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Sassy Soul Strut pairs Lou Donaldson with arranger George Butler to create a smooth, unabashedly commercial session some distance removed from the saxophonist's classic soul-jazz efforts. Emphasizing electric instruments and radio-friendly rhythms, the album nevertheless plays to Donaldson's strengths, focusing more on mood and texture and less on funk. Opening with a gutbucket rendition of Quincy Jones immortal "The Streetbeater" (far better known as the theme to television's Sanford and Son), Sassy Soul Strut quickly settles comfortably into a light, accessible mode too lively to dismiss as smooth jazz but too mellow to pass as anything else. Butler's arrangements haven't dated particularly well, but the record's too innocuous and good-natured to qualify as an outright failure. It's simply forgettable, nothing more and nothing less.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - David Spinozza, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh McCracken, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Lucas, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Griffin, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Tropea, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony May, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Lou Donaldson, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Omar Clay, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Q. Jones III, Composer - Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Blue Note Records
Sylvia Robinson, Composer - Michael Burton, Composer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - David Spinozza, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh McCracken, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Lucas, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Griffin, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Tropea, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony May, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Lou Donaldson, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Omar Clay, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Blue Note Records
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - David Spinozza, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh McCracken, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Lucas, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Griffin, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Tropea, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony May, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Lou Donaldson, Composer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Omar Clay, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - David Spinozza, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh McCracken, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Lucas, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Griffin, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Tropea, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ervin Drake, ComposerLyricist - Tony May, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Lou Donaldson, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - DAN FISHER, ComposerLyricist - Omar Clay, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Irene Higginbotham, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Blue Note Records
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - David Spinozza, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh McCracken, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Lucas, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Griffin, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Tropea, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony May, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Lou Donaldson, Composer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Omar Clay, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Blue Note Records
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - David Spinozza, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh McCracken, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Lucas, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Griffin, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Tropea, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tadd Dameron, Composer - Tony May, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Lou Donaldson, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Omar Clay, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Blue Note Records
Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - David Spinozza, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh McCracken, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Ott, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Lucas, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Griffin, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Tropea, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony May, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Lou Donaldson, Composer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Omar Clay, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Blue Note Records
Album review
Sassy Soul Strut pairs Lou Donaldson with arranger George Butler to create a smooth, unabashedly commercial session some distance removed from the saxophonist's classic soul-jazz efforts. Emphasizing electric instruments and radio-friendly rhythms, the album nevertheless plays to Donaldson's strengths, focusing more on mood and texture and less on funk. Opening with a gutbucket rendition of Quincy Jones immortal "The Streetbeater" (far better known as the theme to television's Sanford and Son), Sassy Soul Strut quickly settles comfortably into a light, accessible mode too lively to dismiss as smooth jazz but too mellow to pass as anything else. Butler's arrangements haven't dated particularly well, but the record's too innocuous and good-natured to qualify as an outright failure. It's simply forgettable, nothing more and nothing less.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:19
- Main artists: Lou Donaldson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1973 Blue Note Records ℗ 2014 Blue Note Records
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