Light-Foot

Light-Foot
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released	1959
Recorded	December 14, 1958 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Lou Donaldson chronology
Blues Walk (1958) Light-Foot (1959) LD + 3 (1959)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Light-Foot is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Donaldson's Quintet with Herman Foster, Peck Morrison, Jimmy Wormsworth, and Ray Barretto.^[2] The album was awarded 3 stars by Stephen Thomas Erlewine in an Allmusic review which stated "With Light Foot, Donaldson still was pretty firmly grounded in bop, but the tempos began to slow down, and his blues influence came to the forefront; furthermore, the bop tracks are hard bop, not straight bop, which tended to dominate his previous recordings. That diversity makes Light Foot an interesting listen, but the record suffers from slightly uneven material and performances".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated

1. "Light Foot" - 5:35
2. "Hog Maw" - 7:39
3. "Mary Ann" (Ray Charles) - 6:41
4. "Green Eyes" (Nilo Menendez, Adolfo Utrera) - 5:21
5. "Walking by the River" (Una Mae Carlisle, Robert Sour) - 5:39
6. "Day Dreams" (Herman Foster) - 5:00
7. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:50

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on December 14, 1958.

Personnel

• Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
• Herman Foster - piano
• Peck Morrison - bass
• Jimmy Wormsworth - drums
• Ray Barretto - congas

Production

• Alfred Lion - producer
• Reid Miles - design
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
• Francis Wolff - photography

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 4, 2009.
3. Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 4, 2009.