• Lou Donaldson – Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud
    • Lou Donaldson – Snake Bone
    • 1. Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud
    • 2. Brother Soul
    • 3. Snake Bone
    • 4. Summertime
    • 5. Caravan

    One of the great Blue Note funk albums from 1969! Features Idris Muhammad on drums and Charles Earland on B3!


    Other Releases by Lou Donaldson

    Lou DonaldsonEverything I Play Is Funky (1970)Blue Note
    Blue Note take a leaf out of their rivals at Prestige for an all-star soul jazz line-up. Blue Mitchell, Idris Muhammad, Melvin Sparks, Charles Earland,...
      Lou DonaldsonA Different Scene (1976)Cotillion
      Jazz funk 76 from sax player Donaldson post-Blue Note
        • Original LP£20.00
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        Lou DonaldsonMidnight Creeper (1968)Blue Note
        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...
        • – Midnight Creeper
        • – Love Power
        Lou DonaldsonAlligator BogalooBlue Note
        Deep blue note soul jazz grooves from '67 with Donaldson joined by George Benson,Lonnie Smith and Leo Morris (aka Idris Muhammad).

          Other Releases on Blue Note

          Booker LittleBooker Little & Max RoachBlue Note
          Trumpeter Booker Little made only a few albums during his tragically short life including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in...
            • LP 4881948£36.99
              Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
              Expected 04 OctPreorder
            Donald ByrdKofiBlue Note
            Drawn from two sessions in 1969 and 1970, Kofi found Donald Byrd in the early stages of his transformation from top-notch hard bop trumpeter to fusion...
              • LP 5542149£36.99
                Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
                Expected 04 OctPreorder
              Wayne ShorterJujuBlue Note
              Saxophonist Shorter is joined by Coltrane's seminal rhythm team - McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones. Deep and seminal.
              • – Juju
              • – House Of Jade
              • – Yes Or No
              Meshell NdegeocelloNo More Water: The Gospel of James BaldwinBlue Note
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                Wayne ShorterOdyssey Of IskaBlue Note
                Odyssey of Iska is the fourteenth album by American jazz composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, released on Blue Note Records in 1971. Musicians include...
                  • LP 3896360£36.99
                    Tone Poet Series
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                  Jeremy SteigWayfaring StrangerBlue Note
                    • Original LP BST 84354£15.00
                      Vinyl condition: VG-Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl, surface marks
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                    Jackie McLeanAction (Tone Poems)Blue Note
                    Jackie McLean’s 60s output ran the gamut from hard bop to avant-garde with his 1964 album Action splitting the difference from the searing title track...
                      Booker ErvinTex Book TenorBlue Note
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                            • Original LP£20.00
                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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                            KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.
                            • – On Children
                            • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 4509258£39.00
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                            Stanley TurrentineAnother StoryBlue Note
                              • Original LP BST 84336£40.00
                                Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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                              Jackie McLeanTippin' The ScalesBlue Note
                                • Original LP BST 84427£15.00
                                  Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Blue Note vinyl, French 1984 DMM pressing, VG ONLY
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                                Herbie Nichols TrioHerbie Nichols TrioBlue Note
                                One of jazz’s most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism....
                                  Wayne ShorterNight Dreamer (1964)Blue Note
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                                  • – Night Dreamer
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                                    • New LP (180g) 5524255£28.00
                                      Expected 17 NovPreorder
                                    Sonny ClarkSonny Clark Trio (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                    Pianist and composer Sonny Clark only lived for 32 years but more than left his mark on the jazz world in that time, with countless seminal albums such...
                                    • – Be-Bop
                                    • – I Didn't Know What Time It Was
                                    • – Two Bass Hit
                                    • – Tadd's Delight
                                    • – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
                                    • – I'll Remember April
                                    Earl KlughCaptain Caribe - The Best Of Earl KlughBlue Note
                                      • Original LP GP-3205£15.00
                                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Secondhand Japanese vinyl, no Obi, some sleeve staining
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                                      Donald ByrdPlaces And Spaces (1975)Blue Note
                                      SEMINAL MONSTER LP!!The definitive jazz funk album produced by the Mizell brothers. A classic all the way featuring the essential rare groove cuts 'Change',...
                                      • – Change
                                      • – Wind Parade
                                      • – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
                                      • – Places And Spaces
                                      • – You And The Music
                                      • – Night Whistler
                                      • – Just My Imagination
                                      MadlibShades of Blue (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                      Madlib invades Blue Note! Hip hop producer extroardinaire and world class jazz fiend Madlib gets let loose in the Blue Note vaults with his sampler!
                                      • – Introduction
                                      • – Slim's Return
                                      • – Distant Land
                                      • – Mystic Bounce
                                      • – Stormy
                                      • – Blue Note Interlude
                                      • – Please Set Me At Ease
                                      • – Funky Blue Note
                                      • – Alfred Lion Interlude
                                      • – Stepping Into Tomorrow
                                      • – Andrew Hill Break
                                      • – Montara
                                      • – Song For My Father
                                      • – Footprints
                                      • – Peace/Dolphin Dance
                                      • – Outro
                                      • New Audiophile 2×LP (180 GRAM) 5507723£36.99
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                                      Donald ByrdSlow Drag (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                      Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.
                                        • New LP (180g) 3856842£39.00
                                          Tone Poet Edition
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                                        Freddie HubbardBlue Spirits (1966)Blue Note
                                        Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, James Spaulding, Larry Ridley, Harold Mabern, Big Black. Classic Blue Note session.
                                        • – soul surge
                                        • – jodo
                                        • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3856838£34.99
                                          Tone Poet Edition
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                                        Walter Smith IIIReturn to CasualBlue Note
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                                          Ike QuebecSwing Hi - Swing Lo (1969)Blue Note
                                            • Original LP B-6507£10.00
                                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+
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                                            Donald ByrdStreet Lady (1973)Blue Note
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                                            • New LP (180g) MOVLP3396£31.99
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                                            • Original LP£30.00
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                                                    • Original LP BLP 1531£40.00
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                                                    Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
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                                                      • LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
                                                        Gatefold sleeve
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                                                      Harold VickSteppin' Out! (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
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                                                        • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3814591£36.00
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