While perusing some jazz magazine's list of the greatest alto sax solos in jazz history, I realized I had never acquainted myself with the wonders of Lou Donaldson's pre-soul jazz ventures in the 1960s and 1970s. "The Masquerade Is Over" is a beautiful song, but I am actually more fond Foster's piano playing. As for calling this one of the 'greatest alto solos' of all time, that certainly does not ring true, but certainly a highlight for Donaldson's 1950s output.
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