Lou Donaldson DSC0004a” by Marek Lazarski is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the jazz world lost a ...
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's career spanned over half a century, and several of his recordings were sampled in some of the most impactful ...
North Carolinian was part of the bop scene that emerged after WWII, and early in his career he recorded with Thelonius Monk, ...
A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman ...
A roundup of notable entertainment events includes the death of jazz legends Lou Donaldson and Roy Haynes, John Krasinski's ...