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Known as "Sweet Poppa Lou," the alto saxophonist’s music embodies the intangible jazz spirit and transformed the sound of Blue Note Records, beginning in the late 1950s.
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Jewish immigrants Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff fled Germany in the 1930s, escaping Nazi persecution. The childhood friends shared a love of jazz, and…
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Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson is an innovator.He teamed up with trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Horace Silver to develop hard bop in the early '50s,…