Lou Donaldson – Say It Loud! – Blue Note Classic LP

Description

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series!
180g Vinyl LP!
Mastered by Kevin Gray from Original Analog Tapes!
Pressed at Optimal!

Lou Donaldson had been a Blue Note stalwart since his earliest recordings in 1952 and over the following 15 years produced numerous classic dates spanning bebop, hard bop, and soul jazz. But when the alto saxophonist hooked up with the funky drummerLeo Morris(akaIdris Muhammad) for 1967’sAlligator Bogalooit began a run of great groove-oriented albums includingMr. Shing-A-Ling,Midnight Creeper, and 1968’sSay It Loud. Filling out the band were Donaldson’s fellow Blue Note labelmate trumpeterBlue Mitchell,organistCharles Earland,and guitaristJimmy Ponderon this emphatic session which opens with a firmly in-the-pocket version of James Brown’s “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud).” Side 1 also includes deeply soulful versions of Gershwin’s “Summertime” and Ellington’s “Caravan” followed by the hard-grooving numbers “Snake Bone” and “Brother Soul” which fill out Side 2.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Features

• Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
• 180g Vinyl LP
• All-Analog Pressing
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Analog Tapes
• Manufactured at Optimal in Germany

Musicians

Selections

Side I:

1. Say It Loud I’m Black and Proud
2. Summertime
3. Caravan

Side II:

1. Snake Bone
2. Brother Soul