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As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of Alligator Bogaloo, Midnight Creeper succeeds where its predecessor, Mr. Shing-A-Ling failed: it offers a thoroughly enjoyable set of grooving, funky soul-jazz. The five songs -- including two originals by Donaldson and one each by Lonnie Smith (who also plays organ on the record), Teddy Vann, and Harold Ousley -- aren't particularly distinguished, but the vibe is important, not the material. And the band -- Donaldson, Smith, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist George Benson, and drummer Leo Morris -- strikes the right note, turning in a fluid, friendly collection of bluesy funk vamps. Donaldson could frequently sound stilted on his commercial soul-jazz dates, but that's not the case with Midnight Creeper. He rarely was quite as loose on his late-'60s/early-'70s records as he is here, and that's what makes Midnight Creeper a keeper.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Lou Donaldson, Composer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Teddy Vann, ComposerLyricist - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist - Lonnie Smith, ComposerLyricist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist - Harold Ousley, ComposerLyricist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of Alligator Bogaloo, Midnight Creeper succeeds where its predecessor, Mr. Shing-A-Ling failed: it offers a thoroughly enjoyable set of grooving, funky soul-jazz. The five songs -- including two originals by Donaldson and one each by Lonnie Smith (who also plays organ on the record), Teddy Vann, and Harold Ousley -- aren't particularly distinguished, but the vibe is important, not the material. And the band -- Donaldson, Smith, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist George Benson, and drummer Leo Morris -- strikes the right note, turning in a fluid, friendly collection of bluesy funk vamps. Donaldson could frequently sound stilted on his commercial soul-jazz dates, but that's not the case with Midnight Creeper. He rarely was quite as loose on his late-'60s/early-'70s records as he is here, and that's what makes Midnight Creeper a keeper.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 5 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:09
- Main artists: Lou Donaldson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
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