On Forgotten Man alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson improvises, as he does during his concerts, to four sorts of themes: own compositions as the 32-measures counting "Tracy", jazz-standards like the samba "This is Happiness", "low down blues" such as "Wiskey Drinkin' Woman" and at last Charlie Parker-vehicles like "Confirmation", "Melancholy Baby", "Don't Blame Me" and "Exactly Like You". He expresses himself on this record in a typical post-Parkerian style. Striking is his choice of the material to be improvised in the form of attractive and charming "songs" with a melodic line. - Juul Anthonissen, December 1982
Personnel:
LOU DONALDSON, alto sax
HERMAN FOSTER, piano
GEOFF FULLER, bass
VICTOR JONES, drums
Recorded in New York, July 2, 1981.
Tracks:
01. Confirmation
02. Wiskey Drinkin' Woman
03. This Is Happiness
04. Tracy
05. Melnacholy Baby
06. Don't Blame Me
07. Exactly Like You