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A Man With a Horn

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Released
  
October 19, 1999

Length
  
55:48

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Recorded
  
September 25, 1961 and June 7, 1963Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Label
  
Blue NoteBlue Note 21436

A Man With a Horn is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson featuring sessions recorded for the Blue Note label in 1961 and 1963 (but not released until 1999), one performed by Donaldson with Brother Jack McDuff, Grant Green and Joe Dukes, and one with Grant Green, Irvin Stokes, Big John Patton and Ben Dixon.

Contents

The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review by Al Campbell, who states "This is a mainly mellow affair with six of the nine tracks exchanging the hard bop and soul-jazz of the times for ballads and slow blues. However, the occasional up-tempo funky surprise does pop up".

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
  1. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) – 8:32
  2. "Hippity Hop" – 5:46
  3. "Please" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:09
  4. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) – 6:31
  5. "The Man With The Horn" (Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake – 5:49
  6. "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" (Louis Guglielmi) – 4:24
  7. "Prisoner of Love" (Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin) – 5:12
  8. "Soul Meetin' " – 7:13
  9. "Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 6:12

Recorded on September 25, 1961 (#1, 3, 5, 7, 9) and June 7, 1963 (#2, 4, 6, 8).

Personnel

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

  • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Joe Dukes – drums

    • Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8

  • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
  • Irvin Stokes – trumpet
  • Big John Patton – organ
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Ben Dixon – drums

    • References

    A Man With a Horn Wikipedia
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