Latest Release
- 3 FEB 2024
- 84 Songs
- New Faces - New Sounds - EP · 1952
- Sassy Soul Strut · 1973
- Sassy Soul Strut · 1973
- Sassy Soul Strut · 1973
- Gravy Train (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered) · 1954
- Mr. Shing-A-Ling · 1967
- Everything I Play Is Funky · 1970
- Blue Breakbeats · 1997
- Memorial Album · 1952
- Pretty Things · 1970
Essential Albums
- 1958
Artist Playlists
- A bluesy, soulful saxophonist of timeless appeal.
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About Lou Donaldson
A dedicated disciple of Charlie Parker, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson focused his energies on the bluesier aspects of his hero's playing and rendered it with a sweeter edge that fashioned him a viable career for decades. During the early '70s, he engaged in experiments with funk and soul-jazz, resulting in his most commercially successful period and laying the groundwork for rediscovery by the "acid jazz" contingent of the '90s.
- HOMETOWN
- Badin, NC, United States
- BORN
- 1 November 1926
- GENRE
- Jazz