Released July 1958 Lou Takes Off
(1957) Blues Walk
(1958) Release date July 1958 Label Blue Note Records | Length 38:17 Artist Lou Donaldson Producer Alfred Lion Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded December 15, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack Similar Lou Donaldson albums, Jazz albums | ||
Lou Takes Off is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by a sextet also featuring Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Sonny Clark, Jamil Nasser, and Art Taylor. The album was awarded 4½ stars by Lee Bloom in an Allmusic review which stated "This recording marks a period in his development prior to a stylistic shift away from bop and toward a stronger rhythm and blues emphasis... Overall, Lou Takes Off breaks no new musical ground, but it is a solid, swinging session of high-caliber playing. According to Donaldson, Blue Note initially didn't like any of the album, "the conga drums or the new musicians."
Contents
Track listing
All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
- "Sputnik" - 10:05
- "Dewey Square" (Charlie Parker) - 7:16
- "Strollin' In" - 14:34
- "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 6:22
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Sputnik10:05
2Dewey Square7:16
3Strollin' In14:34