The Time Is Right (Lou Donaldson album)

The Time Is Right is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded on October 31 and November 28, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year.

The Time Is Right
Studio album by Lou Donaldson
Released	Early April 1960
Recorded	October 31, 1959 November 28, 1959
Studio	Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:01
Label	Blue Note BLP 4025
Producer	Alfred Lion
Lou Donaldson chronology
LD+3 (1959) The Time Is Right (1960) Sunny Side Up (1960)

Release history

It was released on CD only in Japan.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Lou's Blues"	Donaldson	October 31, 1959	5:55
2.	"Be My Love"	Nicholas Brodszky Sammy Cahn	October 31, 1959	5:45
3.	"Idaho"	Jesse Stone	November 28, 1959	5:10
4.	"The Nearness of You"	Hoagy Carmichael Ned Washington	October 31, 1959	4:42

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Mack the Knife"	Marc Blitzstein Bertolt Brecht Kurt Weill	October 31, 1959	5:17
2.	"Crosstown Shuffle"	Donaldson	October 31, 1959	5:15
3.	"Tangerine"	Johnny Mercer Victor Schertzinger	October 31, 1959	4:57

Personnel

Musicians

October 31, 1959

• Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
• Blue Mitchell – trumpet
• Horace Parlan – piano
• Laymon Jackson – bass
• Dave Bailey – drums
• Ray Barretto – congas

November 28, 1959

• Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
• Blue Mitchell – trumpet
• Horace Parlan – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Al Harewood – drums

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
• Reid Miles – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Ira Gitler – technical personnel