Lou Donaldson, acclaimed jazz alto saxophonist, died over the weekend according to a statement from his family. He was 98. A pop-up statement on Donaldson's website reads, "The Family of Sweet ...

Lou Donaldson, acclaimed jazz alto saxophonist, died over the weekend according to a statement from his family. He was 98.

Lou Donaldson performing at the Village Vanguard in New York in 1999, with the organist Lonnie Smith and the drummer Idris Muhammad. He was a leading voice of the music known as hard bop. Jack ...

Veteran jazz musician Lou Donaldson, a jazz alto saxophonist for more than 50 years, died Sunday at the age of 98. Donaldson's family announced his passing in a post on his website reading, 'The ...

U.S. saxophonist Lou Donaldson, one of jazz music's last remaining links to the era of bebop in the 1950s who went on to develop a soul and Latin-inspired sound in the following decades, has died ...

Lou Donaldson, jazz saxophonist who blended many influences, dead at 98 Lou Donaldson performs with Pat Bianchi on the organ at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, on August 2, 2015.

Celebrated jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson has died at the age of 98.

Donaldson enjoyed several hits, including covers of "Ode to Billie Joe" and "It's Your Thing" Lou Donaldson, acclaimed jazz alto saxophonist, died over the weekend according to a statement from ...

Lou Donaldson, saxophonist who helped shape jazz, dies at 98© Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images Mr. Donaldson photographed in the late 1950s for Blue Note Records.© Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ...

Lou Donaldson was a celebrated jazz saxophonist with a warm, fluid style who performed with everyone from Thelonius Monk to George Benson and was sampled by Nas, De La Soul and other hip-hop artists.

Lou Donaldson, acclaimed jazz alto saxophonist, died over the weekend according to a statement from his family. He was 98. A pop-up statement on Donaldson's website reads, "The Family of Sweet Poppa ...