Lou Donaldson, Midnight Creeper, 1968 on Blue Note

Donaldson joined here by Leo Morris (drums), George Benson (guitar), Lonnie Smith (organ) and Blue Mitchell (trumpet). Very groovy soul-jazz LP from late sixties Blue Note.

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs and produced by Francis Wolff.

My copy—via Amazon—is the Blue Note Tone Poet reissue from 2024, mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI.

Lou Donaldson Quintet - Wailing with Lou

1957 release from Donaldson (alto), recently re-released by Blue Note for the Tone Poet Society, and remastered by Kevin Grey.

This very enjoyable album starts with a huge burst of energy (Ellington's Caravan), and moves through a set of bop and hard-bop tunes, all played with verve and style.

Features Donald Byrd (trumpet), Herman Foster (piano), Peck Morrison (bass), and Art Taylor (drums).

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Lou Donaldson, The Natural Soul, 1963 on Blue Note

Another album from the excellent Story of Blue Note Records VMP Anthology, this came five years after Blues Walk, and features Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon, and Tommy Turrentine (brother of Stanley).

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in his Englewood Cliffs NJ studio and produced by Alfred Lion.

My copy is part of the 2024 reissue of the 2019 Vinyl Me Please Anthology.

Mr. Shing-a-Ling is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, recorded on October 27, 1967 and released on Blue Note in January 1968. The quintet features trumpeter Blue Mitchell, organist Lonnie Smith, guitarist Jimmy Ponder, and drummer Idris Muhammad (born Leo Morris). - Wikipedia

Great funky soul jazz that has often been sampled, especially the opening cover of Ode To Billie Joe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVt7tzduq5w&list=RDXVt7tzduq5w&start_radio=1

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