Lou Donaldson - Sunny Side Up: Blue Note Classic (180g Vinyl LP)

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series Edition of Lou Donaldson Sunny Side Up on 180g LP: Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson quickly became a fixture on the Blue Note scene after appearing as a sideman with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson in 1952. He also began leading his own dates that year and had notched a dozen leader sessions by the time 1960 arrived and Donaldson was back at Van Gelder Studio recording his excellent album Sunny Side Up. In many ways a quintessential Blue Note hard bop outing, the set was a winsome program of swinging standards and bluesy originals given deeply felt performances by a quintet with trumpeter Bill Hardman, pianist Horace Parlan, bassists Sam Jones and Laymon Jackson, and drummer Al Harewood.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Musicians:
Lou Donaldson - Alto Saxophone
Bill Hardman - Trumpet
Horace Parlan - Piano
Laymon Jackson - Bass
Sam Jones - Bass
Al Harewood - Drums

Features:
• Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
• All Analog 180g Stereo Vinyl on LP
• Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes
• Manufactured at Optimal in Germany