Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-05-23
THE WEEK I'M
RECORDS
BY ALBERT ANDERSON
Burrell, Donaldson In Jazz
Spotlight

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buns by the enterprising Kenny
Burrell and talented Lou Donald
son head up this weeks jazz fare.
Other solid contributions are by
Jackie Mclean and Kenny Clarke,
in collaboration with Francy Bo-
land, and the entire fare spells
delightful jazz for record fans.
Let's sample the fare:
MIDNIGHT BLUE" - Blue
Note LIP (4123) featuring the Ken
ny Burrell quintet. Personnel:
Burrell, guitar; Stanley Turren-
tine, tenor sax; Major Holley, Jr..
bass; Bill English, drums; Ray
Barretto, conga. Tunes: "Chittlins
Con Carne featuring a Latin mood
with a touch of Bossa Nova)";;
Mule "a downright bluesy en-
try)"; Soul Lament featuring Bur-
rell at length, on guitar; Mid
night Blue (the title tune;
"Wavy Gravy "a blues orig played
in an interesting waltz pattern) ="
Gee Baby Amt I Good to You"
(Don Redmon's immortal ballad)
Saturday Night Blues"
For a musician who started out
studying the classical guitar. Bur-
rell does remarkable things with
the blues There is overwhelm-
ing evidence Of the latter in the
music on this recording Of blues
tunes The only ballad is the
lovely evergreen, Gee Baby :"
and even on this number, Burrell
& Co., inject a slight blues pat
tern This is a fine listening"
album which I believe record fans
will Dig the Most" A BIG
ENTRY FOR THE BURRELL
QUINTET.
THE NATURAL SOUL: -
Blue Note LIP (410S) featuring the
Lou Donaldson quintet. Personnel:
Donaldson, alto sax; Tommy Tur-
rentine, trumpet; Grant Green,
guitar; John Patton, organ; Ben
Dixon, drums. Tunes: "F'unky
Mama; Love Walked in (bal-
lad)"; "Spaceman Twist "a Don
aldson orig')"; Sow Belly Blues
Featuring Donaldson and Turren-
tine)";; That's All (another ballad
lightly fashioned)"; Mice IN"
Greasy Ian earthly blues)."
Donaldson music reflects both
feeling and happiness, and this
outing is no exception How
ever, this pianoless session is not
all LOUIS An unselfish music
ian, he fashions his orchestration
in such a manner as to allow his
sidemen to express their own ideas
ON solos "Spaceman Twist"
and That's Alp are good ex-
amples of this kind of collabora-
ton think the title is signif-
icantly appropriate because the
quintet and Lou, in particular,
plays smoothly, without needless
cliches Although LOUIS hit
single, "Ftlnky Mama" is included
in the set, my choice Of the top
tune is Love Walked In" .
This Album is a natural" charter.
LET FREEDOM RING: -
Blue Note LIP (41O6). Featured
The Jackie Mclean quartet. Per-
sonnel: Mclean, alto sax; Wal
ter Davis, piano; Herbie Lewis,
bass; Billy Higgins, drums. Tunes:
Melody for Melonae dedicated to
McLean's six-year-old daughter)";;
"I'll Keep Loving You"; Rene
(penned for Jackie's SON.; "Om-
ega "a salute to the saxophonist's
mother, whose name happens to be
Alpha Omega McLean)."
Mclean may be considered one
of jazzdom's recent rebels" that
is, he doesn't harness himself to
any set jazz pattern . However,
on at least one number in this set
("Rene"), he apparently forgets
to tie up the loose ends am
not referring to his shifting from
the tunes initial 12-bar blues
structure but rather to his SEEM
ingly aimless blowing and the loose
playing as the group as whole of
the tune Otherwise, the quar-
tet plays an interesting blues ses-
sion III have to 60 along with
Bud Powell's ballad, Loving
Your" as the top tune O.. Modern
jazz fans should "go for" this LIP.
JAZZ IS UNIVERSAL":-At-
lantic LIP (1401). Personnel: Kenny
Clarke, drums; Francy Boland, pi-
ano; Benny Bailey, Roger Guerin,
Jimmy Deuchar, Ahmed Mauvaf-
fax trumpets; Nat Peck, AXE Pers-
son, trombones; Derek Humble, al
to sax; Carl Drevo, Foot Sims,
tenor saxophones; sahib shihab,
baritone sax; Jimmy Woode, bass.
Tunes: BOX 703"; Washington,
DC" The styx"; Gloria; Los
Braves; "Charon's Ferry; VOL
utes"; Last Train from Over
brook"
Knock" as Clarke Is called by
his jazz buddies, collaborates here
with Boland in heading up what
has been described as "an inter-
national big band" for this session
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