| Everything I Play is Funky | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Lou Donaldson |
| Cover: | Everything I play is Funky.jpg |
| Released: | June 1970[1] |
| Recorded: | August 22, 1969 & January 9, 1970 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre: | Jazz, funk |
| Length: | 38:51 |
| Label: | Blue Note BST 84337 |
| Producer: | Francis Wolff |
| Chronology: | Lou Donaldson |
| Prev Title: | Hot Dog |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | Pretty Things |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
Everything I Play is Funky is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith, Melvin Sparks, Jimmy Lewis and Idris Muhammad and two tracks with Eddie Williams and Charles Earland replacing Mitchell and Smith.[2]
The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review by Steve Huey who states "Everything I Play Is Funky is easily one of the best examples of Lou Donaldson's commercially accessible period of the late '60s and early '70s. Donaldson's forays into funk and R&B-driven soul-jazz could sometimes sound stiff, but the grooves here — which feature many of the same players — are consistently limber and unforced. And, typical of the style, the grooves (not adventurous improvisation) are what make the album tick... This is the sort of record that modern-day Donaldson disciples like the Sugarman Three cherish, and one of his few truly consistent efforts in this style. Recommended wholeheartedly to funk and rare-groove fans".[3]
All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as noted
Recorded on August 22, 1969 (4–5) and January 9, 1970 (1–3 & 6).
Musicians[4]
Production