Wailing with Lou

1957 studio album by the Lou Donaldson Quintet

Wailing with Lou

Studio album by

the Lou Donaldson Quintet

Released

June 1957^[1]

Recorded

January 27, 1957

Studio

Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey

Genre

Jazz

Length

37:21

Label

Blue Note
BLP 1545

Producer

Alfred Lion

Lou Donaldson chronology

Quartet/Quintet/Sextet
(1952)

Wailing with Lou
(1957)

Swing and Soul
(1957)

Wailing with Lou is an album by the Lou Donaldson Quintet, recorded on January 27, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features trumpeter Donald Byrd and rhythm section Herman Foster, Peck Morrison and Art Taylor.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "There's nothing out of the ordinary here—just hard-driving bop and sensitive ballads, which are sure to please fans of the style."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson, except as noted.

Side 1

"Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 5:58
"Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 6:22
"That Good Old Feeling" – 6:52

Side 2

"Move It" – 5:57
"There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 6:54
"L.D. Blues" – 5:18

Personnel

Lou Donaldson Quintet

Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Herman Foster – piano
Peck Morrison – bass
Art Taylor – drums

Technical personnel

Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Ira Gitler – liner notes

References

^ Billboard July 1, 1957
^ Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 2, 2009.
^ Allmusic Review
^ Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2009.

Lou Donaldson

Studio albums

Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952)
Wailing with Lou (1957)
Swing and Soul (1957)
Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
Lou Takes Off (1957)
Blues Walk (1958)
Light-Foot (1958)
LD + 3 (1959)
The Time Is Right (1959)
Sunny Side Up (1960)
Midnight Sun (1960)
Here 'Tis (1961)
Gravy Train (1961)
A Man With a Horn (1961)
The Natural Soul (1962)
Good Gracious! (1963)
Signifyin' (1963)
Possum Head (1964)
Cole Slaw (1964)
Rough House Blues (1964)
Musty Rusty (1965)
Blowing in the Wind (1966)
Lou Donaldson at His Best (1966)
Lush Life (1967)
Alligator Bogaloo (1967)
Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
Midnight Creeper (1968)
Say It Loud! (1968)
Hot Dog (1969)
Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)
Pretty Things (1970)
Cosmos (1971)
Sophisticated Lou (1972)
Sassy Soul Strut (1973)
Sweet Lou (1974)
A Different Scene (1976)
Color as a Way of Life (1976)
Sweet Poppa Lou (1981)
Forgotten Man (1981)
Back Street (1982)
Play the Right Thing (1990)
Birdseed (1992)
Caracas (1993)
Sentimental Journey (1995)

Live albums

Fried Buzzard (1965)
The Scorpion (1970)
Live in Bologna (1984)
Relaxing at Sea: Live on the QE2 (2000)

Discography

v t e Donald Byrd
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Byrd's Eye View (1955) Byrd Jazz (1955) Byrd's Word (1955) Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956) 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956) The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956) Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957) Fuego (1959) Byrd in Flight (1960) Free Form (1961) A New Perspective (1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Mustang! (1966) Blackjack (1967) Slow Drag (1967) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Ethiopian Knights (1971) Black Byrd (1972) Street Lady (1973) Stepping into Tomorrow (1974) Places and Spaces (1975) Caricatures (1976) Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978) Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) Love Byrd (1981) Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982) Harlem Blues (1987) Getting Down to Business (1989) A City Called Heaven (1991)
With Pepper Adams	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967) Electric Byrd (1970)
With The Jazz Messengers	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Originally (1956) Art Blakey Big Band (1957) Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)
With Gigi Gryce	At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside, 1957) Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957) Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958]) Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)
With Jackie McLean	Lights Out! (1956) 4, 5 and 6 (1956) New Soil (1959) Jackie's Bag (1959) Vertigo (1963)
With Hank Mobley	The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank (1957) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963) The Turnaround! (1963) Far Away Lands (1967)
With others	Discoveries/Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley, 1955) Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956) All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956) All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959) Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955) Lush Life (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959) Wailing With Lou (Lou Donaldson, 1957) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957) All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, 1957) Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957) High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957) One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon, 1964) Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965) Snap Your Fingers (Al Grey, 1962) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Guru, 1993) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95) My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1993) Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977) Swamp Seed (Jimmy Heath, 1963) Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956) African High Life (Solomon Ilori, 1963) Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995) Quartet-Quintet (Hank Jones, 1955) Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955) TV Action Jazz! (Mundell Lowe, 1959) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) Goin' Out of My Head (Wes Montgomery, 1965) Hush! (Duke Pearson, 1962) Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964) Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955) Winner's Circle (Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957) Blues in Trinity (Dizzy Reece, 1958) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Dimensions & Extensions (Sam Rivers, 1967) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956) Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins, 1978) Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957) Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964) A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967) Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)