Fried Buzzard

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Fried Buzzard
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Live album by
Released1970
RecordedAugust 6–7, 1965
VenueBon Ton Club, Buffalo, New York
Genre Jazz
Length37:22
Label Cadet
LPS-842
Lou Donaldson chronology
Musty Rusty
(1965)
Fried Buzzard
(1970)
Blowing in the Wind
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Fried Buzzard is a live album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded at the Bon Ton Club in Buffalo, NY for the Cadet label in 1965 but not released until 1970. [3]

Contents

Reception

The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review. [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
  1. "Fried Buzzard" - 11:18
  2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:38
  3. "Peck Time" - 3:10
  4. "The Thang" - 8:11
  5. "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 6:02
  6. "Wee" (Denzil Best) - 3:03

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 390. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 11, 2009.
  4. Allmusic Review accessed December 11, 2009.