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His first recordings were with bop emissaries Milt Jackson and Thelonious Monk in 1952 , and lead several small groups with other jazz luminaries such as trumpeter Blue Mitchell , pianist Horace Silver and the indomitable skinsman, Art Blakey . In 1953, he also recorded sessions with the trumpet virtuoso Clifford Brown , and Philly Joe Jones , both who would go onto record some of the most renowned records of the jazz Idiom . In 1954 , Donaldson briefly joined the emerging Hard Bop ensemble, the Jazz Messengers , and appeared on one of their most popular albums, ''A Night At Birdland''. Although he has recorded as a Sideman , he has never belonged to any Band other than those of which he was leader; he has been a bandleader since the mid- 1950s . He has recorded in the Bop , Hard Bop , and Soul Jazz genres. For many years his pianist was Herman Foster. QUOTATIONS
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