Midnight Creeper
Studio albumby Lou Donaldson
Released	Late September/early October 1968[1]
Recorded	March 15, 1968
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:09
Label	Blue NoteBST 84280
Producer	Francis Wolff
Lou Donaldson chronology
Mr. Shing-A-Ling(1967) Midnight Creeper(1968) Say It Loud!(1968)
Alternative cover
LP full gatefold artwork

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Midnight Creeper is an album by jazzsaxophonistLou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith, George Benson, and Leo Morris.^[4]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated October 26, 1968, peaking at No. 182 during a six-week run on the chart.^[5]

The album was awarded 4 stars in an Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine who states "As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of Alligator Bogaloo, Midnight Creeper succeeds where its predecessor, Mr. Shing-A-Ling failed: it offers a thoroughly enjoyable set of grooving, funky soul-jazz... Donaldson could frequently sound stilted on his commercial soul-jazz dates, but that's not the case with Midnight Creeper. He rarely was quite as loose on his late-'60s/early-'70s records as he is here, and that's what makes Midnight Creeper a keeper".^[6]

1. "Midnight Creeper" (Donaldson) - 6:32
2. "Love Power" (Teddy Vann) - 7:46
3. "Elizabeth" (Donaldson) - 5:37
4. "Bag of Jewels" (Lonnie Smith) - 9:44
5. "Dapper Dan" (Harold Ousley) - 6:30

• Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
• Blue Mitchell - cornet
• Lonnie Smith - organ
• George Benson - guitar
• Idris Muhammad - drums