Lou Donaldson -- Alligator Bogaloo ... LP
Blue Note, 1967.
Excellent funky work from Lou -- and a groundbreaking record that was the first to feature him playing on Blue Note with badass drummer Idris Muhammad -- who is listed on the session under his birth name, Leo Morris! Muhammad gives the album that crackling funky bottom sound that instantly defined Lou's later years at Blue Note -- a hard and heavy approach to soul jazz that's had incredible repercussions in the world of hip hop, as well as soul and funk. The rest of the group features soul jazz burners Lonnie Liston Smith on organ, Melvin Lastie on trumpet, and George Benson on guitar -- and the album includes the highly successful "Alligator Boogaloo" and my favorite "One Cylinder"(available on podcast to right>>>>).
Gratis
note; The cover features Peggy Moffitt, who was not only a top model and fashion designer in the sixties, but was married to popular jazz album photographer William Claxton.(also known for his book on Steve McQueen)
8/21/09
One Cylinder...and more
Lou Donaldson -- Alligator Bogaloo ... LP
Blue Note, 1967.
Excellent funky work from Lou -- and a groundbreaking record that was the first to feature him playing on Blue Note with badass drummer Idris Muhammad -- who is listed on the session under his birth name, Leo Morris! Muhammad gives the album that crackling funky bottom sound that instantly defined Lou's later years at Blue Note -- a hard and heavy approach to soul jazz that's had incredible repercussions in the world of hip hop, as well as soul and funk. The rest of the group features soul jazz burners Lonnie Liston Smith on organ, Melvin Lastie on trumpet, and George Benson on guitar -- and the album includes the highly successful "Alligator Boogaloo" and my favorite "One Cylinder"(available on podcast to right>>>>).
Gratis
note; The cover features Peggy Moffitt, who was not only a top model and fashion designer in the sixties, but was married to popular jazz album photographer William Claxton.(also known for his book on Steve McQueen)
