Sweet Poppa Lou
1981 studio album by Lou Donaldson
Sweet Poppa Lou | ||||
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Studio album by Lou Donaldson | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | January 7, 1981 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Muse | |||
Producer | Joe Fields | |||
Lou Donaldson chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Sweet Poppa Lou is a 1981 album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, his first recording for the Muse label, featuring Donaldson's quartet with Herman Foster, Calvin Hill, Idris Muhammad, and additional percussion on three tracks by Ralph Dorsey.[3]
Reception
The album was awarded three stars in an Allmusic review.[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Lou Donaldson except where noted
- "Mambo Inn" (Mario Bauzá, Edgar Sampson, Bobby Woodlen)
- "You'll Never Know" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
- "Mo' Gravy"
- "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
- "Shuckin' Blues"
- "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (Henry Nemo)
Personnel
- Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
- Herman Foster - piano
- Calvin Hill - bass
- Idris Muhammad - drums
- Ralph Dorsey - percussion (tracks 1-3)
References
- v
- t
- e
- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952)
- Wailing with Lou (1957)
- Swing and Soul (1957)
- Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
- Lou Takes Off (1957)
- Blues Walk (1958)
- Light-Foot (1958)
- LD + 3 (1959)
- The Time Is Right (1959)
- Sunny Side Up (1960)
- Midnight Sun (1960)
- Here 'Tis (1961)
- Gravy Train (1961)
- A Man With a Horn (1961)
- The Natural Soul (1962)
- Good Gracious! (1963)
- Signifyin' (1963)
- Possum Head (1964)
- Cole Slaw (1964)
- Rough House Blues (1964)
- Musty Rusty (1965)
- Blowing in the Wind (1966)
- Lou Donaldson at His Best (1966)
- Lush Life (1967)
- Alligator Bogaloo (1967)
- Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
- Midnight Creeper (1968)
- Say It Loud! (1968)
- Hot Dog (1969)
- Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)
- Pretty Things (1970)
- Cosmos (1971)
- Sophisticated Lou (1972)
- Sassy Soul Strut (1973)
- Sweet Lou (1974)
- A Different Scene (1976)
- Color as a Way of Life (1976)
- Sweet Poppa Lou (1981)
- Forgotten Man (1981)
- Back Street (1982)
- Play the Right Thing (1990)
- Birdseed (1992)
- Caracas (1993)
- Sentimental Journey (1995)
- Fried Buzzard (1965)
- The Scorpion (1970)
- Live in Bologna (1984)
- Relaxing at Sea: Live on the QE2 (2000)