• 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 DonaldsonMr. Shing-A-LingBlue Note
    Killer late 60s funky jazz on Blue Note, including the much sampled version of 'Ode To Billy Joe'.
    • – ode to billie joe

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            • LP 5505973£36.99
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            Lee MorganThe GigoloDecca / Blue Note
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              • LP (180 gram) 4849856£31.99
                Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' 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 HutchersonTotal Eclipse (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
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                • – Herzog
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                • – Rojo
                Donald ByrdByrd's Eye View (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
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