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This previously unreleased live set, which has been issued on Blue Note's Rare Groove Series, will bore anyone who listens closely. The repertoire is dominated by lengthy funk grooves that are quite danceable but never develop beyond the obvious. Altoist Lou Donaldson was using a baritone horn at the time that gave him a generic and unappealing tone, the obscure trumpeter Fred Ballard does his best to no avail and the enthusiastic rhythm section (guitarist Melvin Sparks, organist Leon Spencer, Jr., and drummer Idris Muhammad) keeps the grooves repetitious. Bob Porter's liner notes (which colorfully give readers the history of Newark jazz of the past 30 years) are superlative but, even with the inclusion of a fast blues, musically nothing much happens.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Kevin Reeves, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Bob Belden, Producer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist - L. Spencer Jr., Composer
℗ 1970 Capitol Records LLC
Johnny Mercer, Author - Kevin Reeves, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Bob Belden, Producer - David Raksin, Composer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Capitol Records LLC
Kevin Reeves, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Bob Belden, Producer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Capitol Records LLC
Kevin Reeves, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allie Wrubel, Composer - Francis Wolff, Producer - Bob Belden, Producer - Herb Magidson, Composer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Capitol Records LLC
Kevin Reeves, Producer - Francis Wolff, Producer - Bob Belden, Producer - Lou Donaldson, MainArtist - Lonnie O. Smith, Composer
℗ 1970 Capitol Records LLC
Kevin Reeves, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Bob Belden, Producer - Lou Donaldson, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Capitol Records LLC
Album review
This previously unreleased live set, which has been issued on Blue Note's Rare Groove Series, will bore anyone who listens closely. The repertoire is dominated by lengthy funk grooves that are quite danceable but never develop beyond the obvious. Altoist Lou Donaldson was using a baritone horn at the time that gave him a generic and unappealing tone, the obscure trumpeter Fred Ballard does his best to no avail and the enthusiastic rhythm section (guitarist Melvin Sparks, organist Leon Spencer, Jr., and drummer Idris Muhammad) keeps the grooves repetitious. Bob Porter's liner notes (which colorfully give readers the history of Newark jazz of the past 30 years) are superlative but, even with the inclusion of a fast blues, musically nothing much happens.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:19
- Main artists: Lou Donaldson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC
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