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Lou Donaldson, A Man with a Horn

Audio CD

Disk ID: 251576

Disk length: 55m 53s (9 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1963

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Misty 8:32
2. Hipty Hop 5:46
3. Please 6:09
4. My Melancholy Baby 6:31
5. Man With A Horn 5:49
6. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 4:24
7. Prisoner Of Love 5:12
8. Soul Meetin' 7:13
9. Star Dust 6:11

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Review

Compiled from two previously unreleased sessions (with the exception of "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White," previously released in Japan), the music on A Man with a Horn spotlights both the lushness and the soulfulness that characterize the sound of alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson. An artist who managed to elude the immense shadow cast by Charlie Parker, Donaldson was a leading figure during the bluesy, hard-bop movement of the mid-1950s and a fixture in funky organ combos during the early '60s. This CD alternates between tracks recorded in 1961 at a quartet date with guitarist Grant Green and organist Jack McDuff and a 1963 quintet date with Green, trumpeter Irvin Stokes, and organist Big John Patton. Six of the nine selections are ballads and include a diaphanous version of Erroll Garner's "Misty" and a dreamy interpretation of Hoagy Carmichael's "Star Dust." Donaldson's up-tempo blues "Hipty Hop," which features muted growls by Stokes, and a swinging rendition of "My Melancholy Baby" add some spice to the set. --Mitchell Feldman

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