Results for "Melvin Lastie"

Melvin Lastie

In From the Beginning: New Orleans Music History with Deacon John Moore

by Thomas Cole
June 17, 2026

Well, you know, growing up I was the golden boy of the family, because I could sing. I recall my mother singing arias from operas to herself while doing housework and playing classical and popular music on the piano in our home while taking care of the kids--13 of us all together. Her background was classical ...

Lou Donaldson: Alligator Bogaloo

by Joseph Vella
January 31, 2023

Who doesn't love the playing of Lou Donaldson? This late-'60s gem is one of those recordings where everything hits right. It is not only brilliant (and wonderfully dated) but it's also the type of record even your non-jazz friends can snap and tap to. The combo of hard bop and soul jazz is infectious. Right from ...

Charles Tolliver: Blowing Down The Walls Of Trump’s Jericho

by Chris May
July 21, 2020

Charles Tolliver has played with practically every major African American jazz stylist of his generation, and composed for some of them, too. In addition, he is the co-founder of Strata-East, the most influential label at the intersection of hard bop and spiritual jazz during the 1970s. Tolliver's long and distinguished career continues to flourish, with a ...

Alligator Bogaloo

By Lou Donaldson

Label: Matchless Recordings
Released: 1967
Track listing: Alligator Bogaloo; One Cylinder; The Thang; Aw Shucks!; Rev. Moses; I Want a Little Girl.