Alligator Bogaloo (Blue Note 80): Vinyl LP TVE Costello described The Juliet Letters

Costello described The Juliet Letters as “a song sequence for string quartet and voice and it has a title

riffs and tunes

The Cure and The Slits

from Madonna

Benny Golson

Alligator Bogaloo (Blue Note 80): Vinyl LP TVE Costello described The Juliet LettersAlto saxophonist Lou Donaldson scored a hit with Alligator Bogaloo, the jaunty and memorable lead cut and title track of his 1967 soul jazz classic, but the album brims with funky grooves from start to finish with the breezy Aw Shucks, rollicking Rev. Moses, and the sinuous minimalism of One Cylinder. Alligator Bogaloo marked the beginning of a fruitful and long running collaboration between Lou and organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith, with the stellar band