Midnight Creeper

This article is about the album by Lou Donaldson. For the album by Teddy Edwards, see Midnight Creeper (Teddy Edwards album).

Midnight Creeper is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith, George Benson, and Leo Morris.^[4]

Midnight Creeper
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released	Late September/early October 1968[1]
Recorded	March 15, 1968
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:09
Label	Blue Note BST 84280
Producer	Francis Wolff
Lou Donaldson chronology
Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968)
Alternative cover
LP full gatefold artwork

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Reception

The album was awarded 4 stars in an Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine who states "As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of Alligator Bogaloo, Midnight Creeper succeeds where its predecessor, Mr. Shing-A-Ling failed: it offers a thoroughly enjoyable set of grooving, funky soul-jazz... Donaldson could frequently sound stilted on his commercial soul-jazz dates, but that's not the case with Midnight Creeper. He rarely was quite as loose on his late-'60s/early-'70s records as he is here, and that's what makes Midnight Creeper a keeper".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Midnight Creeper" (Donaldson) - 6:32
2. "Love Power" (Teddy Vann) - 7:46
3. "Elizabeth" (Donaldson) - 5:37
4. "Bag of Jewels" (Lonnie Smith) - 9:44
5. "Dapper Dan" (Harold Ousley) - 6:30

Personnel

• Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
• Blue Mitchell - cornet
• Lonnie Smith - organ
• George Benson - guitar
• Idris Muhammad - drums