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Lou Donaldson

Lou Donaldson has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 21 episodes and was first played on 4 December 2015.

Lou Donaldson (born in Badin, North Carolina, on 1 November 1926; died 9 November 2024) was an American jazz alto saxophonistremembered for his soulful, bluesy approach to the alto saxophone (although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop era, heavily influenced by Charlie Parker). Inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2012, he was sampled many times from Pot Belly, his cover of Ode to Billie Joe, and from his cover of It's Your Thing….

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Thelonious Monk feat. Art Blakey, Kenny Dorham, Lou Donaldson, Lucky Thompson, Max Roach, Milt Jackson, Sahib Shihab
Blue Note1976
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Thelonious Monk feat. Art Blakey, Kenny Dorham, Lou Donaldson, Lucky Thompson, Max Roach, Milt Jackson, Sahib ShihabBlue Note1976
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Jingle Bells
Lou Donaldson
Cotillion1976
Jingle Bells
Lou DonaldsonCotillion1976
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Make It With You
Lou Donaldson
Blue Note1970
Make It With You
Lou DonaldsonBlue Note1970
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Ode To Billie Joe
Lou Donaldson
Blue Note1967
Ode To Billie Joe
Lou DonaldsonBlue Note1967
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It's Your Thing
Lou Donaldson
Blue Note1993
It's Your Thing
Lou DonaldsonBlue Note1993
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If There's Hell Below (We're All Going To Go)
Lou Donaldson
Blue Note1971
If There's Hell Below (We're All Going To Go)
Lou DonaldsonBlue Note1971
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West Indian Daddy
Lou Donaldson
Blue Note1970
West Indian Daddy
Lou DonaldsonBlue Note1970
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One Cylinder
Lou Donaldson
Blue Note1967
One Cylinder
Lou DonaldsonBlue Note1967
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You’re Welcome, Stop On By
Lou Donaldson
Blue Note, EMI2009
You’re Welcome, Stop On By
Lou DonaldsonBlue Note, EMI2009
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If I Love Again
Lou Donaldson
Blue Note1957
If I Love Again
Lou DonaldsonBlue Note1957
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