Lou Donaldson - The Midnight Creeper (1968) (eac-log-cover)

Lou Donaldson - The Midnight Creeper (1968)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 250MB

BN | 24-bit rem | rar +5% recovery

AMG:
As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of Alligator Bogaloo, Midnight Creeper succeeds where its predecessor, Mr. Shing-A-Ling failed: it offers a thoroughly enjoyable set of grooving, funky soul-jazz. The five songs -- including two originals by Donaldson and one each by Lonnie Smith (who also plays organ on the record), Teddy Vann, and Harold Ousley -- aren't particularly distinguished, but the vibe is important, not the material. And the band -- Donaldson, Smith, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist George Benson, and drummer Leo Morris -- strikes the right note, turning in a fluid, friendly collection of bluesy funk vamps. Donaldson could frequently sound stilted on his commercial soul-jazz dates, but that's not the case with Midnight Creeper. He rarely was quite as loose on his late-'60s/early-'70s records as he is here, and that's what makes Midnight Creeper a keeper.

Tracks:
-01. Midnight Creeper (06:32)
-02. Love Power (07:46)
-03. Elizabeth (05:37)
-04. Bag of Jawels (09:44)
-05. Dapper Dan (06:30)

Personnel:
Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone)
Blue Mitchell (trumpet)
Lonnie Smith (organ)
George Benson (guitar)
Idris Muhammad (drums)

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