Quartet/Quintet/Sextet Explained

Quartet/Quintet/Sextet
Type:compilation
Artist:Lou Donaldson
Cover:Quartet-Quintet-Sextet.jpg
Released:1957
Genre:Jazz
Length:36:50
Label:Blue Note
BLP 1537
Producer:Alfred Lion
Chronology:Lou Donaldson
Next Title:Wailing with Lou
Next Year:1957

Quartet/Quintet/Sextet is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded on June 20 and November 19, 1952 and August 22, 1954 and released on Blue Note in 1957. The quartet features rhythm section Horace Silver, Gene Ramey and Art Taylor; the quintet adds trumpeter Blue Mitchell. The sextet features a new lineup, with brass section Kenny Dorham and Matthew Gee and rhythm section Elmo Hope, Percy Heath and Art Blakey.[1]

Background

The sessions were originally released on New Faces, New Sounds: Lou Donaldson–Clifford Brown (1953, BLP 5021) and Lou Donaldson Sextet, Volume 2 (1954, BLP 5055), respectively.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine 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."[2]

Track listing

CD reissues

Personnel

Musicians

June 20, 1952

November 19, 1952

August 22, 1954

Technical personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/lou-donaldson/catalog/#blue-note-blp-1537 Lou Donaldson discography
  2. Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r153784|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed December 2, 2009.