Possum Head reunites
Lou Donaldson with organ great
Big John Patton, a component of virtually all of the altoist's strongest Argo label efforts -- time and time again,
Patton's sublimely funky grooves effectively sand away
Donaldson's wooden edges to create rolling melodic contours. Guitarist
Ray Crawford, trumpeter
Bill Hardman, drummer
Bill Dixon, and the presumably pseudonymous percussionist
Cleopas "Mopedido" Morris round out the session, which boasts a lighter, breezier approach than the earlier
Signifyin'.
Donaldson circles around the hard-driving soul-jazz sensibilities of his later records but never quite commits, instead favoring lyrical solos well-matched to standards like "Laura," "Bye Bye Blackbird," and "Secret Love." An engaging and underrated record.