Lou Donaldson - The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club (1970) (1995)

Artist: Lou Donaldson
Title Of Album The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club
Year f Release: 1970/1995
Label (Catalog#) : Blue Note [CDP 531876]
Country: USA
Genre: Jazz / Soul Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 00:46:26
Full Size: 298mb(+3%)(covers)

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
This previously unreleased live set, which has been issued on Blue Note's Rare Groove Series, will bore anyone who listens closely. The repertoire is dominated by lengthy funk grooves that are quite danceable but never develop beyond the obvious. Altoist Lou Donaldson was using a baritone horn at the time that gave him a generic and unappealing tone, the obscure trumpeter Fred Ballard does his best to no avail and the enthusiastic rhythm section (guitarist Melvin Sparks, organist Leon Spencer, Jr., and drummer Idris Muhammad) keeps the grooves repetitious. Bob Porter's liner notes (which colorfully give readers the history of Newark jazz of the past 30 years) are superlative but, even with the inclusion of a fast blues, musically nothing much happens.

Tracks:
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1. "The Scorpion" (Leon Spencer) - 10:47
2. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 5:55
3. "Alligator Boogaloo" - 13:15
4. "The Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 4:15
Bonus track on CD:
5. "Peepin'" (Lonnie Smith) - 5:30
6. "Footpattin' Time" aka "Jump Up" - 6:50

Personnel:
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Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
Fred Ballard - trumpet
Leon Spencer - organ
Melvin Sparks - guitar
Idris Muhammad - drums

All thanks to original releaser