Doug Macdonald

Doug MacDonald is a fine bop-based guitarist in the tradition of <a href="spotify:artist:3cE7UG46bdFd8gHHgzyQEz">Herb Ellis</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6pVkGhtBvjj1P52yn0tNLG">Barney Kessel</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4DuZTASH5eSyd0K73W6fuZ">Joe Pass</a>. He was raised in Honolulu and started on guitar when he was 13, having briefly played trombone before. MacDonald moved to Los Angeles in 1984 after a year in Las Vegas and made a strong impression as a freelancer. In 1990, he relocated to New York. Doug MacDonald has played with top musicians, including <a href="spotify:artist:0FMucZsEnCxs5pqBjHjIc8">Stan Getz</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1bgyxtWjZwA5PQlDsvs9b8">Sarah Vaughan</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1pVtwG5Up1OZOEpSHJ4AAs">Buddy Rich</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0BhFfJmScFj7OzqVaDqnSv">Hank Jones</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4DnrmZA1htqVJxqycYIswK">Bob Cooper</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0Ouo7BAL9KvlpA8YcR7JFI">Bill Holman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0AP9ck0QA9iqnCWJ16G7qj">Jack Sheldon</a>, and many others, recording with <a href="spotify:artist:0AP9ck0QA9iqnCWJ16G7qj">Sheldon</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3BDNDjVtAxrIqFDIO5cUgy">the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra</a>, and as a leader for Cexton and Resurgent; one of the latter is a nonet album. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi