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Released
  
Early April 1960

The Time Is Right (1959)
  
Sunny Side Up (1960)

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
37:01

Artist
  
Lou Donaldson

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
October 31 & November 28, 1959 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Sunny Side Up, Light‑Foot, Here 'Tis, Gravy Train, Good Gracious!

The Time Is Right is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Horace Parlan, Laymon Jackson, Dave Bailey, and Ray Barretto with Sam Jones and Al Harewood replacing Jackson and Bailey on one track. The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review. It was released on CD only in Japan.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lou's Blues" (Donaldson) - 5:55
  2. "Be My Love" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) - 5:45
  3. "Idaho" (Jesse Stone) - 5:10
  4. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 4:42
  5. "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 5:17
  6. "Crosstown Shuffle" (Donaldson) - 5:15
  7. "Tangerine" - (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 4:57

Recorded on October 31 (tracks 1, 2, 4-7) and November 28 (track 3), 1959.

Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 4-7

  • Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
  • Horace Parlan - piano
  • Blue Mitchell - trumpet
  • Laymon Jackson - bass
  • Dave Bailey - drums
  • Ray Barretto - congas
  • Track 3

  • Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
  • Horace Parlan - piano
  • Blue Mitchell - trumpet
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Al Harewood - drums
  • Production

  • Alfred Lion - producer
  • Reid Miles - design
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
  • Francis Wolff - photography
  • Songs

    1Lou's Blues5:59
    2Be My Love5:46
    3Idaho5:11

    References

    The Time Is Right Wikipedia