Lou Donaldson - "Say It Loud!" Blue Note Classic Series label_Rhino Entertainment Company Re-mastered by Ryan Smith at

Re-mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

Mama's Boy is a sweeping tribute to home

he rewrote it as a concept album

bandmates and collaborators

exorcizing new sonic palettes

Lou Donaldson - "Say It Loud!" Blue Note Classic Series label_Rhino Entertainment Company Re-mastered by Ryan Smith atLou Donaldson had been a Blue Note stalwart since his earliest recordings in 1952 and over the following 15 years produced numerous classic dates spanning bebop, hard bop, and soul jazz. But when the alto saxophonist hooked up with the funky drummer Leo Morris (aka Idris Muhammad) for 1967's Alligator Bogaloo it began a run of great groove oriented albums, including 1968's Say It Loud. Filling out the band were Donaldson's fellow Blue Note labelmate