DONALDSON,LOU
SUNNY SIDE UP (BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL EDITION) - LP

UPC: 602478204722
Label: BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Format: LP
Release Date: October 16, 2026
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Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson quickly became a fixture on the Blue Note scene after appearing as a sideman with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson in 1952. He also began leading his own dates that year and had notched a dozen leader sessions by the time 1960 arrived and Donaldson was back at Van Gelder Studio recording his excellent album Sunny Side Up. In many ways a quintessential Blue Note hard bop outing, the set was a winsome program of swinging standards and bluesy originals given deeply felt performances by a quintet with trumpeter Bill Hardman, pianist Horace Parlan, bassists Sam Jones and Laymon Jackson, and drummer Al Harewood.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

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TRACK LIST:

Side 1:

1. Blues for J.P.
2. The Man I Love
3. Politely
4. It's You or No One

Side 2:

1. The Truth
2. Goose Grease
3. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise