Lou Donaldson – Sunny Side Up LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)

Lou Donaldson – Sunny Side Up

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.

Tracklist:
A1 Blues For J.P.
A2 The Man I Love
A3 Politely
A4 It's You Or No One

B1 The Truth
B2 Goose Grease
B3 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1960/2026