Lou Donaldson – review

Ronnie Scott's, London"Now we're going to play something by the finest musician of all time," the octogenarian saxophonist Lou Donaldson announced. "Lou Donaldson," supplied his guitarist Randy Johnston encouragingly. "I wish that were true," Donaldson reflected with mock wistfulness. "I wouldn't be here struggling and working if it was – I'd be in the Bahamas drinking piña coladas."There were a lot of home truths in that line. Being a commercially successful soul-jazz star in the 1960s didn'...

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