Sunny Side Up

by Lou Donaldson

Sunny Side Up cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1961
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:51
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded with a robust rhythm section featuring Horace Parlan, 'Sunny Side Up' highlights alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson's deeply blues-rooted approach to hard bop. The sessions balance high-energy swing with an inherent soulfulness that would later inform his pioneering work in soul-jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Blues for J.P (5:39)
  2. The Man I Love (5:15)
  3. Politely (5:53)
  4. It's You or No One (3:57)
  5. The Truth (5:21)
  6. Goose Grease (6:08)
  7. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (6:34)

Credits

  • Lou Donaldson - primary artist, alto saxophone, written-by
  • Laymon Jackson - bass
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Al Harewood - drums
  • Horace Parlan - piano, written-by
  • Bill Hardman - trumpet, written-by
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn - written-by

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