Say It Loud!

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Say It Loud!
Studio album by
Lou Donaldson
Released1969
RecordedNovember 6, 1968
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length36:31
LabelBlue Note
BST 84299
ProducerFrancis Wolff
Lou Donaldson chronology
Midnight Creeper
(1968) 		Say It Loud!
(1969) 		Hot Dog
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]

Say It Loud! is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Charles Earland, Jimmy Ponder, and Leo Morris.[3]

Reception

The album was awarded 1½ stars in an Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine who states "his group sounds awkward and uneasy. There are a few good moments scattered throughout the album, particularly by Mitchell, but overall, Say It Loud! is one of the weakest records in Donaldson's catalog".[1] The album featured Donaldson utilising the varitone amplification system for saxophone.[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
  1. "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" (James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis) - 7:32
  2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:49
  3. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 5:22
  4. "Snake Bone" - 9:31
  5. "Brother Soul" (Donaldson, Leon Spencer) - 8:17

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 14, 2009.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 390. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 14, 2009.
  4. ^ Porter, C [http://jazztimes.com/articles/16023-say-it-loud-lou-donaldson Say It Loud Review Jazz Times, September 2005