Rough House Blues
1965 studio album by Lou Donaldson
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| Studio album by Lou Donaldson | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | December 1964 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Cadet | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
| Lou Donaldson chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Rough House Blues is an album by jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Cadet label in 1964 and performed by Donaldson with an octet conducted and arranged by Oliver Nelson.[2]
The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review by Ron Wynn who calls it Donaldson's "Best and most ambitious of mid-60s Argo albums".[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
- "Tippin' In" (Bobby Smith, Marty Symes) - 4:50
- "L.D. Blues" - 3:10
- "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 4:25
- "Ignant Oil" - 4:50
- "Rough House Blues" - 6:30
- "Back Talk" - 4:01
- "Huffin' 'N' Puffin'" - 5:30
- Recorded in NYC December, 1964.
Personnel
- Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
- Dave Burns, Ernie Royal - trumpet
- Phil Woods - alto saxophone
- Bob Ashton - tenor saxophone
- Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
- Lloyd Mayers Jr. - Hammond organ
- Richard Davis - bass
- Grady Tate - drums
- Oliver Nelson - conductor, arranger
References
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- t
- e
- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952)
- Wailing with Lou (1957)
- Swing and Soul (1957)
- Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
- Lou Takes Off (1957)
- Blues Walk (1958)
- Light-Foot (1958)
- LD + 3 (1959)
- The Time Is Right (1959)
- Sunny Side Up (1960)
- Midnight Sun (1960)
- Here 'Tis (1961)
- Gravy Train (1961)
- A Man With a Horn (1961)
- The Natural Soul (1962)
- Good Gracious! (1963)
- Signifyin' (1963)
- Possum Head (1964)
- Cole Slaw (1964)
- Rough House Blues (1964)
- Musty Rusty (1965)
- Blowing in the Wind (1966)
- Lou Donaldson at His Best (1966)
- Lush Life (1967)
- Alligator Bogaloo (1967)
- Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
- Midnight Creeper (1968)
- Say It Loud! (1968)
- Hot Dog (1969)
- Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)
- Pretty Things (1970)
- Cosmos (1971)
- Sophisticated Lou (1972)
- Sassy Soul Strut (1973)
- Sweet Lou (1974)
- A Different Scene (1976)
- Color as a Way of Life (1976)
- Sweet Poppa Lou (1981)
- Forgotten Man (1981)
- Back Street (1982)
- Play the Right Thing (1990)
- Birdseed (1992)
- Caracas (1993)
- Sentimental Journey (1995)
- Fried Buzzard (1965)
- The Scorpion (1970)
- Live in Bologna (1984)
- Relaxing at Sea: Live on the QE2 (2000)
