
Artist
Lou Donaldson
Lou Donaldson is a jazz artist from American. 81 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · American · Best jazz albums
- 81
- Releases
- 1957–2026
- Active years

Artist
Lou Donaldson is a jazz artist from American. 81 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · American · Best jazz albums

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Alligator Bogaloo
1967

Midnight Creeper
1968

Mr. Shing-A-Ling
1967

Hot Dog
1969

Lush Life
1967

Blues Walk
1958

Pretty Things
1970

Possum Head
1964

Rough House Blues
1966

Here 'Tis
1961

The Time Is Right
1959

The Best Of Lou Donaldson (Vol. 1 1957-1967)
2026

The Blue Note Years
2026

Essential Classics, Vol. 882: Lou Donaldson
2025

A Man With A Horn
2025

Iridium Jazz Club (Live New York '95)
2025

INTEGRAL Lou Donaldson 1952 - 1962
2025

Four Classic Albums (The 3 Sounds / Feelin' Good / Moods / Ld+3) (2024 Digitally Remastered)
2024

Late Night Lou Donaldson
2024

Got My Bag (Live New York '95)
2024

Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo de Lou Donaldson
2023

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Lou Donaldson
2023

Glory of Love
2023

JazzOmatic
2023

The Natural Soul
2021

Blue Notes III, Vol. 5
2021

Signifyin'
2020

Lou Selection
2020

Jazz Masters - Lou Donaldson, Vol. 1
2020

Jazz Infusion - Lou Donaldson
2020

Jazz Masters - Lou Donaldson, Vol. 2
2020

Good Gracious!
2018

Sunny Side up (2018 Digitally Remastered)
2018
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Four Classic Albums (Blues Walk / Gravy Train / Lou Takes Off / Here 'Tis) [Remastered]
2017

Blowing In The Wind
2017

Cosmos
2017

Gravy Train
2017

Sophisticated Lou
2017

Fried Buzzard (Live At Bon Ton Club, Buffalo/1965)
2017

A Foggy Day
2017

Quartet / Quintet / Sextet
2017

Best Of - 50 Tracks
2016

Sweet Lou
2014

Down Home
2014

Fourteen Classic Albums: 1953-1962
2014

Light-Foot
2014

Sassy Soul Strut
2014

Modern Jazz- The World's Greatest Jazz Collection, Vol. 38
2013

The Complete Blue Note Lou Donaldson Sessions 1957-60
2012

The Essence Of Modern Jazz CD 2
2012

Wailing
2012

Greatest Jazz Masters
2012

LD + 3
2012

Essential Jazz Masters
2011

Say It Loud
2011

Avalon
2011

Original Jazz Sound: Wailing with Lou
2011

The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Vol. 31)
2010

Callin' All Cats
2009

The Scorpion (Live At The Cadillac Club/1970)
2009

Strollin' In
2009

Lou's Blues
2007

Jazz Figures / Lou Donaldson (1952-1954)
2007

Birdseed
2007

The Ultimate Jazz Archive 31 (1 Of 4)
2007

A Different Scene
2006

Color As A Way Of Life
2006

Caracas
2006

The Artist Selects
2005

The Best Of Lou Donaldson (Vol. 2)
2003

Wailing With Lou
2000

Blue Break Beats
1998

Everything I Play Is Funky
1995

Poinciana
1979
At His Best
1966
Musty Rusty
1965
Cole Slaw
1964

Sunny Side Up
1960
Jimmy Smith Trio + LD
1957
Swing and Soul
1957
Lou Takes Off
1957
Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop era, heavily influenced by Charlie Parker. Donaldson attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro in the early 1940s. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was trained at the Great Lakes bases in Chicago, where he was introduced to bop music in the lively club scene there. At the war's conclusion, he returned to Greensboro, where he worked club dates with the Rhythm Vets, a combo composed of A and T students who had served in the U.S. Navy. The band recorded the soundtrack to a musical comedy featurette, "Pitch a Boogie Woogie," in Greenville, North Carolina, in the summer of 1947. The movie had a limited run at black audience theatres in 1948 but its production company, Lord-Warner Pictures, folded and never made another film. "Pitch a Boogie Woogie" was subsequently restored by the American Film Institute in 1985 and re-premiered on the campus of East Carolina University in Greenvil…