Donaldson enjoyed several hits, including covers of "Ode to Billie Joe" and "It's Your Thing" Lou Donaldson, acclaimed jazz ...
Roy Haynes, the powerful and prolific jazz drummer whose career stretched from the swing era of the 1940s to the fusion era ...
Donaldson was a bebop mainstay, a versatile collaborator and a prolific bandleader, with a bluesy, dulcet tone that earned ...
A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman ...
Early on, he found himself playing with notable jazz musicians like saxophonist Warne Marsh and organist "Brother" Jack ...
He drafted into the Navy three years later and discovered Charlie Parker one night while exploring the jazz scene in ...