Doug MacDonald

Born: September 10, 1953

Santa Monica Session

By Doug MacDonald

Label: Self-produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Lady Bird; Minor Makeup; Prisoner of Love; Tele Time; Walkin'; Pent Up House; dmac; Perdido.

MTB, Michel Petrucciani, Judy Wexler, Carl Allen and more.

by Benjamin Boddie
January 24, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by MTB, Jacob Wutzke, Michel Petrucciani, Judy Wexler, Bruce Harris, Jenny Hill, Oz Noy, Eugenie Jones, George Cables, Brian Lynch, Bill Moio, David Caffey, Alvin Queen, Christopher Boscole, Dave Stryker, Carl Allen, Brad Goode, Joe Syrian, Peter Erskine, Ryan Middagh and more. Playlist MTB “Angola" from Solid Jackson (Criss ...

Doug MacDonald: Santa Monica Session

by Richard J Salvucci
January 15, 2025

Does Doug MacDonald ever sleep? Take a day off? Make a bad recording? Somehow, a listener doubts it. Originally from Philadelphia--home to a few good guitarists, right?--MacDonald moved to Hawaii, Las Vegas, and then to Southern California. His current discography is nothing if not impressive, running to at least three dozen CDs, and MacDonald performs 300 ...

Trios, Voices And More

by Bob Osborne
January 2, 2025

A feast of new releases this time includes a selection of albums featuring emerging jazz vocalists. In addition trios make up a good part of the show demonstrating the versatility and impact of that formation of players. Also there is a variety of new music from exciting artists including two tracks from guitarist Doug MacDonald. Three ...

Live at the Rancho Mirage Library

By Doug MacDonald

Label: Self-Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: It's a Blue World; Lady Bird; Chitlins Con Carne; If You Could See Me Now; Spanish Eyes; Triste; Our Miss Brooks; Dearly Beloved; Fascinating Rhythm; A Little Tutu.

Sextet Session

By Doug MacDonald

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Desert Blues; Whispering; Gee��s Flat; You��ve Changed; AT #33; Try Ads; Si Miner; Bubbles in the Wine.

Doug MacDonald: Live at the Rancho Mirage Library

by Richard J Salvucci
December 15, 2024

"Another damn'd thick, square book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?" Well, maybe the Duke of Gloucester did (or did not say it) on the publication ofThe Rise and Fall of The Roman Empire, but something similar comes to mind when Doug McDonald's most recent recording comes to hand. “The SoCal guitarist has been at ...

David Bailis, Brian Charette, Cliff Korman, Camille Thurman and more

by Benjamin Boddie
December 11, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by David Bailis, Brian Charette, Cliff Korman, Sivan Arbel, Doug MacDonald, Eric Person, Diego Rivera, Camille Thurman, George Cables, Brandon Sanders, Andrew Vogt, Steve Davis, Steven Feifke, Samara Joy, Heavy Hitters, Ed Neumeister, Ginetta's Vendetta, Hyeonseon Baek, Dred Scott, Matt Steckler, and more. PlaylistDavid Bailis “Big Dreams" from Tree ...

Cariglino, Tekrar Eden, Satya & More

by Bob Osborne
September 5, 2024

An eclectic mix of new music on this edition of the show with guitars and pianos featuring. This international mix of music also includes and introduces a band that describe themselves as “minimalist rock" but whose compositions are influenced by bands that merged rock and jazz in their output. They are called Tekrar Eden and are ...