Sassy Soul Strut
1973 studio album by Lou Donaldson
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| Studio album by Lou Donaldson | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | April 17 & 18, 1973 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | George Butler | |||
| Lou Donaldson chronology | ||||
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Sassy Soul Strut is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label featuring Donaldson with Thad Jones, Garnett Brown, Seldon Powell, Buddy Lucas, Paul Griffin, Horace Ott, Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, John Tropea, Wilbur Bascomb, Bernard Purdie, Omar Clay, and Jack Jennings, with arrangements by George Butler.[2]
The album was awarded 2½ stars in an AllMusic review by Jason Ankeny who stated "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".[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
- "Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)" (Quincy Jones) - 7:00
- "Pillow Talk" (Michael Burton, Sylvia Robinson) - 4:52
- "Sassy Soul Strut" - 5:00
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 2:32
- "City, Country, City" - 9:10
- "This Is Happiness" (Tadd Dameron) - 5:19
- "Inner Space" - 6:58
- Recorded at Generation Sound Studios, NYC on April 17, 1973 (tracks 1, 6 & 7) and April 18, 1973 (tracks 2-5).
Personnel
- Lou Donaldson - varitone alto saxophone
- Thad Jones - trumpet
- Garnett Brown - trombone
- Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, flute
- Buddy Lucas - harmonica
- Paul Griffin - piano, electric piano, organ
- Horace Ott - electric piano
- Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, John Tropea - electric guitar
- Wilbur Bascomb - electric bass
- Bernard Purdie - drums
- Omar Clay, Jack Jennings - percussion
- George Butler - arranger
References
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- 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)
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