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Quartet/Quintet/Sextet is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson featuring his earliest recordings as a leader on the Blue Note label performed by Donaldson's Quartet with pianist Horace Silver, bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Art Taylor, his Quintet with Silver, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, drummer Art Blakey and bassist Percy Heath, and a Sextet with Heath, Blakey, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, trombonist Matthew Gee and pianist Elmo Hope.[2] The album was originally released as a 10" LP, then as a 12" long-playing record, and finally as a CD with additional tracks added.

Quartet/Quintet/Sextet
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released	1957
Recorded	June 20 and November 19, 1952; August 21, 1954 WOR Studios, NYC and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:50
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Lou Donaldson chronology
Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1957) Wailing with Lou (1957)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Review

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated: "While Donaldson's tone isn't quite as full as it would be within just five years, he impresses with his bold, speedy technique and fine phrasing. He doesn't play anything out of the ordinary, but he plays it very, very well, and his playing is enhanced by the three stellar bands that support him on these sessions... Everyone plays in a straight bop and hard bop tradition, contributing fine performances to a strong debut effort by Donaldson".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.

1. "Lou's Blues"
2. "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin)
3. "Roccus" (Horace Silver)
4. "If I Love Again" (Ben Oakland)
5. "Down Home"
6. "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
7. "Sweet Juice" (Silver)
8. "Caracas"
9. "Moe's Bluff"

• Recorded at WOR Studios, NYC, June 20, 1952 (tracks 1-3) and November 19, 1952 (tracks 4-7) and Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 22, 1954 (tracks 8 & 9).

Personnel

Musicians

• Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
• Horace Silver – piano (tracks 1-7)
• Elmo Hope – piano (tracks 8 & 9)
• Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 5-7)
• Kenny Dorham – trumpet (tracks 8 & 9)
• Matthew Gee – trombone (tracks 8 & 9)
• Gene Ramey – bass (tracks 1-3)
• Percy Heath – bass (tracks 4-9)
• Art Taylor – drums (tracks 1-3)
• Art Blakey – drums (tracks 4-9)

Production

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Reid Miles – design
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Francis Wolff – photography

References

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