Everything I Play Is Funky

Everything I Play is Funky
Everything I Play is Funky
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released	June 1970
Recorded	August 22, 1969 & January 9, 1970
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz, funk
Length	38:51
Label	Blue Note; BST 84337
Producer	Francis Wolff
Lou Donaldson chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Everything I Play is Funky is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith, Melvin Sparks, Jimmy Lewis and Idris Muhammad and two tracks with Eddie Williams and Charles Earland replacing Mitchell and Smith.^[4]

Reception[]

The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review by Steve Huey who states "Everything I Play Is Funky is easily one of the best examples of Lou Donaldson's commercially accessible period of the late '60s and early '70s. Donaldson's forays into funk and R&B-driven soul-jazz could sometimes sound stiff, but the grooves here — which feature many of the same players — are consistently limber and unforced. And, typical of the style, the grooves (not adventurous improvisation) are what make the album tick... This is the sort of record that modern-day Donaldson disciples like the Sugarman Three cherish, and one of his few truly consistent efforts in this style. Recommended wholeheartedly to funk and rare-groove fans".^[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as noted

"Everything I Do Gon' Be Funky (From Now On)" (Allen Toussaint) - 5:31
"Hamp's Hump" (Paul Hampton) - 6:40
"Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 7:11
"Donkey Walk" - 6:44
"West Indian Daddy" - 6:30
"Minor Bash" - 6:15

Recorded on August 22, 1969 (4-5) and January 9, 1970 (1-3 & 6).

Personnel[]

Musicians[]

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Lou Donaldson - varitone alto saxophone, voice
Blue Mitchell (tracks 1-3 & 6), Eddie Williams (tracks 4 & 5) - trumpet
Lonnie Smith (tracks 1-3 & 6), Charles Earland (tracks 4 & 5) - Hammond organ
Melvin Sparks - guitar
Jimmy Lewis - Fender bass (tracks 1-3 & 6)
Idris Muhammad - drums

Production[]

Producer – Francis Wolff
Recording - Rudy Van Gelder
Cover design - Bob Venosa/ Havona
Cover design (reissue) – Patrick Roques
Photography - Charles Keddie

References[]

^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (20 June 1970). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 1 November 2016 – via Google Books.
^ "Everything I Play Is Funky - Lou Donaldson". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 390. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 14, 2009.
^ Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 14, 2009.
^ "Lou Donaldson Everything I Play Is Funky". funkmysoul.gr. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

[1] Inc, Nielsen Business Media (20 June 1970). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 1 November 2016 – via Google Books.

[2] "Everything I Play Is Funky - Lou Donaldson". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 390. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 14, 2009.

[5] Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 14, 2009.

[6] "Lou Donaldson Everything I Play Is Funky". funkmysoul.gr. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

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