Two of the jazz world's most enduring pioneers, Lou Donaldson and Roy Haynes, died within days of each other, following ...

Over the course of his 50-plus-year career, Donaldson was revered for his thoughtful, bluesy approach to the alto saxophone.

Lou Donaldson, the alto saxophonist best known for as a “leading voice” of “hard bop,” has died on Saturday (Nov. 9) at age ...

Lou Donaldson was a celebrated jazz saxophonist with a warm, fluid style who performed with everyone from Thelonius Monk to ...

Publisher Elinor “Ely” Tatum Lou Donaldson — a preeminent alto saxophonist whose style as a disciple of Charlie Parker was ...

“Lou Donaldson DSC0004a” by Marek Lazarski is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the jazz world lost a legend ...

Iconic alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson died Nov. 9 after a very long career. Unapologetic about seeking an audience, he said he just aimed to play what crowds would respond to.

Thank you for your support of Lou and his music throughout his career. Because of you, his legendary contributions to Jazz ...

When I was 15, I was playing lots of gigs. By the time I was 17, I was playing with jazz guys like Lou Donaldson, Houston Person, Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy from The Blues Brothers. So I was very ...

In the following year, he met the executives at Blue Note while working as a sideman for saxophonist Lou Donaldson. This meeting led to Silver signing with the label where he would remain until 1980.

Mixing James Brown funk with his own soul jazz grooves, ‘Mr Shing-A-Ling’ found Lou Donaldson in the middle of a second creative burst for Blue Note. Donaldson was just four days shy of his ...

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