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Quartet/Quintet/Sextet is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson featuring his earliest recordings as a leader on the Blue Note label performed by Donaldson's Quartet with Horace Silver, Gene Ramey and Art Taylor, his Quintet with Silver, Blue Mitchell, Art Blakey, and Percy Heath, and a Sextet with Heath, Blakey, Kenny Dorham, Matthew Gee, and Elmo Hope.[2] The album was originally released as a 10" LP, then as a 12" long-playing record, and finally as a CD with additional tracks added.
Review
The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and states "While Donaldson's tone isn't quite as full as it would be within just five years, he impresses with his bold, speedy technique and fine phrasing. He doesn't play anything out of the ordinary, but he plays it very, very well, and his playing is enhanced by the three stellar bands that support him on these sessions... Everyone plays in a straight bop and hard bop tradition, contributing fine performances to a strong debut effort by Donaldson".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Lou Donaldson except where noted.
- "Lou's Blues"
- "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin)
- "Roccus" (Horace Silver)
- "If I Love Again" (Ben Oakland)
- "Down Home"
- "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
- "Sweet Juice" (Silver)
- "Caracas"
- "Moe's Bluff"
- Recorded at WOR Studios, NYC, June 20, 1952 (tracks 1-3) and November 19, 1952 (tracks 4-7) and Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 22, 1954 (tracks 8 & 9).
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader | |
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With Lou Donaldson | |
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With Philly Joe Jones | |
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With Sam Jones | |
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With Jimmy McGriff | |
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With Horace Silver | |
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With Stanley Turrentine | |
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With others |
- Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
- Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960)
- My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970)
- True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)
- Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)
- Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976)
- California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)
- Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961)
- Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972)
- Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962)
- Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970)
- Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966)
- Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961)
- Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975)
- The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969)
- The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968)
- Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968)
- Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971)
- Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973)
- Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)
- Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976)
- Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960)
- Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960)
- Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
- Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970)
- Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968)
- Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965)
- Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
- Images (Sonny Red, 1961)
- Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963)
- Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960)
- Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962)
- Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960)
- Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963)
- The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966)
- Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968)
- The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969)
- Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976)
- Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release. |
Blue Note albums | |
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Albums released on other labels | |
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Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers | |
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With others |
- Introducing Nat Adderley (1955)
- Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)
- Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
- Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955)
- Al Cohn's Tones (Al Cohn, 1950)
- Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954)
- Miles Davis Quartet/Blue Haze/Miles Davis Quintet/
Miles Davis All-Star Sextet/Walkin' (1953/54)
- Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins/Bags' Groove (1954)
- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Lou Donaldson, 1952)
- Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
- The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54)
- When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce, 1955)
- The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1950–51)
- Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955)
- Disorder at the Border (Coleman Hawkins, 1952)
- Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
- Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson, 1957)
- The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (J.J. Johnson, 1955)
- Blowing in from Chicago (Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore, 1957)
- Hank Mobley Quartet (1955)
- Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
- Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957)
- Hank Mobley Quintet (1957)
- J. R. Monterose (1956)
- Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956)
- Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
- Clark Terry (1955)
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