Lou Donaldson Discography - session index

1952 (The age of 26)

• Milt Jackson 5  WOR Studios, NYC, Apr. 7, 1952
• Thelonious Monk 6  WOR Studios, NYC, May 30, 1952
• Lou Donaldson 4  WOR Studios, NYC, June 20, 1952
• Lou Donaldson 5  WOR Studios, NYC, Nov. 19, 1952

1953

• Lou Donaldson - Clifford Brown 5  WOR Studios, NYC, June 9, 1953
• Horace Silver & JM  Birdland, NYC, Oct. 31, 1953

1954

• Art Blakey 5  Birdland, NYC, 1st set, Feb. 21, 1954
• Art Blakey 5  Birdland, NYC, 2nd set, Feb. 21, 1954
• Art Blakey 5  Birdland, NYC, 3rd set, Feb. 21, 1954
• Art Blakey 5  Birdland, NYC, 4th set, Feb. 21, 1954
• Art Blakey 5  Birdland, NYC, 5th set, Feb. 21, 1954
• Lou Donaldson 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 22, 1954

1955

• Gene Ammons 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 15, 1955

1957 (The age of 31)

• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 27, 1957
• Jimmy Smith 6/3  Manhattan Towers, NYC, Feb. 11, 1957
• Jimmy Smith 2  Manhattan Towers, NYC, Feb. 12, 1957
• Jimmy Smith 4/3  same location, date
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 9, 1957
• Jimmy Smith 3 w/ Lou Donaldson  Manhattan Towers, NYC, July 4, 1957
• Lou Donaldson 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 15, 1957

1958

• Jimmy Smith 4  Manhattan Towers, NYC, Feb. 25, 1958
• Jimmy Smith 6  same location, date
• Jimmy Smith 5  Smalls' Paradise, NYC, 1st set, Apr. 7, 1958
• Jimmy Smith 4  Smalls' Paradise, NYC, 2nd set, Apr. 7, 1958
• Jimmy Smith 5  Smalls' Paradise, NYC, 3rd set, Apr. 7, 1958
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, July 28, 1958
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 14, 1958

1959

• Lou Donaldson w/ The Three Sounds  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 18, 1959
• Lou Donaldson 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 31, 1959
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 28, 1959

1960

• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 5, 1960
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 28, 1960
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 22, 1960

1961 (The age of 35)

• Lou Donaldson 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 23, 1961
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 27, 1961
• Lou Donaldson 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 25, 1961

1962

• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 9, 1962

1963

• Lou Donaldson 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 24, 1963
• Jimmy Smith 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 7, 1963
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 7, 1963
• Lou Donaldson 5  NYC, July 17, 1963

1964

• Lou Donaldson 5  NYC, June 19, 1964
• Lou Donaldson 9  NYC, Dec., 1964
• Lou Donaldson 6  Chicago, IL?, 1964

1965

• Lou Donaldson 5  NYC, June 3, 1965
• Lou Donaldson, a.o.  July, 1965
• Lou Donaldson 5  Bon Ton Club, Buffalo, NY, Aug. 6 & 7, 1965

1966 (The age of 40)

• Lou Donaldson 5  Aug. 30, 1966

1967

• Lou Donaldson 9  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 20, 1967
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 7, 1967
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 27, 1967

1968

• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 15, 1968
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 6, 1968

1969

• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 25, 1969
• Lou Donaldson 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 22, 1969

1970

• Lou Donaldson 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 9, 1970
• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 12, 1970
• Lou Donaldson 5  Cadillac Club, Newark, NJ, 1st set, Nov. 7, 1970
• Lou Donaldson 5  Cadillac Club, Newark, NJ, 2nd set, Nov. 7, 1970
• Lou Donaldson 5  Cadillac Club, Newark, NJ, 3rd set, Nov. 7, 1970

1971 (The age of 45)

• Lou Donaldson 7 w/ Essence  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 16, 1971

1972

• Lou Donaldson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 25, 1972
• Lou Donaldson 8 w/ Orch.  A&R Studios, NYC, Dec. 8 & 18, 1972
• Lou Donaldson 8 w/ Orch.  A&R Studios, NYC, Dec. 11 & 18, 1972

1973

• Lou Donaldson Orch.  Generation Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 17, 1973
• Lou Donaldson Orch.  Generation Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 18, 1973

1974

• Lou Donaldson Band w/ Orch.  Generation Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 14, 1974
• Lou Donaldson Band w/ Orch.  Generation Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 19, 1974
• Lou Donaldson Band w/ Orch.  Generation Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 21, 1974

1975

• Lou Donaldson 6  A&R Studios, NYC, Feb. 4, 1975
• Lou Donaldson 7  A&R Studios, NYC, Feb. 5, 1975

1976 (The age of 50)

• Lou Donaldson w/ Strings & Vocals  Groove Sound Studios, NYC, Apr., 1976?
• Lou Donaldson w/ Strings  Groove Sound Studios, NYC, Dec., 1976?

1980

• Red Garland - Lou Donaldson 4  Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 5, 1980
• Red Garland - Lou Donaldson 4  Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 6, 1980

1981 (The age of 55)

• Lou Donaldson 5  NYC, Jan. 7, 1981
• Lou Donaldson 4  Milan, Italy, July 2, 1981

1982

• Mose Allison 4 w/ Lou Donaldson  Continental, July 21, 1982
• Lou Donaldson 4  Paris, France, 1982

1984

• Lou Donaldson 4  Bologna, Italy, Jan., 1984

1985

• Jimmy Smith - Lou Donaldson 4 at One Night w/ Blue Note  Town Hall, NYC, Feb. 22, 1985

1990 (The age of 64)

• Lou Donaldson 5  NYC, Dec. 19 & 20, 1990

1992 (The age of 66)

• Lou Donaldson 5  NYC, Apr. 28 & 29, 1992

1993

• Lou Donaldson 5  July, 1993