Jazz Articles about Lou Donaldson

Lou Donaldson: Mr. Shing-A-Ling

by Douglas Payne
April 1, 1997

This October 27, 1967, recording was always the best of Lou Donaldson's funky albums. It's just amazing -- given the material and the awful cover art -- that Blue Note put this back into circulation at all. If for nothing else, Mr. Shing-A-Ling is worth the investment for the ultra-funking “Peepin'" alone (featured for the first time on CD in last year's terrific The Best of Lou Donaldson Vol. 2 ). Composer and organist Lonnie Smith lays down a basic ...