Wailing With Lou

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Wailing With Lou
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1957[1]
RecordedJanuary 27, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length37:21
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1545
ProducerAlfred Lion
Lou Donaldson chronology
Quartet/Quintet/Sextet
(1952)
Wailing With Lou
(1957)
Swing and Soul
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Wailing With Lou is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson released on the Blue Note label in 1957 featuring performances by Donaldson's Quintet with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Herman Foster, bassist Peck Morrison and drummer Art Taylor.[3]

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated: "There's nothing out of the ordinary here — just hard-driving bop and sensitive ballads, which are sure to please fans of the style".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson, except as indicated
  1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 5:58
  2. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 6:22
  3. "That Good Old Feeling" - 6:52
  4. "Move It" - 5:57
  5. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 6:54
  6. "L.D. Blues" - 5:18

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Billboard July 1, 1957
  2. ^ Allmusic Review
  3. ^ Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 2, 2009.
  4. ^ Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2009.