Possum Head
1964 studio album by Lou Donaldson
Possum Head | ||||
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Studio album by Lou Donaldson | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | January 28, 1964 | |||
Studio | United Recording Studios, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Argo LP-734 | |||
Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
Lou Donaldson chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Possum Head is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Argo label in 1964 and performed by Donaldson with trumpeter Bill Hardman, organist “Big” John Patton, guitarist Ray Crawford, drummer Ben Dixon and percussionist Cleopas Morris.[2]
Reception
The album was awarded 4 stars in an Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny who states "Patton's sublimely funky grooves effectively sand away Donaldson's wooden edges to create rolling melodic contours... Donaldson circles around the hard-driving soul-jazz sensibilities of his later records but never quite commits, instead favoring lyrical solos well-matched to standards... An engaging and underrated record".[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
- "Possum Head" - 3:15
- "Laura" (David Raksin) - 4:42
- "Midnight Soul" - 4:57
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 6:28
- "Persimmon Tree" - 5:35
- "Frenesí" (Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup) - 6:15
- "Man with a Horn" (Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake) - 5:04
- "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:43
Personnel
- Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
- Bill Hardman - trumpet
- Ray Crawford - guitar
- Big John Patton - organ
- Ben Dixon - drums
- Cleopas "Mopedido" Morris - percussion
References
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- t
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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)