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Released
  
June 1970

Everything I Play is Funky (1970)
  
Pretty Things (1970)

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
38:51

Artist
  
Lou Donaldson

Producer
  
Francis Wolff

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz-funk

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Recorded
  
August 22, 1969 & January 9, 1970 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Lou Donaldson albums, Jazz albums

Everything I Play is Funky is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith, Melvin Sparks, Jimmy Lewis and Idris Muhammad and two tracks with Eddie Williams and Charles Earland replacing Mitchell and Smith.

Contents

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Reception

The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review by Steve Huey who states "Everything I Play Is Funky is easily one of the best examples of Lou Donaldson's commercially accessible period of the late '60s and early '70s. Donaldson's forays into funk and R&B-driven soul-jazz could sometimes sound stiff, but the grooves here — which feature many of the same players — are consistently limber and unforced. And, typical of the style, the grooves (not adventurous improvisation) are what make the album tick... This is the sort of record that modern-day Donaldson disciples like the Sugarman Three cherish, and one of his few truly consistent efforts in this style. Recommended wholeheartedly to funk and rare-groove fans".

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
  1. "Everything I Do Gon' Be Funky (From Now On)" (Allen Toussaint) - 5:31
  2. "Hamp's Hump" (Paul Hampton) - 6:40
  3. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 7:11
  4. "Donkey Walk" - 6:44
  5. "West Indian Daddy" - 6:30
  6. "Minor Bash" - 6:15

Recorded on August 22, 1969 (4-5) and January 9, 1970 (1-3 & 6).

  • Lou Donaldson - varitone alto saxophone, voice
  • Blue Mitchell (tracks 1-3 & 6), Eddie Williams (tracks 4 & 5) - trumpet
  • Lonnie Smith (tracks 1-3 & 6), Charles Earland (tracks 4 & 5) - Hammond organ
  • Melvin Sparks - guitar
  • Jimmy Lewis - Fender bass (tracks 1-3 & 6)
  • Idris Muhammad - drums
  • Production

  • Producer – Francis Wolff
  • Recording - Rudy Van Gelder
  • Cover design - Bob Venosa/ Havona
  • Cover design (reissue) – Patrick Roques
  • Photography - Charles Keddie
  • Songs

    1Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On)5:31
    2Hamp's Hump6:40
    3Over the Rainbow7:11

    References

    Everything I Play Is Funky Wikipedia