Lou Donaldson - The Best of Lou Donaldson, Vol. 2

Lou Donaldson's late '60s albums have usually been disdained by jazz purists, yet the loose-limbed, soulful funk of those records (Say it Loud, Midnight Creeper, Mr. Shing-a-ling, Hot Dog) gained an audience in the '80s and '90s. Instead of jazz fans, dance and hip-hop fans latched on to these records, because they consisted of long, funky vamps -- the very thing that jazz purists criticized about the records. Truth be told, many of Donaldson's late '60s records were wildly uneven, which is why The Best Of Lou Donaldson, Vol. 2..... Read More