)California Hard Junior's Cookin' Junior Cook , 1961)Filthy! Papa John Creach , 1972)Red's Good Groove Red Garland , 1962)Green Is Beautiful Grant Green , 1970)Soul Mist! Richard "Groove" Holmes , 1966)Homecoming! Elmo Hope , 1961)Montara Bobby Hutcherson , 1975)The Soul Brotherhood Charles Kynard , 1969)The Blue Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef , 1968)Rakin' and Scrapin' Harold Mabern , 1968)Jazz Blues Fusion John Mayall , 1971)Ten Years Are Gone Les McCann Ltd. in New York Les McCann , 1961)Can't Hide Love Carmen McRae , 1976)Capuchin Swing Jackie's Bag Hi Voltage Hank Mobley , 1967)Captain Buckles David "Fathead" Newman , 1970)Opus De Don Don Patterson , 1968)Oh Baby! Big John Patton , 1965)Breezing Sonny Red , 1960)Images Good Move! Freddie Roach , 1963)Takin' Care of Business Charlie Rouse , 1960)Open House Jimmy Smith , 1960)Plain Talk Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass Sonny Stitt , 1962)Soul Time Bobby Timmons , 1960)Steppin' Out! Harold Vick , 1963)The Caribbean Suite Spectrum Cedar Walton , 1968)The Electric Boogaloo Song Beyond Mobius Money in the Pocket Joe Zawinul , 1966)
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
Blue Albums Art /The With
Introducing Nat Adderley Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver Dee Dee Bridgewater , 1994)Byrd's Eye View Donald Byrd , 1955)Whims of Chambers Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Al Cohn's Tones Al Cohn , 1950)Miles Davis, Volume 3 Miles Davis Quartet Blue Haze Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis All-Star Sextet Walkin' Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins Bags' Groove Quartet/Quintet/Sextet Lou Donaldson , 1952)Afro-Cuban Kenny Dorham , 1955)The Art Farmer Septet When Farmer Met Gryce Gigi Gryce , 1955)The Complete Roost Recordings Stan Getz , 1950–51)Nica's Tempo Disorder at the Border Coleman Hawkins , 1952)Milt Jackson Quartet Plenty, Plenty Soul Milt Jackson , 1957)The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 J.J. Johnson , 1955)Blowing in from Chicago Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore , 1957)Hank Mobley Quartet Hank Mobley Sextet Hank Mobley and His All Stars Hank Mobley Quintet J. R. Monterose Lee Morgan Indeed! Lee Morgan Sextet Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Clark Terry Selected
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