The Scorpion (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Scorpion

| type = live

| artist = Lou Donaldson

| cover = The Scorpion (album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1995

| recorded = November 7, 1970

| venue = The Cadillac Club, Newark, New Jersey

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:32

| label = Blue Note

| producer = Francis Wolff

| chronology = Lou Donaldson

| prev_title = Pretty Things

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Cosmos

| next_year = 1971

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r210900 Allmusic Review]

}}

The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club is a live album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded in Newark, New Jersey in 1970 for the Blue Note label featuring a performance by Donaldson with Fred Ballard, Leon Spencer, Melvin Sparks, and Idris Muhammad.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/lou-donaldson/catalog/#blue-note-b1-31876 Lou Donaldson discography] accessed December 15, 2009.

The album was awarded 2 stars in an Allmusic review by Scott Yanow who states "The repertoire is dominated by lengthy funk grooves that are quite danceable but never develop beyond the obvious".Yanow, S. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r210900|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed December 15, 2009.