Lou Donaldson Quintet – Wailing with Lou [Mono] (Blue Note Tone Poet Series Tone Poet Society Exclusive Edition)

(AAA) — Lacquers cut from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

This is a Tone Poet Society Exclusive release, limited to 1,000 individually numbered copies, adorned with a Tone Poet Society Exclusive gold foil stamp, and comes with a lithographic print of a photo by Francis Wolff.

From his earliest recordings in 1952, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson quickly became a fixture of the Blue Note roster, and over the following 23 years built a tremendous discography on the label that spanned bebop, hard bop, soul jazz, and jazz-funk. One of his earlier efforts was the swinging 1957 bop date Wailing With Lou, which found Donaldson helming a quintet with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Herman Foster on piano, Peck Morrison on bass, and Art Taylor on drums. Donaldson and Byrd were a sympatico frontline delivering inspired blowing across a 6-song set split between Donaldson originals (“That Good Old Feeling,” “Move It,” “L.D. Blues”) and standard jazz repertoire including “Caravan,” “Old Folks,” and “There Is No Greater Love.”

Blue Note Tone Poet Series

The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.

This mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket including a lithographic print of a Francis Wolff photograph from the session.

Tracklist:

A1 Caravan
A2 Old Folks
A3 That Good Old Feeling
B1 Move It
B2 There Is No Greater Love
B3 L. D. Blues

(Above description from BlueNote.com)