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░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: Lou Donaldson ▐▓▀▀
▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: Gravy Train ▀ ░
▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Genre........: Jazz ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Language.....: English ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: blue note ░▓░ █▓▌
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░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ playtime....: 54:23 min ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ rip.date....: Mar-14-2004 ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌
▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ str.date....: 000-00-1995 ░▓░ █▀ ░░▓▓▓ ▀▓
░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ ripper......: JusT TeaM ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀
▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ grabber.....: EAC v.0.95 prebeta 4 ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░
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▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ size........: 80,8 MB ░▒░ ░▓░ ░
▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ quality.....: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo ░ ▒
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▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀
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▓████▓▌ 01. gravy train 08:13 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. south of the border 05:31 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. polka dots & moonbeams 04:58 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. avalon 04:15 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. candy 09:17 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. twist time 06:47 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. glory of love 04:03 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. gravy train (alternate take) 07:30 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 09. glory of love (alternate take) 03:49 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Gravy Train is a fine, if not quite exceptional ▓▌
▓████▓▌ record from Lou Donaldson's initial soul-jazz phase ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of the early '60s. Actually, given the title and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the period in which it was recorded, the album ▓▌
▓████▓▌ isn't quite as greasy and funky overall as one ▓▌
▓████▓▌ might expect; most of the repertoire is devoted to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ pop ballads and mid-tempo standards, the latter of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ which tends to bring out more of the bop elements ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in Donaldson's playing. That's not true for the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ entire album, though; the title cut is a laid-back, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ conga-tinged, bluesy groover in the classic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Donaldson mold, even if it's a bit workmanlike. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Donaldson's longtime pianist, Herman Foster, is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ allotted quite a bit of solo space here, and he ▓▌
▓████▓▌ concentrates more on thick, rippling chords than ▓▌
▓████▓▌ single-note lines. For his part, Donaldson's ▓▌
▓████▓▌ playing is pleasant, and the rest of the supporting ▓▌
▓████▓▌ group maintains a steady groove throughout. All of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Donaldson's sessions from this period (Here 'Tis, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The Natural Soul, Good Gracious) have enough ▓▌
▓████▓▌ worthwhile moments for devoted fans, and that's ▓▌
▓████▓▌ true of Gravy Train as well, though casual fans ▓▌
▓████▓▌ probably won't find it necessary enough to track ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Lou Donaldson has long been an excellent bop ▓▌
▓████▓▌ altoist influenced by Charlie Parker, but with a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ more blues-based style of his own. His distinctive ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tone has been heard in a variety of small-group ▓▌
▓████▓▌ settings, and he has recorded dozens of worthy and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ spirited (if somewhat predictable) sets through the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ years. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Donaldson started playing clarinet when he was 15, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ soon switching to the alto. He attended college and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ performed in a Navy band while in the military. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Donaldson first gained attention when he moved to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ New York and in 1952 started recording for Blue ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Note as a leader. At the age of 25, his style was ▓▌
▓████▓▌ fully formed, and although it would continue ▓▌
▓████▓▌ growing in depth through the years, Donaldson had ▓▌
▓████▓▌ already found his sound. In 1954, he participated ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in a notable gig with Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Horace Silver and Tommy Potter that was extensively ▓▌
▓████▓▌ documented by Blue Note and that directly predated ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the Jazz Messengers. However, Donaldson was never a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ member of the Messengers, and although he recorded ▓▌
▓████▓▌ as a sideman in the 1950s and occasionally ▓▌
▓████▓▌ afterwards with Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Jimmy Smith, among others, he has been a bandleader ▓▌
▓████▓▌ from the mid-1950s up until the present. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Donaldson's early Blue Note recordings were pure ▓▌
▓████▓▌ bop. In 1958, he began often utilizing a conga ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ organist rather than a pianist. Donaldson's bluesy ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ association with Blue Note (1952-63) was succeeded ▓▌
▓████▓▌ by some excellent (if now-scarce) sets for Cadet ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and Argo (1963-66). The altoist returned to Blue ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ increasingly commercial leanings of the label. For ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a time, he utilized an electronic Varitone sax, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ which completely watered down his sound. The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ success of "Alligator Boogaloo" in 1967 led to a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ series of less interesting funk recordings that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ were instantly dated and not worthy of his talent. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ However, after a few years off records, Lou ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Donaldson's artistic return in 1981 and subsequent ▓▌
▓████▓▌ soul-jazz and hard bop dates for Muse, Timeless and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Milestone have found the altoist back in prime ▓▌
▓████▓▌ form, interacting with organists and pianists alike ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and showing that his style is quite timeless. ▓▌
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