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:  Alligator Bogaloo  (2019)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP:

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Alligator Bogaloo  (6:57)

 2.  One Cylinder  (6:49)

 3.  The Thang  (3:35)

Side 2:

 1.  Aw Shucks  (7:23)

 2.  Rev. Moses  (6:28)

 3.  I Want A Little Girl  (4:29)

Personnel:

Lou Donaldson:  Alto Saxophone

Melvin Lastie:  Cornet on Tracks:  1-5

Lonnie Smith:  Organ

George Benson:  Guitar

Leo Morris:  Drums 

Alligator Bogaloo is an album by Lou Donaldson, originally released on August 1967 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 9, 2019 by Blue Note, featuring Melvin Lastie, Lonnie Smith, George Benson and Leo Morris.