Lou Donaldson - Light Foot (Post #2)

This superb LP from alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson's early days on Blue Note was discussed in a post in March 2013. All the background and availability information is still relevant, so you can click here to read it.

The track contained in the previous post was the laid-back Day Dreams, which was put on the "B" side of a single to promote the album to jazz radio stations.

On the "A" side was a bluesy Donaldson original, Hog Maw. Again, as on Day Dreams (an original by the pianist on the session, Herman Foster), Blue Note managed to squeeze almost six minutes of music onto a 45. That's the source of the track you can listen to below.

Hog Maw



Here's something from Lou Donaldson's funk period in the late 1960s. Jazz purists scoffed at these recordings of course, but a lot of people dug them. This is from Mr. Shing-A-Ling (Blue Note, 1967).