Lou Donaldson - Sassy Soul Strut (1973/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time - 39:23 minutes | 1,69 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 39:23 minutes | 907 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
Released in 1973, "Sassy Soul Strut" is jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson's Blue Note record featuring numerous jazz specialists. The album features standards like "Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)", "Good Morning Heartache" and "Pillow Talk".
Sassy Soul Strut pairs Lou Donaldson with arranger George Butler to create a smooth, unabashedly commercial session some distance removed from the saxophonist's classic soul-jazz efforts. Emphasizing electric instruments and radio-friendly rhythms, the album nevertheless plays to Donaldson's strengths, focusing more on mood and texture and less on funk. Opening with a gutbucket rendition of Quincy Jones immortal "The Streetbeater" (far better known as the theme to television's Sanford and Son), Sassy Soul Strut quickly settles comfortably into a light, accessible mode too lively to dismiss as smooth jazz but too mellow to pass as anything else. Butler's arrangements haven't dated particularly well, but the record's too innocuous and good-natured to qualify as an outright failure. It's simply forgettable, nothing more and nothing less.
Tracklist:
01 - Sanford And Son Theme
02 - Pillow Talk
03 - Sassy Soul Strut
04 - Good Morning Heartache
05 - City, Country, City
06 - This Is Happiness
07 - Inner Space
Recorded on April 17 & 18, 1973 at Generation Sound Studios in New York, NY.
Musicians:
Lou Donaldson - varitone alto saxophone
Thad Jones - trumpet
Garnett Brown - trombone
Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, flute
Buddy Lucas - harmonica
Paul Griffin - piano, electric piano, organ
Horace Ott - electric piano
Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, John Tropea - electric guitar
Wilbur Bascomb - electric bass
Bernard Purdie - drums
Omar Clay, Jack Jennings - percussion
Analyzed: Lou Donaldson / Sassy Soul Strut
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.74 dB -11.15 dB 7:02 01-Sanford And Son Theme
DR8 -1.38 dB -11.96 dB 3:51 02-Pillow Talk
DR9 -0.68 dB -11.01 dB 4:37 03-Sassy Soul Strut
DR8 -1.71 dB -11.99 dB 2:33 04-Good Morning Heartache
DR10 -0.58 dB -12.60 dB 9:08 05-City, Country, City
DR10 -0.78 dB -12.16 dB 5:20 06-This Is Happiness
DR10 -0.81 dB -12.45 dB 6:52 07-Inner Space
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5824 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.74 dB -11.15 dB 7:02 01-Sanford And Son Theme
DR8 -1.38 dB -11.96 dB 3:51 02-Pillow Talk
DR9 -0.68 dB -11.01 dB 4:37 03-Sassy Soul Strut
DR8 -1.71 dB -11.99 dB 2:33 04-Good Morning Heartache
DR10 -0.58 dB -12.60 dB 9:08 05-City, Country, City
DR10 -0.78 dB -12.16 dB 5:20 06-This Is Happiness
DR10 -0.81 dB -12.45 dB 6:52 07-Inner Space
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5824 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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