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Lou Donaldson discography

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Donaldson with Dr. Lonnie Smith (organ). Photo by Tom Beetz

This is the discography for American jazz musician Lou Donaldson.

As leader

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Recording date Title Label Year released Notes
1952-06,
1952-11
New Faces New Sounds (Lou Donaldson Quintet/Quartet) Blue Note BLP 5021 1953 [10" LP]
1953-06 New Faces New Sounds (Lou Donaldson/Clifford Brown Quintet) Blue Note BLP 5030 1953 [10" LP]
1952-11,
1954-08
Quartet/Quintet/Sextet Blue Note BLP 1537 1957
1954-08 Lou Donaldson Sextet, Vol. 2 Blue Note BLP 5055 1954 [10" LP]
1957-01 Wailing With Lou Blue Note BLP 1545 1957
1957-06 Swing and Soul Blue Note BLP 1566 1957
1957-12 Lou Takes Off Blue Note BLP 1591 1958
1958-07 Blues Walk Blue Note BLP 1593 1958
1958-12 Light-Foot Blue Note BLP 4053 1959
1959-02 LD + 3 with The Three Sounds Blue Note BLP 4012 1959
1959-10,
1959-11
The Time Is Right Blue Note BLP 4025 1960
1960-02 Sunny Side Up Blue Note BLP 4036 1961
1960-07 Midnight Sun Blue Note/UA LT-1028 1980
1961-01 Here 'Tis Blue Note BLP 4066 1961
1961-04 Gravy Train Blue Note BLP 4079 1962
1961-09,
1963-06
A Man With a Horn Blue Note/EMI 21436 1999
1962-05 The Natural Soul Blue Note BLP 4108 1963
1963-01 Good Gracious! Blue Note BLP 4125 1964
1963-07 Signifyin' Argo LP 724 1963
1964-01 Possum Head Argo LP 734 1964
1964-06 Cole Slaw Argo LP 747 1964
1964-12 Rough House Blues Cadet LPS 768 1965
1965-06 Musty Rusty Argo LPS 759 1965
1965-08 Fried Buzzard Cadet LPS 842 1970 Live
1965-08 Lou Donaldson at His Best Cadet LPS 815 1969 This is NOT a "best of/hits" compilation; it is an album of all new session recordings.
1966-08 Blowing in the Wind Cadet LPS 789 1967
1967-01 Sweet Slumber
Reissued as Lush Life (Blue Note BST 84254, 1986)
Blue Note [Japan] GXF 3068 1980
1967-04 Alligator Bogaloo Blue Note BLP 4263 1967
1967-10 Mr. Shing-A-Ling Blue Note BLP 4271 1968
1968-03 Midnight Creeper Blue Note BST 84280 1968
1968-11 Say It Loud! Blue Note BST 84299 1969
1969-04 Hot Dog Blue Note BST 84318 1969
1969-08,
1970-01
Everything I Play Is Funky Blue Note BST 84337 1970
1970-01,
1970-06
Pretty Things Blue Note BST 84359 1970
1970-11 The Scorpion: Live At The Cadillac Club Blue Note/EMI 31876 1995 Live
1971-07 Cosmos Blue Note BST 84370 1971
1972-12 Sophisticated Lou Blue Note/UA BN-LA 024-G 1973
1973-04 Sassy Soul Strut Blue Note/UA BN-LA 109-F 1973
1974-03 Sweet Lou Blue Note/UA BN-LA 259-G 1974
1976-04 A Different Scene Cotillion SD 9905 1976
1976-12 Color as a Way of Life Cotillion SD 9915 1977
1981-01 Sweet Poppa Lou Muse MR 5247 1981
1981-07 Forgotten Man Timeless SJP 153 1982
1981-07 Back Street Muse MR 5292 1982
1984-01 Live in Bologna Timeless SJP 202 1986 Live
1990-12 Play the Right Thing Milestone MCD 9190 1991
1992-04 Birdseed Milestone MCD 9198 1992
1993-07 Caracas Milestone MCD 9217 1993
1994-08 Sentimental Journey Columbia CK 66790 1995
1999-11 Relaxing at Sea: Live on the QE2 Chiaroscuro CRD 366 2000 Live

Compilations

  • Ha' Mercy (Cadet 2CA 60007, 1971) [2LP]
  • The Best of Lou Donaldson: Signifyin' (Affinity/Charly ARC-509, 1991)
  • The Best of Lou Donaldson, Volume 1: (1957–1967) (Blue Note/EMI 27298, 1993)
  • The Righteous Reed! The Best of Poppa Lou (Blue Note/EMI 30721, 1994) – rec. 1967–73
  • The Best of Lou Donaldson, Vol. II: The Blue Note Years (Blue Note/EMI 37745, 1996) – rec. 1967–70
  • Blue Breakbeats (Blue Note/EMI 94709, 1998)
  • The Artist Selects (Blue Note/EMI 31434, 2005)

As co-leader

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Quartet with Jimmy Smith

As sideman

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References

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  1. ^ "Lou Donaldson – Album Discography – AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Lou Donaldson Albums Releases @ARTISTdirect". www.artistdirect.com.