Alligator Bogaloo
Alligator Bogaloo | ||||
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Studio album by Lou Donaldson | ||||
Released | August 1967[1] | |||
Recorded | April 7, 1967 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz, Soul Blues | |||
Length | 35:38 | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84263 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Lou Donaldson chronology | ||||
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Alligator Bogaloo is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1967 and featuring Donaldson with Melvin Lastie, Lonnie Smith, George Benson, and Leo Morris (later to be better known as Idris Muhammad).[2]
The success of the title track surprised Donaldson: "[W]e made the date and we were three minutes short. I said we don't have no more material. And the guy said just play anything for three minutes so we can fill out the time. So I just made the riff and naturally the guys could follow it. That's the only damn thing that sold on the record."[3]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
The album was awarded 4 stars in an Allmusic review by Al Campbell who states "Alligator Bogaloo is one example of Lou Donaldson's successful combinations of hard bop and soul-jazz".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as noted
- "Alligator Bogaloo" - 6:57
- "One Cylinder" (Freddie McCoy) - 6:48
- "The Thang" - 3:34
- "Aw Shucks!" (Lonnie Smith) - 7:23
- "Rev. Moses" - 6:27
- "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) - 4:29
Personnel
- Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
- Melvin Lastie - cornet (#1-5)
- Lonnie Smith - organ
- George Benson - guitar
- Leo Morris - drums
References
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- 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)