New Faces - New Sounds

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As part of Blue Note's initiative to highlight emerging modern jazz talent, this 10-inch release focuses on the deeply blues-drenched alto saxophone style of Lou Donaldson. Bridging the frantic velocities of early bebop with a more grounded, soulful swing, the record anticipates the hard bop movement of the coming decade. It is a critical early document of an artist who would become a label cornerstone.