• 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!

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    Lou DonaldsonEverything I Play Is Funky (1970)Blue Note
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          Lee MorganThe GigoloDecca / Blue Note
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