This article presents the discography of the American jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson (1926–2024).

As leader

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 Quartet with Jimmy Smith V.A., One Night with Blue Note Volume 3 (Blue Note, 1985) V.A., One Night With Blue Note Preserved (Blue Note, 1985)

As sideman

With Art Blakey A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (Blue Note, 1954) [10" LP] A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1954) [10"] A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (Blue Note, 1954) [10"]

With Milt Jackson Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes (Blue Note, 1952) [10"] – rec. 1948–52 All Star Bags (Blue Note, 1976) [2LP] – compilation/rec. 1952–57

With Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1951) [10"] – rec. 1947 Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1952) [10"] – rec. 1951–52

With Jimmy Smith A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (Blue Note, 1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (Blue Note, 1957) Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. One (Blue Note, 1957) Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. Two (Blue Note, 1957) House Party (Blue Note, 1958) The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1959) – rec. 1957–58 Rockin' the Boat (Blue Note, 1963) Confirmation (Blue Note, 1979) – rec. 1958 Cool Blues (Blue Note, 1980) – live rec. 1958 Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (Blue Note, 1985) – rec. 1957

With others Gene Ammons, All Star Sessions (Prestige, 1956) – rec. 1950–55 Clifford Brown, Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1956) – rec. 1953 Junior Mance, Mance (Chiaroscuro, 2000) (also with Etta Jones) – rec. 1998 Horace Silver, Horace Silver Quartet With Lou Donaldson: Live In New York 1953 (Solar, 2014) – live/rec. 1953

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