Donaldson enjoyed several hits, including covers of "Ode to Billie Joe" and "It's Your Thing" Gilles Petard/Redferns Lou Donaldson, acclaimed jazz alto saxophonist, died over the weekend according to ...

Nov 11 (Reuters) - U.S. saxophonist Lou Donaldson, one of jazz music's last remaining links to the era of bebop in the 1950s who went on to develop a soul and Latin-inspired sound in the following ...

Lou Donaldson, the alto saxophonist best known for as a “leading voice” of “hard bop,” has died on Saturday (Nov. 9) at age 98 in Daytona Beach, Florida. His death was confirmed by his family in a ...

Jazz heads are invited to an evening of classic Bop and infectious Soul Jazz as Bocanegra Boogaloo performs a special tribute ...

Two of the jazz world’s most enduring pioneers have died after prolific and widely influential careers. Acclaimed saxophonist Lou Donaldson died on Saturday, Nov. 9 at age 98. On Tuesday, Donaldson’s ...

For anyone new to Lou Donaldson, it’s a good place to start, and has some of his best numbers. I'm not a huge fan of Best Of albums. Artists make albums of music—some with themes, some without—and you ...

"I'll play it like they used to play the saxophone--no Kenny G," said Lou Donaldson at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater Monday night. The veteran reedman then delivered on his promise with a warm, ...

Lou Donaldson, acclaimed jazz alto saxophonist, died over the weekend according to a statement from his family. He was 98. A pop-up statement on Donaldson's website reads, "The Family of Sweet Poppa ...