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CD Picks of the Week "My Dear Lou " Each CD will be presented for our readers. E-mail your name, address and CD title to apply CD present to the following address: mailto:merumaga@hifido.co.jp Closing time of application : 21:00(JST) on Feruary 10(Thursday) Those who were chosen among applications will receive CD without prior announcement.
Main purpose that I went to NY by taking 10 hours flight was to see Jazz Live though I hate airplane. My favorite is bluesy number but I didn't know which live was good. So, I asked a master of Jazz café and he recommended me Lou Donaldson and I reserved the ticket with pickup service by car. I really enjoyed live concert and his talking. I understood the history of Jazz and a fact of life through his live. Organ performance by Lonnie Smith was also exciting.
	CD recommended by Ms. Cappuccino Alligator Bogaloo/Lou Donaldson Melvin Lastie(cornet), Lou Donaldson(as), George Benson(g), Lonnie Smith(org), Reo Morris(ds) Recorded in NJ on April 17, 1967 Reo Morris renamed Idris Muhammad who was the member of Junior Mance Trio introduced in New Year's Special . He played together with Lou Donaldson in this album who changed from hard bap to soul or funky jazz based on blues.
Mild sax tune by Lou is highlighted with simple rhythm section in Alligator Bogaloo. I was surprised to know that George Benson played guitar in One Cylider. His guitar performance was called Cross Over when I was young and it might be called fusion now . I only know his performance called crossover and his fusion guitar made me so excited. The introduction of this number is so cool. Lonnie Smith's cutting is comfortable who is the instructor of Akiko Tsuruga. All numbers are great! I am fascinated with tender sax performance by Lou . Other members make excellent performance.
	Along Came John/Big John Patton Fred Jackson, HaroldVick(ts), Grant Green(g),John Patton(org), Ben Dixon(ds) Recorded in NJ on April 5, 1963 John Patton is organist and he joined "The Natural Soul" by Lou Donaldson which was recorded in same studio a year ago. He was a lucky man recommended to Blue Note by Lou Donaldson. His mother was a church pianist and he started to play piano at age eight . He went to Washington after graduating high school. He started his carrier as a professional musician in 1954. Later he changed from pianist to organist and moved to NY in 1959. He made his recording debut by "The Natural Soul" in 1962.
This CD is a leader album by Patton. Patton's organ and Dixon's drums kepp the rhythm in "The Silver Meter". Wind instrument, guitar, and organ solo go back to the starting phrase. Sax is chasing other instrument and it is fantstic.After a while,it is fading out though I wanted to listen to their performance a little longer. "I'll never be free" is powerful number but mild organ tune is impressed. Patton composed "Along Came John" and "Gee Gee". The main role of Patton is rhythm section but his organ solo is featured here. Mild tune by organ will make you warm in cold winter.

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