''Sassy Soul Strut'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label featuring Donaldson with Thad Jones, Garnett Brown, Seldon Powell, Buddy Lucas, Paul Griffin, Horace Ott, Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, John Tropea, Wilbur Bascomb,

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, and Jack Jennings, with arrangements by

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. The album was awarded 2½ stars in an AllMusic review by Jason Ankeny who stated "''Sassy Soul Strut'' quickly settles comfortably into a light, accessible mode too lively to dismiss as smooth jazz but too mellow to pass as anything else. Butler's arrangements haven't dated particularly well, but the record's too innocuous and good-natured to qualify as an outright failure. It's simply forgettable, nothing more and nothing less".Ankeny, J. AllMusic Reviewaccessed December 15, 2009.

Track listing

:''All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated'' # "

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" ( Quincy Jones) - 7:00 # " Pillow Talk" (Michael Burton,

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) - 4:52 # "Sassy Soul Strut" - 5:00 # " Good Morning Heartache" ( Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 2:32 # "City, Country, City" - 9:10 # "This Is Happiness" ( Tadd Dameron) - 5:19 # "Inner Space" - 6:58 :*Recorded at Generation Sound Studios, NYC on April 17, 1973 (tracks 1, 6 & 7) and April 18, 1973 (tracks 2-5).

Personnel

* Lou Donaldson - varitone

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

* Thad Jones - trumpet * Garnett Brown - trombone * Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone,

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

*Buddy Lucas -

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

* Paul Griffin - piano,

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

* Horace Ott - electric piano * Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, John Tropea - electric guitar * Wilbur Bascomb - electric bass *

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, Jack Jennings - percussion *

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

References

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