# Light-Foot

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{{other uses|Lightfoot (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Light-Foot
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Lou Donaldson](/source/Lou_Donaldson)
| cover      = Light-Foot.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1959
| recorded   = December 14, 1958
| venue      =
| studio     = [Van Gelder Studio](/source/Van_Gelder_Studio), Hackensack, NJ
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     =
| label      = [Blue Note 4053](/source/Blue_Note_Records)
| producer   = [Alfred Lion](/source/Alfred_Lion)
| chronology = [Lou Donaldson](/source/Lou_Donaldson)
| prev_title = [Blues Walk](/source/Blues_Walk)
| prev_year  = 1958
| next_title = [LD + 3](/source/LD_%2B_3)
| next_year  = 1959
}}
'''''Light-Foot''''' is an album by [jazz](/source/jazz) [saxophonist](/source/saxophonist) [Lou Donaldson](/source/Lou_Donaldson) recorded for the [Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note_Records) label and performed by Donaldson's Quintet with pianist [Herman Foster](/source/Herman_Foster), bassist  [Peck Morrison](/source/Peck_Morrison), drummer [Jimmy Wormworth](/source/Jimmy_Wormworth) and congalero [Ray Barretto](/source/Ray_Barretto).<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/lou-donaldson/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4053 Lou Donaldson discography] accessed December 4, 2009.</ref>

== Reception ==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r137796 AllMusic Review]</ref>
| rev2      = ''[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat)''
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="DB61">{{cite magazine |last=Wilson |first=John S. |date=August 31, 1961 |title=Lou Donaldson: Light-Foot |magazine=[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat) |volume=28 |issue=18 |pages=24, 26 }}</ref>
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The contemporaneous ''[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat)'' reviewer, [John S. Wilson](/source/John_S._Wilson_(music_critic)), suggested that the material chosen for the album did not allow Donaldson's potential to be fully realized.<ref name="DB61" /> The album was awarded 3 stars by [Stephen Thomas Erlewine](/source/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine) in an [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review which stated "With ''Light Foot'', Donaldson still was pretty firmly grounded in bop, but the tempos began to slow down, and his blues influence came to the forefront; furthermore, the bop tracks are hard bop, not straight bop, which tended to dominate his previous recordings. That diversity makes ''Light Foot'' an interesting listen, but the record suffers from slightly uneven material and performances."<ref>Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r137796|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed December 4, 2009.</ref>

==Track listing==
:''All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated''
# "Light-Foot" - 5:35
# "Hog Maw" - 7:39
# "Mary Ann" - 6:41
# "Green Eyes" ([Nilo Menendez](/source/Nilo_Menendez), [Adolfo Utrera](/source/Adolfo_Utrera)) - 5:21
# "[Walking by the River](/source/Walkin'_by_the_River)" ([Una Mae Carlisle](/source/Una_Mae_Carlisle), [Robert Sour](/source/Robert_Sour)) - 5:39
# "Day Dreams" ([Herman Foster](/source/Herman_Foster)) - 5:00
# "[Stella by Starlight](/source/Stella_by_Starlight)" ([Ned Washington](/source/Ned_Washington), [Victor Young](/source/Victor_Young)) - 5:50
:*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on December 14, 1958.

== Personnel ==
'''Musicians'''
*Lou Donaldson - [alto saxophone](/source/alto_saxophone)
*[Herman Foster](/source/Herman_Foster) - [piano](/source/piano)
*[Peck Morrison](/source/Peck_Morrison) - [bass](/source/double_bass)
*[Jimmy Wormworth](/source/Jimmy_Wormworth) - [drums](/source/drum_kit)
*[Ray Barretto](/source/Ray_Barretto) - [congas](/source/congas)

'''Production'''
* [Alfred Lion](/source/Alfred_Lion) - [producer](/source/Record_producer)
* [Reid Miles](/source/Reid_Miles) - [design](/source/graphic_design)
* [Rudy Van Gelder](/source/Rudy_Van_Gelder) - [engineer](/source/Audio_engineering)
* [Francis Wolff](/source/Francis_Wolff) - [photography](/source/photography)

== References ==
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Category:Lou Donaldson albums
Category:1959 albums
Category:Blue Note Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Alfred Lion
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Category:Albums recorded in a home studio

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