DONALDSON,LOU - SUNNY SIDE UP Vinyl LP

Expected: 10/16/26

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson quickly became a fixture on the Blue Note scene after appearing as a sideman with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson in 1952. He also began leading his own dates that year and had notched a dozen leader sessions by the time 1960 arrived and Donaldson was back at Van Gelder Studio recording his excellent album Sunny Side Up.

In many ways a quintessential Blue Note hard bop outing, the set was a winsome program of swinging standards and bluesy originals given deeply felt performances by a quintet with trumpeter Bill Hardman, pianist Horace Parlan, bassists Sam Jones and Laymon Jackson, and drummer Al Harewood.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal.

Track List:

1.1 Blues for J.P
1.2 Man I Love
1.3 Politely
1.4 It's You or No One
1.5 Truth
1.6 Goose Grease
1.7 Softly As in a Morning Sunrise

Label: Blue Note Records