Musty Rusty
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Musty Rusty |
| type | Album |
| artist | Lou Donaldson |
| cover | Musty Rusty.jpg |
| released | 1965 |
| recorded | June 3, 1965 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| genre | Jazz |
| label | Argo |
| producer | Esmond Edwards |
| chronology | Lou Donaldson |
| prev_title | Rough House Blues |
| prev_year | 1964 |
| next_title | Fried Buzzard |
| next_year | 1965 |
| :: |
| name = Musty Rusty | type = Album | artist = Lou Donaldson | cover = Musty Rusty.jpg | alt = | released = 1965 | recorded = June 3, 1965 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Argo | producer = Esmond Edwards | chronology = Lou Donaldson | prev_title = Rough House Blues | prev_year = 1964 | next_title = Fried Buzzard | next_year = 1965 Musty Rusty is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Cadet label in 1965 and performed by Donaldson with trumpeter Bill Hardman, organist Billy Gardner, guitarist Grant Green, and drummer Ben Dixon.
Reception
|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = |rev2 = DownBeat |rev2score = The album was awarded 4 stars and the Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny states "Musty Rusty follows in much the same vein as Lou Donaldson's previous LPs for Blue Note... Donaldson originals like "Hippity Hop" and the title tune crackle with energy, and the melodic ingenuity of Green's guitar solos astounds". It received a positive review in Cash Box, with the review concluding the "title track is six minutes of jazz pleasure and the following five don’t diminish the thrill". Critic Dan Morgenstern, writing for DownBeat magazine, gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5.
Track listing
All compositions by Lou Donaldson except where noted
- "Musty Rusty" - 6:06
- "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) - 4:48
- "Hipty Hop" - 5:20
- "The Space Walk" (Ben Dixon) - 6:10
- "Ha' Mercy" - 5:24
- "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" (Louis Guglielmi) - 5:24
Personnel
- Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
- Bill Hardman - trumpet
- Grant Green - guitar
- Billy Gardner - Hammond B3 organ
- Ben Dixon - drums
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/lou-donaldson/catalog/#cadet-lp-759 Lou Donaldson discography] accessed December 10, 2009.
- Ankeny, J. [{{AllMusic
- (26 February 1966). "Album Reviews". [[Cashbox (magazine).
- (16 December 1965). "Record Reviews". Downbeat.
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