Lou Donaldson – Sunny Side Up: BN Classic Series (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

Side A:

1. Blues for J.P.
2. The Man I Love
3. Politely
4. It’s You or No One

Side B:

1. The Truth
2. Goose Grease
3. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise