LOU DONALDSON "BLUES WALK" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, RVG, LE, NE, SO, NEW/SEALED
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LOU DONALDSON "BLUES WALK"
2009 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER AND MASTERED AT ACOUSTECH BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE TAPE, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"LOU DONALDSON'S UNDISPUTED MASTERPIECE, "BLUES WALK", MARKS THE POINT WHERE THE ALTOIST BEGAN TO DECISIVELY MODIFY HIS HEAVY CHARLIE PARKER INFLUENCE AND ADD A SMOKEY, BLUESY FLAVOR OF HIS OWN. THE MATERIAL IS STILL FIRMLY IN THE BEBOP STYLE, AND THE MELLOWER MOMENTS AREN'T AS SLEEPY AS SOME OF DONALDSON'S SUBSEQUENT WORK, SO THE ALBUM SOUNDS VITAL AND DISTINCTIVE EVEN AS IT SLOWS DOWN AND LOOSENS THINGS UP. WHAT ELEVATES "BLUES WALK" TO CLASSIC STATUS IS ITS INVITING WARMTH. DONALDSON'S SWEETLY SINGING HORN IS MELODIC THROUGHOUT THE SIX SELECTIONS, MAKING EVEN HIS MOST ADVANCED IDEAS SOUND UTTERLY GOOD-NATURED AND ACCESSIBLE. THE EASY-SWINGING TITLE CUT IS ARGUABLY DONALDSON'S SIGNATURE TUNE EVEN ABOVE HIS LATE 60'S SOUL-JAZZ HITS, AND HIS OTHER TWO ORIGINALS, "PLAY RAY" AND "CALLIN' ALL CATS", ARE IN LARGELY THE SAME VEIN."
1) BLUES WALK 2) MOVE 3) THE MASQUERADE IS OVER 4) PLAY RAY 5) AUTUMN NOCTURNE 6) CALLIN' ALL CATS
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