Midnight Creeper is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith, George Benson, and Leo Morris.[4]
| Midnight Creeper | ||||
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| Released | Late September/early October 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 15, 1968 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:09 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84280 | |||
| Producer | Francis Wolff | |||
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 LP full gatefold artwork | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Reception
editThe album was awarded 4 stars in an Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine who states "As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of Alligator Bogaloo, Midnight Creeper succeeds where its predecessor, Mr. Shing-A-Ling failed: it offers a thoroughly enjoyable set of grooving, funky soul-jazz... Donaldson could frequently sound stilted on his commercial soul-jazz dates, but that's not the case with Midnight Creeper. He rarely was quite as loose on his late-'60s/early-'70s records as he is here, and that's what makes Midnight Creeper a keeper".[5]
Track listing
edit- "Midnight Creeper" (Donaldson) - 6:32
- "Love Power" (Teddy Vann) - 7:46
- "Elizabeth" (Donaldson) - 5:37
- "Bag of Jewels" (Lonnie Smith) - 9:44
- "Dapper Dan" (Harold Ousley) - 6:30
Personnel
edit- Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
- Blue Mitchell - cornet
- Lonnie Smith - organ
- George Benson - guitar
- Idris Muhammad - drums
References
edit- ^ Billboard Oct 12, 1968
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 14, 2009.
- ^ Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 14, 2009.