Rough House Blues

Rough House Blues
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released 1965
Recorded December 1964
Genre Jazz
Label Cadet
Producer Esmond Edwards
Lou Donaldson chronology
Cole Slaw
(1964)
Rough House Blues
(1964)
Musty Rusty
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Rough House Blues is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Cadet label in 1964 and performed Donaldson with Dave Burns, Ernie Royal, Phil Woods, Bob Ashton, Danny Bank, Lloyd Mayers Jr., Richard Davis, and Grady Tate, conducted and arranged by Oliver Nelson.[2]

The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review by Ron Wynn who calls it Donaldson's "Best and most ambitious of mid-60s Argo albums".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
  1. "Back Talk" - 4:01
  2. "L.D. Blues" - 3:10
  3. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 4:25
  4. "Tippin' In" (Bobby Smith, Marty Symes) - 4:50
  5. "Huffin' n' Puffin'" - 5:30
  6. "Ignant Oil" - 4:50
  7. "Rough House Blues" - 6:30
  • Recorded in NYC December, 1964.

Personnel

References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 10, 2009.
  3. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed December 10, 2009.
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