Lucky Thompson

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Lucky Thompson

ts, 1924-2005 US, Columbia, South Carolina
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Eli Thompson

Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist. While John Coltrane usually receives the most credit for bringing the soprano saxophone out of obsolescence in the early 1960s, Thompson (along with Steve Lacy) embraced the instrument earlier than Coltrane.

Instruments

Tenor sax
Soprano sax
Clarinet

Genres

Jazz
Pop
Blues

Plays With

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Billy Kyle And His Orchestra

Bob Mosely & All Stars

Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra

Clark Terry Septet

Clark Terry's Septet

Count Basie Orchestra

Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen

Dodo Marmarosa / Lucky Thompson Quartet

Eddie Beal And His Fourtette

Fletcher Henderson Sextet

Frank Davenport Quintet

Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra

Ike Carpenter And His Orchestra

Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars

Jimmy Mundy Orchestra

Lionel Hampton All Stars

Lionel Hampton Group

Lucky Thompson & His Orchestra

Lucky Thompson And His Lucky Seven

Lucky Thompson Big Band

Lucky Thompson Trio

Lucky Thompson's All Stars

Miles Davis All Stars

Milt Jackson - Lucky Thompson Quintet

Oscar Pettiford Orchestra

Phil Moore And His Orchestra

Quincy Jones And His Orchestra

Ralph Sharon Sextet

Slim Gaillard And His Boogiereeners

Slim Gaillard And His Orchestra

Tempo Jazzmen

The Charlie Parker Septet

The Ernie Wilkins Group

The Lucky Thompson Quartet

The Lucky Thompson Sextet

The Miles Davis Sextet

The Mills Blue Rhythm Band

The Modern Jazz Ensemble

The Modern Jazz Society

The Sunset All Stars

The Tom Talbert Jazz Orchestra

Wilbert Baranco And His Rhythm Bombardiers

Wilbert Baranco Orchestra

Vivian Garry

The Lucky Thompson Quintet

Gérard Pochonet All Stars

Jo Jones Band

Dave Pochonet Et Son Orchestre

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Complete Parisian Small Group Sessions 1956-1959	Lucky Thompson	2017	Compil.
In Paris 1956 · The All Star Orchestra Sessions	Lucky Thompson	2017	Compil.
In Paris 1960 · Modern Jazz At Club Saint-Germain & The Blue Note	Lucky Thompson	2017	Compil.
Bop & Ballads	Lucky Thompson	2016	Album
Four Brothers	Lucky Thompson & Barney Wilen	2015	Album
New York City 1964-65	Lucky Thompson	2009	Album
Lucky Thompson Meets Oscar Pettiford	Lucky Thompson, Oscar Pettiford	2006	Compil.
The Ultimate Jazz Archive - Swing To BeBop - Modern Jazz	Erroll Garner / Slam Stewart / Wardell Gray / Lucky Thompson	2005	Compil.
Lucky Moments	Lucky Thompson	2003	Compil.
Lucky In Paris	Lucky Thompson	2001	Single
Lucky Start 1944/1946	Lucky Thompson	2001	Compil.
1944-1947	Lucky Thompson	2000	Compil.
Modern Jazz Group	Lucky Thompson	2000	Album
The Complete Vogue Recordings Vol.2	Lucky Thompson	1998	Compil.
The Complete Vogue Recordings Vol. 1	Lucky Thompson	1998	Compil.
Tea Time	Lucky Thompson	1998	Compil.
Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know?	Lucky Thompson	1997	Album
Lucky Thompson	Lucky Thompson	1995	Compil.
Byas / Berry / Thompson	Don Byas, Leon "Chu" Berry, Lucky Thompson	1995	Compil.
Lucky Thompson/Gigi Gryce In Paris	Lucky Thompson, Gigi Gryce, Art Farmer	1995	Compil.
Happy Days	Lucky Thompson	1994	Compil.
Good Luck In Paris - 1956	Lucky Thompson	1993	Compil.
