Alligator Bogaloo (Blue Note 80): Vinyl LP BF30 4 Caravanserai

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which was recorded one month earlier with the exact same personnel featuring Green

Blue Note Re:imagined II once again infuses the spirit of the new UK jazz generation into the legendary label’s iconic catalog

Joe Zawinul

Alligator Bogaloo (Blue Note 80): Vinyl LP BF30 4 CaravanseraiAlto saxophonist Lou Donaldson scored a hit with Alligator Bogaloo, the jaunty and memorable lead cut and title track of his 1967 soul jazz classic, but the album brims with funky grooves from start to finish with the breezy Aw Shucks, rollicking Rev. Moses, and the sinuous minimalism of One Cylinder. Alligator Bogaloo marked the beginning of a fruitful and long running collaboration between Lou and organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith, with the stellar band