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''Midnight Creeper'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell,
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, George Benson, and Leo Morris.


Reception

The album was awarded 4 stars in an Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine who states "As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of '' Alligator Bogaloo'', ''Midnight Creeper'' succeeds where its predecessor, ''
Mr. Shing-A-Ling ''Mr. Shing-A-Ling'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1967 and featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Ponder, and Leo Morris (better known as Idris Muhammad).Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Reviewaccessed December 14, 2009.


Track listing

# "Midnight Creeper" (Donaldson) - 6:32 # "Love Power" (
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) - 7:46 # "Elizabeth" (Donaldson) - 5:37 # "Bag of Jewels" (Lonnie Smith) - 9:44 # "Dapper Dan" ( Harold Ousley) - 6:30


Personnel

* Lou Donaldson -
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* Blue Mitchell -
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Lonnie Smith Lonnie Smith may refer to: * Lonnie Smith (baseball) (born 1955), American baseball player * Lonnie Smith (boxer) (born 1962), American boxer * Lonnie Smith (organist) (1942–2021), American organist * Lonnie Liston Smith (born 1940), American jaz ...
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* George Benson - guitar *
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References

{{Authority control Lou Donaldson albums 1968 albums Albums produced by Francis Wolff Blue Note Records albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio