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Boxset / Compilation · 2002

Filed under Hard Bop
By LOU DONALDSON

Tracklist

Disc 1
1. Sputnik (10:02)
2. Dewey Square (7:15)
3. Strollin' In (14:35)
4. Groovin' High (6:22)
5. Three Little Words (6:16)
6. Smooth Groove (5:48)
7. Just Friends (5:09)
8. Blue Moon (3:01)
9. Jump Up (6:30)
10. Don't Take Your Love From Me (5:47)
11. Confirmation (5:32)

Total Time: 76:17

Disc 2
1. Dorothy (5:20)
2. I Won't Cry Anymore (4:18)
3. Herman's Mambo (4:50)
4. Peck Time (5:18)
5. There Will Never Be Another You (5:04)
6. Groove Junction (6:14)
7. Grits and Gravy (6:16)
8. There Will Never Be Another You (mono master) (7:18)
9. Blues Walk (6:32)
10. Move (5:51)
11. The Masquerade Is Over (5:50)
12. Play Ray (5:21)
13. Autumn Nocturne (4:52)
14. Callin' All Cats (5:14)

Total Time: 78:18

Disc 3
1. Light-Foot (5:32)
2. Hog Maw (false start) (1:15)
3. Hog Maw (6:19)
4. Mary Ann (6:42)
5. Green Eyes (5:19)
6. Walking by the River (5:36)
7. Day Dreams (4:59)
8. Stella by Starlight (5:49)
9. Jump Up (5:03)
10. Mary Ann (alternate take) (6:00)
11. Stella by Starlight (alternate take) (5:51)
12. Candy (6:12)
13. Midnight Sun (5:45)
14. Avalon (5:16)

Total Time: 75:38

Disc 4
1. The Squirrel (3:34)
2. Si Si Safronia (4:31)
3. Exactly Like You (5:03)
4. Dog Walk (4:23)
5. Gravy Train (8:16)
6. South of the Border (5:29)
7. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (4:56)
8. Avalon (4:13)
9. Candy (9:15)
10. Twist Time (6:44)
11. The Glory of Love (4:01)
12. Gravy Train (alternate take) (7:33)
13. The Glory of Love (alternate take) (3:48)

Total Time: 71:46

Disc 5
1. Caravan (5:56)
2. Old Folks (6:19)
3. That Good Old Feeling (6:49)
4. Move It (5:54)
5. There Is No Greater Love (6:52)
6. L.D. Blues (5:17)
7. Stella by Starlight (7:42)
8. L.D. Blues (fast version) (4:18)
9. Lou's Blues (5:55)
10. Be My Love (5:42)
11. Idaho (5:08)
12. The Nearness of You (4:39)

Total Time: 70:31

Disc 6
1. Mack the Knife (5:15)
2. Crosstown Shuffle (5:12)
3. Tangerine (4:56)
4. Blues for J.P. (5:37)
5. The Man I Love (5:12)
6. Politely (5:51)
7. It's You or No One (3:56)
8. The Truth (5:21)
9. Goos Grease (6:05)
10. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (6:33)
11. Way Down Upon the Swanee River (5:39)

Total Time: 59:37

Line-up/Musicians

Lou Donaldson, alto saxophone ; with, variously:
Donald Byrd, Blue Mitchell, Bill Hardman, trumpet ;
Curtis Fuller, trombone ;
Herman Foster, Sonny Clark, Gene Harris, Horace Parlan, piano ;
Peck Morrison, Jamil Nasser (George Joyner), Andrew Simpkins, Laymon Jackson, Sam Jones, George Tucker, Ben Tucker, bass ;
Art Taylor, Dave Bailey, Jimmy Wormsworth, Bill Dowdy, Al Harewood, drums ;
Ray Barretto, Alec Dorsey, conga

About this release

Mosaic Records / Blue Note / Capitol MD6-215 (US)

Recorded Jan. 27, 1957-Apr. 28, 1961 at Rudy Van Gelders's studio in Hackensack or Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Originally released 1957-1980 as Blue Note BLP 1545 (Wailing with Lou), BLP 1566/BST 81566 (Swing and Soul), BLP 1591 (Lou takes off), BLP 1593/BST 81593 (Blues walk), BLP 4012/BST 84012 (LD+3), BLP 4025/BST 84025 (The time is right), BLP 4036/BST 84036 (Sunny side up), BLP 4053/BST 84053 (Light-foot), BLP 4079/BST 84079 (Gravy train), LT 1028 (Midnight sun)