| Pretty Things | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Lou Donaldson |
| Cover: | Pretty Things (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1970 |
| Recorded: | January 9 & June 12, 1970 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 38:02 |
| Label: | Blue Note |
| Producer: | Francis Wolff |
| Chronology: | Lou Donaldson |
| Prev Title: | Everything I Play is Funky |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | The Scorpion |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
Pretty Things is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Leon Spencer, Ted Dunbar, and Idris Muhammad and one track with Lonnie Smith and Melvin Sparks replacing Spencer & Dunbar and Jimmy Lewis added.[1]
The album was awarded 2 stars in an Allmusic review by Scott Yanow who states "Lou Donaldson has recorded many strong sessions throughout his career but this CD reissue brings back one of the less-significant ones... there are many better Donaldson recordings to acquire first".[2]
All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated