Lou Donaldson

Artist:  Lou Donaldson
Born:  November 1, 1926.  Badin, North Carolina, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Bandleader, Musician, Composer, Saxophonist
Instruments:  Alto Saxophone

Lou Donaldson is an American Jazz Alto Saxophonist.  He is best known for his Soulful, Bluesy approach by playing the Alto Saxophone.  He was, as many were of the Bebop Era, heavily influenced by Charlie Parker.  He played with Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Horace Silver and Tommy Potter, he recorded as a sideman in the 50's and occasionally afterwards with Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson and Jimmy Smith.  He has been a Bandleader from the mid-'50s up until the present.

Title:  Gravy Train  (2007)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Gravy Train  (8:15)
 2.  South Of The Border  (5:32)
 3.  Polka Dots & Moonbeams  (5:00)
 4.  Avalon  (4:15)
 5.  Candy  (9:18)
 6.  Twist Time  (6:48)
 7.  Glory Of Love  (4:04)

Bonus Tracks:

 8.  Gravy Train (Alternate Take)  (7:31)
 9.  Glory Of Love (Alternate Take)  (3:49)

Personnel:

Lou Donaldson:  Alto Saxophone
Herman Foster:  Piano
Ben Tucker:  Bass
Dave Bailey:  Drums
Alec Dorsey:  Congas on Tracks:  1, 2, 4-9

Gravy Train is an album by Lou Donaldson, recorded for the Blue Note Label in 1961, was released on July, 1962 by Blue Note, and remastered and reissued on September 18,  2007 by Blue Note Records.