1980 studio album by Lou Donaldson
Lush Life (also released as Sweet Slumber ) is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1967 and featuring Donaldson with Freddie Hubbard , Garnett Brown , Jerry Dodgion , Wayne Shorter , Pepper Adams , McCoy Tyner , Ron Carter , and Al Harewood performing arrangements by Duke Pearson .[ 5] Due to the success of Donaldson's Alligator Bogaloo (1967) the album was not released until 1980 in Japan under the title Sweet Slumber and then finally released decades later internationally.[ 6]
The album was awarded 4½ stars in an Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine , who states: "With its plush arrangements and unabashedly pretty melodies, Lush Life stands in stark contrast to most everything else he cut in the '60s. There are no blues , no stabs at soul-jazz grooves, no hard bop — only sweet, sensitive renditions of romantic standards . Donaldson shone on ballads before, but it's nevertheless surprising how successful he is on this set of slow love songs. His tone is full and elegant — it's easy to get lost in his rich readings of these familiar melodies, as well as his slyly seductive improvisations".[ 7]
"Sweet Slumber " (Lucky Millinder , Al J. Neiburg , Henri Woode ) - 5:56
"You've Changed " (Bill Carey , Carl T. Fischer - 4:23
"The Good Life " (Sacha Distel , Jack Reardon) - 4:53
"Stardust " (Hoagy Carmichael ) - 3:40
"What Will I Tell My Heart" (Irving Gordon , Jack Lawrence , Peter Tinturin) - 4:25
"It Might as Well Be Spring " (Oscar Hammerstein II , Richard Rodgers ) - 5:58
"Sweet and Lovely " (Gus Arnheim , Jules LeMare , Harry Tobias ) - 5:58 Bonus track on CD
^ Allmusic Review
^ All About Jazz review
^ All About Jazz review
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 389. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
^ Lou Donaldson discography , accessed December 8, 2009.
^ Stockton, J. Lush Life review , All About Jazz , March 13, 2008.
^ Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review , accessed December 11, 2009.
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Splash (1981)
Above & Beyond (1982)
Back to Birdland (1982)
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The Rose Tattoo (1983)
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