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 ...
Two of the jazz world’s most enduring pioneers, Lou Donaldson and Roy Haynes, died within days of each other, following ...
North Carolinian was part of the bop scene that emerged after WWII, and early in his career he recorded with Thelonius Monk, ...
Lou Donaldson, a pioneering figure in the soul jazz movement, passed away on November 9th. He was 98 years old.
Lou Donaldson was a celebrated jazz saxophonist with a warm, fluid style who performed with everyone from Thelonius Monk to ...
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 ...