Light-Foot

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title: "Light-Foot" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lou-donaldson-albums", "1959-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/Light-Foot" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameLight-Foot
typeAlbum
artistLou Donaldson
coverLight-Foot.jpg
released1959
recordedDecember 14, 1958
studioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
genreJazz
labelBlue Note 4053
producerAlfred Lion
chronologyLou Donaldson
prev_titleBlues Walk
prev_year1958
next_titleLD + 3
next_year1959
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| name = Light-Foot | type = Album | artist = Lou Donaldson | cover = Light-Foot.jpg | alt = | released = 1959 | recorded = December 14, 1958 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Blue Note 4053 | producer = Alfred Lion | chronology = Lou Donaldson | prev_title = Blues Walk | prev_year = 1958 | next_title = LD + 3 | next_year = 1959 Light-Foot is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Donaldson's Quintet with pianist Herman Foster, bassist Peck Morrison, drummer Jimmy Wormworth and congalero Ray Barretto.

Reception

|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = | rev2 = DownBeat | rev2Score = The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, John S. Wilson, suggested that the material chosen for the album did not allow Donaldson's potential to be fully realized. The album was awarded 3 stars by Stephen Thomas Erlewine in an Allmusic review which stated "With Light Foot, Donaldson still was pretty firmly grounded in bop, but the tempos began to slow down, and his blues influence came to the forefront; furthermore, the bop tracks are hard bop, not straight bop, which tended to dominate his previous recordings. That diversity makes Light Foot an interesting listen, but the record suffers from slightly uneven material and performances."

Track listing

:All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated

  1. "Light-Foot" - 5:35
  2. "Hog Maw" - 7:39
  3. "Mary Ann" - 6:41
  4. "Green Eyes" (Nilo Menendez, Adolfo Utrera) - 5:21
  5. "Walking by the River" (Una Mae Carlisle, Robert Sour) - 5:39
  6. "Day Dreams" (Herman Foster) - 5:00
  7. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:50 :*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on December 14, 1958.

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

References

  1. [http://www.jazzdisco.org/lou-donaldson/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4053 Lou Donaldson discography] accessed December 4, 2009.
  2. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/r137796 AllMusic Review]
  3. Wilson, John S.. (August 31, 1961). "Lou Donaldson: Light-Foot".
  4. Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic

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