• Lou Donaldson – Say It Loud I'm Black And Proud
    • Lou Donaldson – Snake Bone
    • 1. Say It Loud I'm Black And 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 DonaldsonMr. Shing-A-LingBlue Note
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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

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        • LP 5571607£36.99
          Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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        Horace SilverSerenade to a Soul SisterDecca / Blue Note
        Horace Silver had been delivering hard bop classics for over a decade when he moved into more groovy territory in the late-’60s on albums including Serenade...
          Freddie RoachGood MoveDecca / Blue Note
          After appearing on Blue Note albums by Ike Quebec, Hammond B3 organist Freddie Roach made his own run of soul jazz classics for the label including the...
            • LP 5505973£36.99
              Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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            Lee MorganThe GigoloDecca / Blue Note
            After the runaway success of The Sidewinder in 1964, trumpeter Lee Morgan continued his musical hot streak in 1965 on albums including The Gigolo featuring...
            • – Yes I Can, No You Can't
            • – Speedball
            • LP (180 gram) 5880785£27.99
              Classic Vinyl Series
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            Doug WatkinsWatkins At Large (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
            Recorded in 1956 for Tom Wilson’s Transition label, Watkins At Large was the first of two albums bassist Doug Watkins made as a leader. With a first-rate...
              Bobby HutchersonHappeningsDecca / Blue Note
              Hardcore deep jazz with Bobby joined by Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw and Joe Chambers
              • – Rojo
              Donald ByrdByrd's Eye View (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
              Recorded in 1955 for Tom Wilson’s Transition label, Byrd’s Eye View was Donald Byrd’s first issued album as a leader featuring the trumpeter at the...
                Herbie HancockSpeak Like A ChildDecca / Blue Note
                Seminal Herbie Hancock on Blue Note, produced by Duke Pearson.

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