The Scorpion (album)

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The Scorpion
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Live album by Lou Donaldson
Released 1995
Recorded November 7, 1970
Genre Jazz
Length 46:32
Label Blue Note
Producer Francis Wolff
Lou Donaldson chronology
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(1970)
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[1]

The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club is an live album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded in Newark, New Jersey in 1970 for the Blue Note label featuring a performance by Donaldson with Fred Ballard, Leon Spencer, Melvin Sparks, and Idris Muhammad.[2]

The album was awarded 2 stars in an Allmusic review by Scott Yanow who states "The repertoire is dominated by lengthy funk grooves that are quite danceable but never develop beyond the obvious".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
  1. "The Scorpion" (Leon Spencer) - 10:47
  2. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 5:55
  3. "Alligator Boogaloo" - 13:15
  4. "The Masquerade Is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 4:15
  5. "Peepin'" (Lonnie Smith) - 5:30 Bonus track on CD
  6. "Footpattin' Time" - 6:50 Bonus track on CD
  • Recorded at the Cadillac Club, Newark, NJ on November 7, 1970.

Personnel

References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 15, 2009.
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 15, 2009.