Retrieved April 4, Cedar Walton. Year s indicated are for the recording s , not first release. Thompson has some emotional problems and should be left in peace.

I'd be the last to disturb Lucky Thompson's peace, I love his music way too much and I think I can understand just enough of his frustrations to figure out that he could not bear it any longer, not with the love for the music he always showed. I wish him a peaceful life whereever he is, hope he is cared for and will cherish his music forever.

Lucky is one of the very few jazzers whose every piece of work I will try to collect. Unlike Jim I find the Groove Merchants the slightest of his latter work. They share a number of tracks and lack even the most basic recodring information such as date or location etc.

None the les worth hearing if you a Thompson nut like me. Looking forwar already to the "promised" MPS session later this year. There are three discs in the Jazz in Paris collection including the one with Sammy Price. All excellent. Posted 10 Mar Yeah, the stuff seems to not have been handled well at all on CD. No dates or location, but the engineer for both was Malcolm Addey, if that provides a clue. Get email alerts for Lucky Thompson. Add to Cart.

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Rodgers-Hart Solitude Ellington-Mills-DeLange Soul Food Thompson Pennies from Heaven Burke-Johnston How About You? Lane-Freed Midnight Sun Hampton-Burke-Mercer Tea for Two Youmans-Caesar Brother Bob Thompson Blues for Frank Berry Charles Verstraete, trombone, and Michel de Villers, baritone sax added on Michelot, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.

By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Born in Columbia, SC, on June 16, , tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson bridged the gap between the physical dynamism of swing and the cerebral intricacies of bebop, emerging as one of his instrument's foremost practitioners and a stylist par excellence.

Eli Thompson's lifelong nickname -- the byproduct of a jersey, given him by his father, with the word "lucky" stitched across the chest -- would prove bitterly inappropriate: when he was five, his mother died, and the remainder of his childhood, spent largely in Detroit, was devoted to helping raise his younger siblings. Thompson loved music, but without hope of acquiring an instrument of his own, he ran errands to earn enough money to purchase an instructional book on the saxophone, complete with fingering chart.

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Please try again later. This is Lucky in Paris March 14 Lucky left us with far too little of his brilliant and instantly recognizable sound.