# Lou Donaldson discography

This is the discography for American jazz musician Lou Donaldson.

## 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)