Blues Walk
title: "Blues Walk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1958-albums", "lou-donaldson-albums", "blue-note-records-albums", "albums-produced-by-alfred-lion", "albums-recorded-at-van-gelder-studio", "albums-recorded-in-a-home-studio"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Walk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Blues Walk |
| type | Album |
| artist | Lou Donaldson |
| cover | Blues Walk.jpeg |
| released | 1958 |
| recorded | July 28, 1958 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio |
| Hackensack, NJ | |
| genre | Jazz |
| label | Blue Note |
| BLP 1593 | |
| producer | Alfred Lion |
| prev_title | Lou Takes Off |
| prev_year | 1957 |
| next_title | Light-Foot |
| next_year | 1958 |
| :: |
| name = Blues Walk | type = Album | artist = Lou Donaldson | cover = Blues Walk.jpeg | alt = | released = 1958 | recorded = July 28, 1958 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Blue Note BLP 1593 | producer = Alfred Lion | prev_title = Lou Takes Off | prev_year = 1957 | next_title = Light-Foot | next_year = 1958 Blues Walk is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, recorded on July 28, 1958 and released on Blue Note later that year.
Reception
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | rev2score =
Track listing
| all_writing = Lou Donaldson, except as noted. | headline = Side 1 | title1 = Blues Walk | length1 = 6:44 | title2 = Move | length2 = 5:54 | writer2 = Denzil Best | title3 = The Masquerade Is Over | length3 = 5:54 | writer3 = | all_writing = | headline = Side 2 | title1 = Play Ray | length1 = 5:32 | title2 = Autumn Nocturne | length2 = 4:55 | writer2 = | title3 = Callin' All Cats | length3 = 5:15
Personnel
Musicians
- Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
- Herman Foster – piano
- Peck Morrison – bass
- Dave Bailey – drums
- Ray Barretto – congas
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
Charts
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References
References
- [{{AllMusic
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- [{{AllMusic
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