😱 🥲A proficient jazz alto saxophonist passed away during the weekend, according to his family. 🤫He died at the age of 9️⃣8️⃣.😱
😱People will remember his life and music during his career.🥹His famous donations to jazz will live forever.🥲
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Lou Donaldson was a famous saxophonist, and his family with sad heart announced his passing on November 9, 2024.
His talent and music will be remembered forever. He was born in Badin, North Carolina, on November 1, 1926.
He was serving in Navy during the World War 2, but continued his career as a saxophonist.
His nuanced way of music delighted everyone, during his more than 50 years of career.
His distinguished and talented approach to the music won in different contests.
More than 200 songs were sampled, his version of Gentry song. At the age of 92, he announced his retirement in 2018, after performing himself in different bars.
He continued to spend his birthday in different organizations, until shortly before his death.
He wanted to celebrate his birthday, but canceled due to the attack of pneumonia before his passing.
Not only that, but he got married to Neal Turner, from 1950 until her dying in 2006. They had two children, one of them died in 1994.
