The Scorpion (album)

The Scorpion
Live album by
Released1995
RecordedNovember 7, 1970
VenueThe Cadillac Club, Newark, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length46:32
LabelBlue Note
ProducerFrancis Wolff
Lou Donaldson chronology
Pretty Things
(1970)
The Scorpion
(1995)
Cosmos
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

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.

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".