The Time Is Right

The Time Is Right
The Time Is Right
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released	Early April 1960
Recorded	October 31 & November 28, 1959; Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:01
Label	Blue Note; BST 84025
Producer	Alfred Lion
Lou Donaldson chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The Time Is Right is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Horace Parlan, Laymon Jackson, Dave Bailey, and Ray Barretto with Sam Jones and Al Harewood replacing Jackson and Bailey on one track.^[3] The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review.^[4] It was released on CD only in Japan.

Track listing[]

"Lou's Blues" (Donaldson) - 5:55
"Be My Love" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) - 5:45
"Idaho" (Jesse Stone) - 5:10
"The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 4:42
"Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 5:17
"Crosstown Shuffle" (Donaldson) - 5:15
"Tangerine" - (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 4:57

Recorded on October 31 (tracks 1, 2, 4-7) and November 28 (track 3), 1959.

Personnel[]

Tracks 1, 2, 4-7

Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
Horace Parlan - piano
Blue Mitchell - trumpet - except track 2
Laymon Jackson - bass
Dave Bailey - drums
Ray Barretto - congas

Track 3

Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
Horace Parlan - piano
Blue Mitchell - trumpet
Sam Jones - bass
Al Harewood - drums

Production[]

References[]

^ Billboard Apr 18, 1960
^ Allmusic Review
^ Lou Donaldson discography accessed December 4, 2009.
^ Allmusic Review accessed December 4, 2009.

[1] Billboard Apr 18, 1960

[2] Allmusic Review

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

[4] Allmusic Review accessed December 4, 2009.

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show v t 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)
Related	Discography

show v t Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip Off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)

show v t Horace Parlan
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Movin' & Groovin' (1960) Us Three (1960) Speakin' My Piece (1960) Headin' South (1960) On the Spur of the Moment (1961) Up & Down (1961) Happy Frame of Mind (1963) Arrival (1973) No Blues (1975) Frank-ly Speaking (1977) Goin' Home (with Archie Shepp, 1977) Blue Parlan (1978) Hi-Fly (1978) Musically Yours (1979) The Maestro (1979) Trouble in Mind (with Archie Shepp, 1980) Pannonica (1980) Like Someone in Love (1983) Glad I Found You (1984) Little Esther (1987) Duo Reunion (with Archie Shepp, 1987) Voyage of Rediscovery (1999)
With Stanley Turrentine	Look Out! (Stanley Turrentine, 1960) Comin' Your Way (1961) Up at "Minton's" (1961) Salt Song (1971)
With others	Gene Ammons in Sweden (1973) One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960) Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960) Motoring Along (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1974) Tough Tenor Favorites (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin, 1962) Goin' to the Meeting (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962) Jaw's Blues (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1981) The Time Is Right (Lou Donaldson, 1959) Sunny Side Up (Lou Donaldson, 1960) Midnight Sun (Lou Donaldson, 1960) The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge, 1991) That's It! (Booker Ervin, 1961) Exultation! (Booker Ervin, 1963) The House That Love Built (Frank Foster, 1982) Doin' Allright (Dexter Gordon, 1961) Stable Mable (Dexter Gordon, 1975) Jazz with a Twist (Slide Hampton, 1961) Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (1962) Weary Blues (Langston Hughes, Charles Mingus & Leonard Feather, 1958) Gifts & Messages (Roland Kirk, 1964) I Talk with the Spirits (Roland Kirk, 1964) Slightly Latin (Roland Kirk, 1965) A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Charles Mingus, 1957) Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1959) Mingus Ah Um (Charles Mingus, 1959) I'll Close My Eyes (Doug Raney, 1982) Meeting the Tenors (Doug Raney, 1983) Splashes (Archie Shepp, 1987) Bird's Grass (Idrees Sulieman, 1976) Groovin' (Idrees Sulieman, 1985)