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Title information

Mack The Knife

Lou Donaldson

The Best Of Lou Donaldson, Vol.1. 1957-1967

Date of recording

31.10.1959, Englewood Cliffs/NJ

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Performers

Lou Donaldson (Soloist) (alto sax)

* 1.11.1926, Badin, North Carolina (NC), United States

† 9.11.2024

Blue Mitchell (Soloist) (trumpet)

* 13.3.1930, Miami, Florida (FL), United States

† 21.5.1979, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Horace Parlan (Soloist) (piano)

* 19.1.1931, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 23.2.2017, Korsør, Sjaelland, Denmark

Laymon Jackson (Soloist) (Double Bass)
Dave Bailey (Soloist) (drums)

* 22.2.1926, Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), United States

Ray Barretto (Soloist) (conga)

* 29.4.1929, Brooklyn, New York (NY), United States

† 18.2.2006, Hackensack, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Authors

Kurt Weill (Composer)

* 2.3.1900, Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

† 3.4.1950, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Bertolt Brecht (Text author)

* 10.2.1898, Augsburg, Bayern, Germany

† 14.8.1956, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Album information

The Best Of Lou Donaldson, Vol.1. 1957-1967

Lou Donaldson

The Best Of Lou Donaldson, Vol.1. 1957-1967

Year of production

1993

Record Label

Blue Note

Tracks

  • 1. Grits and Gravy
  • 2. Groovin' high
  • 3. Blues walk
  • 4. Light-Foot
  • 5. Mack the knife
  • 6. Here 'tis
  • 7. Sow Belly Blues
  • 8. Sweet slumber
  • 9. Alligator Boogaloo