# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-donaldson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:21:36.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-donaldson"
name: "Lou Donaldson"
slug: "lou-donaldson"
description: "Louis Andrew Donaldson Jr. was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years, he was heavily influenced by Charlie Parker, as were many during the bebop era."
tagline: "American saxophonist (1926–2024)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-11-01"
deathDate: "2024-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump