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    Lou Donaldson Midnight Creeper (1968)

    Blue Note
    • Lou Donaldson – Midnight Creeper
    • Lou Donaldson – Love Power
    • 1. Midnight Creeper
    • 2. Love Power
    • 3. Elizabeth
    • 4. Bag Of Jewels
    • 5. Dapper Dan

    Midnight Creeper was the third in a series of stellar soul jazz outings saxophonist Lou Donaldson made for Blue Note in the late-1960s with key players including Hammond B3 organ virtuoso Lonnie Smith, young guitar star George Benson, funky drummer Idris Muhammad, and the bluesy trumpeter Blue Mitchell.

    Heavyweight soul jazz.

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