• 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 DonaldsonLush LifeBlue Note
      • Original LP£25.00
        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned 1984 French DMM pressing copy
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      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
            Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Original USA Vinyl
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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
          • New LP (180g)£39.00
            Tone Poet Edition
            Expected 05 JanPreorder
          • New LP £23.00
            Scorpio Version
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          • Original LP£35.00
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          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).

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              KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.
              • – On Children
              • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£39.00
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              Art Blakey QuintetA Night At Birdland, Volume 2Blue Note
                • Original LP£40.00
                  Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Pre-Owned Original 1976 pressing Japanese vinyl Blue Note Records
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                Lou DonaldsonLush LifeBlue Note
                  • Original LP£25.00
                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned 1984 French DMM pressing copy
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                  Sonny RollinsVol. 2Blue Note
                    • Original LP£40.00
                      Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Pre-Owned Blue Note vinyl. French 1985 DMM issue copy
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                    Dexter GordonGettin' AroundBlue Note
                      • Original LP£60.00
                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned 1987 Manhattan USA DMM pressing copy
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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....
                        Jackie McLeanDemon's Dance (Tone Poet)Blue Note
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                        • – Demon's Dance
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                        • – Sweet Love Of Mine
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                        • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£39.00
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                        Dodo GreeneMy Hour Of NeedBlue Note
                          • Original LP£50.00
                            Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Secondhand USA vinyl Blue Note blue/black label, surface marks plays well
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                          Wayne ShorterNight Dreamer (1964)Blue Note
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                          • – Night Dreamer
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                            • New LP (180g)£28.00
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                            • – Two Bass Hit
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                              • Original LP£15.00
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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',...
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                              • LP (180 gram)£27.99
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                                MadlibShades of Blue (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
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                                • – 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)£36.99
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                                Blue MitchellCollision In Black (1969)Blue Note
                                  • New LP £18.00
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                                  • Original LP£60.00
                                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Orig = Orig USA first pressing blue/white label Liberty Blue Note vinyl
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                                  Freddie HubbardBlue Spirits (1966)Blue Note
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                                  • – soul surge
                                  • – jodo
                                  • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£34.99
                                    Tone Poet Edition
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                                    Ike QuebecSwing Hi - Swing Lo (1969)Blue Note
                                      • Original LP£10.00
                                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+
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                                      Donald ByrdStreet Lady (1973)Blue Note
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                                      • – Lansana's Priestess
                                      • – Miss Kane
                                      • – Sister Love
                                      • – Street Lady
                                      • – Witch Hunt
                                      • – Woman of The World
                                      • New LP (180g)£31.99
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                                      • Original LP£70.00
                                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Blue label Original secondhand USA Vinyl gatefold Blue Note,
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                                            Another Blue Note killer coming! Grant Green killer 1970 super funky soul jazz LP from Liberty-era Blue Note Records. This is one of the best Blue Note...
                                            • – Ain't It Funky Now
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                                            • – Dracula
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                                            100% STONE COLD CLASSIC BLUE NOTE LP!The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on...
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                                            • – Prints Tie
                                            • – Ummh
                                            • – A Night In Barcelona
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                                            • – Uno Esta
                                            • Reissue LP£25.99
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                                            • CD£7.99
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                                            Donald ByrdLive Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (1973)Blue Note
                                            "I’ve been waiting over 30 years for this to come out officially" Gilles Peterson "Donald Byrd in a super rare 1973 public appearance of the Mizell...
                                            • – Black Byrd (Live)
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                                            • – Introductions (Live)
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                                            In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet in to the Half Note Café in New York City to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable...
                                              • LP (180 gram)£35.00
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                                              Harold VickSteppin' Out! (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                              In 1963, tenor saxophonist Harold Vick made his sole album as a leader for Blue Note, the underrated soul jazz gem Steppin’ Out. The record finds its...
                                                • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
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                                                Bobby HutchersonStick-Up! (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                                Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Lewis, and...
                                                  • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
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                                                  Kenny BurrellKenny BurrellBlue Note
                                                  The first thing that strikes you about Kenny Burrell’s second Blue Note album, simply titled Kenny Burrell (BLP 1543) and released as part of Blue Note’s...
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