Blues Walk

Not to be confused with Clifford Brown's 1954 composition "The Blues Walk".

Blues Walk
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released	1958
Recorded	July 28, 1958
Studio	Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note BLP 1593
Producer	Alfred Lion
Lou Donaldson chronology
Lou Takes Off (1957) Blues Walk (1958) Light-Foot (1958)

Blues Walk is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, recorded on July 28, 1958 and released on Blue Note later that year.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey called the album Donaldson's "undisputed masterpiece". ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lou Donaldson, except as noted.

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blues Walk"		6:44
2.	"Move"	Denzil Best	5:54
3.	"The Masquerade Is Over"	Herb Magidson Allie Wrubel	5:54

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Play Ray"		5:32
2.	"Autumn Nocturne"	Josef Myrow Kim Gannon	4:55
3.	"Callin' All Cats"		5:15

Personnel

Musicians

• Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
• Herman Foster – piano
• Peck Morrison – bass
• Dave Bailey – drums
• Ray Barretto – congas

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Ira Gitler – liner notes

Charts

2022 chart performance for Blues Walk

Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4]	98

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 389. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Huey, Steve. allmusic
4. "Offiziellecharts.de – Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 24, 2022.

External links

• The Hard Bop Homepage