Lou Donaldson

the Lou Donaldson Quartet is at Jazzwoche Burghausen (2000)

May 20, 2000 - the Lou Donaldson Quartet - that is Lou Donaldson (as), Dr. Lonnie Smith (org), Randy Johnston (g) and Danny Burger (dr) - is scheduled at Jazzwoche...

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Lou Donaldson & Dr. Lonnie Smith together for “Blue Note At 75” (2014)

May 11, 2014 - Blue Note Records celebrate their 75th birthday with Lou Donaldson & Dr. Lonnie Smith backed by Kendrick Scott and Lionel Loueke at Concert Hall of the...

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Jimmy Smith records ‘Cool Blues’ in a New-York Club with Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey et al (1958)

Jimmy Smith's 'Cool Blues' is a live album recorded on April 7, 1958 at Small's Paradise in New York City and released in 1978 By Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Dark...

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Art Blakey records ‘A Night at Birdland Vol. 1’ with Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver et al (1954)

Art Blakey's 'A Night at Birdland Vol. 1' is an album recorded on February 21, 1954, with Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver and Curly Russell and released in July...

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Happy Birthday Lou Donaldson. ‘Blues Walking With Lou’

This day (November 1, 1926), in Badin, North Carolina, is born Lou Donaldson, an American jazz alto saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . Whiskey Drinkin’ Woman’ (2015) 2 . Everything I Do...

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Lou Donaldson plays in Jersey City (2013)

October 19, 2013 - Lou Donaldson and band perform at Community Sing Along in Jersey City, NJ

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Jimmy Smith records ‘The Sermon!’ with Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey et al (1957)

Jimmy Smith's 'The Sermon!' is an album recorded on August 25, 1957 and February 25, 1958 and released in 1959 by Blue Note.Track listing : 1.The Sermon (Jimmy Smith) –...

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Lou Donaldson & Dr. Lonnie Smith meet at North Sea (2003)

July 12, 2003 - Lou Donaldson (s) is with Lonnie Smith (hamm org), Randy Johnston (g) and Fukushi Tainaka (d) at "North Sea Jazz Festival" in The Hague, The Netherlands

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Milt Jackson records ‘Wizard of the Vibes’ featuring Thelonious Monk, Lou Donaldson and the Modern Jazz Quartet (1948)

Milt Jackson's 'Wizard of the Vibes' is an album recorded on July 2, 1948 with the Thelonious Monk Quintet and on April 7, 1952 with the Modern Jazz Quartet plus...

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The Lou Donaldson Quartet is in Germany (2000)

May 26, 2000 - Lou Donaldson (as, voc) shares the stage with Dr. Lonnie Smith (B3 org) plus Danny Burger (d) and Randy Johnston (g) at SWR Hot Jazz Festival...

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Eddie, Lou, Paco et al attend the Jazz Masters Induction Ceremony (2013)

January 14, 2013 - this year NEA Jazz Masters Ceremony will induct Mose Allison, Lou Donaldson, Lorraine Gordon and Eddie Palmieri at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in...

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Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Live at Mister Kelly’s’ in Chicago with the Lou Levy Trio (1958)

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Live at Mister Kelly's' is an album recorded on August 10, 1958 in Chicago and released in 2007 by Verve.Track listing : 1.Your Red Wagon (Gene de Paul,...

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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong record ‘Ella and Louis Again’ for Verve (1957)

'Ella and Louis Again' by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong is a studio (sequel to their 1956 'Ella and Louis') album recorded on July 23 & 31 and August 13,...

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This week In Jazz Legends 44/52

How well do you know the music of Lou Donaldson, Thelonious Monk, Roy Hargrove, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus,...

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This week In Jazz Legends 21/52

Christian Scott, Quintet, Bob James, David Sanborn, George Benson, Southside Aces, Evan Christopher, Irvin Mayfield, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Camilo, Tomatito, Ramsey...

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We remember Percy Heath from the Modern Jazz Quartet. ‘Modern Jazz Percy’

This day (April 28, 2005), in Southampton, New York, died Percy Heath, an American jazz bassist, member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.Digest Tracklist : Modern Jazz Quartet - 'Round Midnight...

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This week In Jazz Legends 14/52

Joshua Redman, John Coltrane, Chris Potter, Paquito D'Rivera, Gato Barbieri, Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins, James Moody, Kenny Garrett, Benny Maupin, Peter Brötzmann , David Murray

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We remember John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet fame. ‘John Left The Notes’

This day (March 29, 2001), in New York City, died John Aaron Lewis, an American jazz pianist, composer and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.Tracklist : 1 . Django...

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Death Row publish Dr. Dre’ s debut album : ‘The Chronic’ featuring Snoop Dogg (1992)

Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' is his debut studio album featuring Snoop Dogg and released on December 15, 1992 by Death Row / Interscope Track Listing : 1.The Chronic [Intro] (Snoop...

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Eminem releases his eighth album :’The Marshall Mathers LP 2′ featuring ‘Berzerk,’ ‘Rap God’ and ‘The Monster’ (2015)

Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2' is his eighth studio album featuring Rihanna & Kendrick Lamaras guests and released on November 5, 2013 by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady / Interscope.Track Listing...

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