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    Lou Donaldson Alligator Bogaloo

    Blue Note
      • 1. alligator bogaloo
      • 2. one cylinder
      • 3. the thang
      • 4. aw shucks!
      • 5. rev. moses
      • 6. i want a little girl

      Deep blue note soul jazz grooves from '67 with Donaldson joined by George Benson,Lonnie Smith and Leo Morris (aka Idris Muhammad).


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