Alligator Bogaloo

Alligator Bogaloo
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released 1967
Recorded April 7, 1967
Genre Jazz
Length 37:10
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion
Lou Donaldson chronology
Lush Life
(1967)		 Alligator Bogaloo
(1967)		 Mr. Shing-A-Ling
(1967)

Alligator Bogaloo is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1967 and featuring Donaldson with Melvin Lastie, Lonnie Smith, George Benson, and Leo Morris.[1]

The success of the title track surprised Donaldson: "[W]e made the date and we were three minutes short. I said we don't have no more material. And the guy said just play anything for three minutes so we can fill out the time. So I just made the riff and naturally the guys could follow it. That's the only damn thing that sold on the record."[2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]

The album was awarded 4 stars in an Allmusic review by Al Campbell who states "Alligator Bogaloo is one example of Lou Donaldson's successful combinations of hard bop and soul-jazz".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
  1. "Alligator Boogaloo" - 6:57
  2. "One Cylinder" (Freddie McCoy) - 6:49
  3. "The Thang" - 3:34
  4. "Aw Shucks!" (Lonnie Smith) - 7:23
  5. "Rev. Moses" - 6:28
  6. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) - 4:29
    • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on April 17, 1967.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 8, 2009.
  2. ^ Donaldson, Lou (2009) (Transcript). Let's Cool One. "Before & After" with Larry Appelbaum. Portland Jazz Festival. https://larryappelbaum.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/before-after-lou-donaldson/. 
  3. ^ Allmusic Review
  4. ^ Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed December 11, 2009.