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Lou Donaldson: Lou's Boogaloo

Read "Lou Donaldson: Lou's Boogaloo" reviewed by Rex  Butters


2007 already has alto saxophone legend Lou Donaldson in a New York state of mind. He began the year receiving honors at Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights in Jazz series at the Tribeca Peforming Arts Center, also stealing the show with his quartet. This month he checks into Birdland for a short stay with his quartet including old ...

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Article: Live Review

Lou Donaldson Quartet at Birdland

Read "Lou Donaldson Quartet at Birdland" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Lou Donaldson QuartetBirdlandNew York, NY Saturday, February 3, 2007 Lou Donaldson, now eighty years old, and his group performed a wonderful straight-ahead set ("no fusion, no confusion ) before an adoring crowd. Birdland, being in the center of the theater district, can attract a lot of tourists, especially on the ...

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The Artist Selects

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Cheek To Cheek; Cookin

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Lou Donaldson: The Artist Selects

Read "The Artist Selects" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes


Alto sax master Lou Donaldson's entry to the Blue Note Artist Selects series includes a blend of originals and standards, with Hall of Fame lineups from various eras. Listening to this music, one can map the evolution of jazz in the context of his development as a musician. Donaldson's first words on the ...

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Article: Interview

Lou Donaldson: Old School... and Still Cool

Read "Lou Donaldson: Old School... and Still Cool" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Born in Badin, North Carolina on November 1, 1926, Lou Donaldson is still going strong at the age of 79, playing the same brand of soulful, swinging jazz that established him as one of the most popular alto saxophonists to ever record for the famed Blue Note label. Donaldson, who recorded for Blue Note ...

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The Artist Selects

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Cheek To Cheek; Cookin'; Lou's Blues; Dorothy; Herman's Mambo; The Blues Walk; The Masquerade Is Over; Funky Mama; Caracas; What Will I Tell My Heart; Alligator Bogaloo; Peepin'; Caravan.

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Say It Loud!

Label: Water
Released: 2005
Track listing: Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud; Summertime ; Caravan; Snake Bone; Brother Soul.

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Lou Donaldson: The Artist Selects

Read "The Artist Selects" reviewed by Chris May


Blue Note's new Artist Selects series presumably takes its cue from ECM's recent Rarum initiative: the tracks on the CDs are chosen by the artists themselves, who also write about them in the liner notes. Along with this set from Lou Donaldson, the first batch of albums includes collections by Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Burrell, and--from Pacific ...

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Lou Donaldson: Say It Loud!

Read "Say It Loud!" reviewed by Germein Linares


Lou Donaldson's Say It Loud! is finally on CD. Recorded for Blue Note in '69, this is one of several late-'60s albums by the legendary alto saxophonist that tend to get little respect. That's too bad, really. Apart from sporting a very capable band in trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist Jimmy Ponder, organist Charles Earland and drummer ...

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The Natural Soul

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Funky Mama 2. Spaceman Twist (Donaldson) 3. Love Walked In (Gershwin/Gershwin) 4. Sow Belly Blues (Donaldson) 5. That's All 6. Nice 'N Greasy


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