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I’ve always loved Lou Donaldson’s ballad playing. Here’s a 1994 clip of his group in Switzerland rhapsodizing on “Laura.”

Donaldson is also known as a funk player, here’s “The Scorpion.” Enjoy.

Written by fabiorojas

June 14, 2009 at 2:55 am

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  1. A beautiful rendition of Laura — thanks, Fabio. A long way from his hard bop roots.

    REW

    June 14, 2009 at 3:27 am

  2. I had heard a lot of Horace Parlan, a sideman on so many records, and I had heard a lot about him. But I never saw him in person, and I had never actually seen a video of him before. Now I have a better idea of how he did what he did. Thanks for posting this.

    Jay Livingston

    June 16, 2009 at 1:04 am


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