Latest Release
- 3 FEB 2024
- 84 Songs
- Mr. Shing-A-Ling · 1968
- The Natural Soul (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered) · 1961
- Original Jazz Sound: The Sermon ! · 2010
- Midnight Creeper · 1968
- Blues Walk · 1954
- Memorial Album · 1952
- Blues Walk · 1958
- Late Night Lou Donaldson · 2019
- Chess Sing a Song of Soul 2 · 2017
- Jazz Organ Jam - 40 Jazz Organists · 2015
Essential Albums
- 1958
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
- 2009
- 2009
- 1999
Artist Playlists
- A bluesy, soulful saxophonist of timeless appeal.
Singles & EPs
Appears On
- Ximo Tebar
- Jimmy Smith Trio
- Milt Jackson & Thelonious Monk Quintet
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