His solos were warm as a midnight kiss, so sweet, a radio DJ gave him the name “Sweet Poppa Lou.” “You can’t play jazz ...
Lou Donaldson DSC0004a” by Marek Lazarski is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the jazz world lost a ...
Lou Donaldson's career spanned over half a century, and several of his recordings were sampled in some of the most impactful ...
A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman ...
Lou Donaldson, the alto saxophonist best known for as a “leading voice” of “hard bop,” has died on Saturday (Nov. 9) at ...
A roundup of notable entertainment events includes the death of jazz legends Lou Donaldson and Roy Haynes, John Krasinski's ...