Lonnie Smith - Think!

A Saturday night bonus with some more soul/organ jazz. This time being a Blue Note offering of Lonnie Smith but with Lee Morgan adding additional fire. The additional percussion section is sweet as hell. This terribly hip lp comes from 1968. It is once again a vinyl rescue saved from a box of junk in a relatively cool antiques store. I am happy it was somehow overlooked. The cover of Aretha's Think works surprisingly well. And Slouchin' just rolls along as it should.



BST 84290

1. Son of Ice Bag
2. The Call of the Wild
3. Think
4. Three Blind Mice
5. Slouchin'

Lee Morgan - trumpet

David Newman - tenor sax and flute

Melvin Sparks - guitar

Lonnie Smith - organ

Marion Booker, Jr. - drums

Henry (Pucho) Brown - timbales

Willie Blevins - conga

Noberto Apellaniz - conga

Shirley Scott -Workin'

Here's another nice old Shirley Scott lp rescued from vinyl obscurity. On this record she works with a couple of different trios and an odd setup including guitar and additional piano. Swinging organ blues - just the way we like em.
The three sessions represented here were all recorded at Van Gelder in '58 (*), 60 (+) and '61(~), but the record was not released until 67.


Prestige 7424

1. Miles' Theme *

2. Autumn Leaves +

3. Bridge Blue *

4. Slaughter On 10th Avenue +

5. Work Song ~

6. Chapped Chops ~

Shirley Scott organ

George Duvivier - bass *

George Tucker - bass +

Arthur Edgehill - Drums *, +

Ronnell Bright - ~

Wally Richardson - ~

Peck Morrison - ~

Roy Haynes - ~

Shirley Scott - Girl Talk

Shirley Scott's Girl Talk is a slow smoker of a record. When an organ trio hits it groove, there's nothing like it. this albums contains one Scott original while the rest are standards. A bit unusual is the inclusion of On The Trail from Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite.

"Girl Talk" (Impulse Records, 1967)

Catalog # AS 9141--Original vinyl rip

Personnel: ''The Shirley Scott Trio''

Shirley Scott (org)

George Duvivier (b)

Mickey Roker (d)

Recorded in NYC, January 12, 1967

1 Girl Talk

2 Come Back To Me

3 We'll Be Together Again

4 Love Nest

5 Swingin' The Blues

6 Keep the Faith, Baby

7 Chicago, My Kind Of Town

8 On The Trail

9 You're a Sweetheart

Say It Loud - Lou Donaldson

I was reading recently where a guy was asking for advice. Lou Donaldson was making an appearence and should he bother to go. I guess since he's in his 80's, Lou doesn't blow as forcefully as he once did, but what a gem. I wouldn't pass up the chance to see an icon like this for nothing.

I was really happy when I scored this record for just a couple of bucks out of a dusty box.

Lou Donaldson - Say It Loud

Taken from a Blue Note 84299 vinyl

1. Say it Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud

2. Summertime

3. Caravan

4. Snake Bone

5. Brother Soul

Lou Donaldson - alto

Blue Mitchell - trumpet

Jimmy Ponder - guitar

Charles Earland - organ

Leo Morris - drums