Wailing with Lou

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Wailing with Lou
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Studio album by
the Lou Donaldson Quintet
ReleasedJune 1957 [1]
RecordedJanuary 27, 1957
Studio Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length37:21
Label Blue Note
BLP 1545
Producer Alfred Lion
Lou Donaldson chronology
Quartet/Quintet/Sextet
(1952)
Wailing with Lou
(1957)
Swing and Soul
(1957)

Wailing with Lou is an album by the Lou Donaldson Quintet, recorded on January 27, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features trumpeter Donald Byrd and rhythm section Herman Foster, Peck Morrison and Art Taylor. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "There's nothing out of the ordinary here—just hard-driving bop and sensitive ballads, which are sure to please fans of the style." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson, except as noted.

Side 1

  1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 5:58
  2. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 6:22
  3. "That Good Old Feeling" – 6:52

Side 2

  1. "Move It" – 5:57
  2. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 6:54
  3. "L.D. Blues" – 5:18

Personnel

Lou Donaldson Quintet

Technical personnel

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References

  1. Billboard July 1, 1957
  2. Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 2, 2009.
  3. Allmusic Review
  4. Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2009.