The Master Saxes - Club Convert Vol.1 : 48/61	Barney Wilen / Charlie Parker / Lucky Thompson / Lee Konitz / Cecil Payne / Zoot Sims / Budd Johnson Meet Bud Powell	1993	Album
Lucky Sessions	Lucky Thompson	1992	Compil.
The Legendary Years, Vol. 1	Harry Arnold, Quincy Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson	1992	Compil.
Lucky Meets Tommy And Friends	Lucky Thompson & Tommy Flanagan	1992	Compil.
Lucky Thompson	Lucky Thompson	1991	Album
Mainstream Tenors	Leon "Chu" Berry, Don Byas, Lucky Thompson	1991	Compil.
Switzerland 1968/69	Lucky Thompson	1990	Album
The Greatest Of The Small Bands Vol. 2	Coleman Hawkins - Lucky Thompson, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie - Benny Carter	1989	Compil.
In Paris 1956 Vol. 1	Lucky Thompson	1989	Album
Giants Of The Tenor Sax	Leon "Chu" Berry, Lucky Thompson	1988	Compil.
Recorded In Paris & Cologne 1957 & 1960	Kenny Clarke With Don Byas • Lucky Thompson • Martial Solal • Pierre Michelot	1986	Compil.
Paris 1956 Volume 1	Lucky Thompson With Emmett Berry, Martial Solal, The Henri Renaud Trio, Gérard Pochonet, Guy Lafitte	1985	Album
Test Pilot	Lucky Thompson	1985	Compil.
Lucky Standards	Lucky Thompson	1984	Album
Lucky Thomson Featuring Oscar Pettiford	Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford	1984	Album
Lullaby in Rhythm	Lucky Thompson	1979	Album
Back To The World	Lucky Thompson	1979	Compil.
Two Talking Tenors 1952 - 1958	Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson	1977	Compil.
Jazz All Stars - Volume One	Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, J.J. Johnson, Clark Terry, Hank Jones, Osie Johnson, Thad Jones, Lucky Thompson	1977	Compil.
Jazz Story	Count Basie Orchestra feauturing Lester Young and Lucky Thompson	1976	Compil.
The Heat's On	Paul Quinichette & Lucky Thompson	1975	Compil.
Dancing Sunbeam	Lucky Thompson	1975	Compil.
Illuminations	Lucky Thompson	1974	Compil.
The Midnight Sun Never Sets	Harry Arnold & His Swedish Radio Studio Orchestra, Quincy Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Bailey, Lucky Thompson, Nat Adderley	1974	Album
Goodbye Yesterday!	Lucky Thompson	1973	Album
I Offer You	Lucky Thompson	1973	Album
Soul's Nite Out	Lucky Thompson	1971	Album
A Lucky Songbook In Europe	Lucky Thompson	1969	Album
Lucky Is Back! Then, So Is Love)	Lucky Thompson	1965	Album
Happy Days Are Here Again	Lucky Thompson	1965	Album
Kinfolks Corner	Lucky Thompson	1965	Album
Happy Days Are Here Again / Cry Me A River	Lucky Thompson	1965	Single
Plays Jerome Kern And No More	Lucky Thompson	1963	Album
Lovely To Look At / Who?	Lucky Thompson	1963	Single
In Person	Si Zentner Featuring Nick Fatool, Eddie Miller, Charlie Teagarden, Van Alexander, Lucky Thompson, Stan Getz, Charlie Shavers	1962	Album
Bongo Jazz	Lucky Thompson Und Jack Sels Sextet	1959	Single
Lucky Thompson	Lucky Thompson With Gérard Pochonet & His Quartet	1957	Album
Club Session no IV	Dave Pochonet Et Son Orchestre With Lucky Thompson	1957	Album
Vol.1	Lucky Thompson	1957	Single
Vol. II	Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford	1957	Album
Thompson Plays For Thomson	Lucky Thompson, Emmett Berry	1956	Album
The Modern Jazz Society Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music	Stan Getz, Anthony Sciacca, J.J. Johnson, Lucky Thompson, Aaron Sachs	1956	Single
Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford - Vol.1	Lucky Thompson	1956	Album
Vol. 1	Lucky Thompson, Gérard Pochonet & His Quartet	1956	Album
Intimate Jazz In Hi-Fi, Accent On Tenor Sax	Lucky Thompson	1956	Album
Vol. 2	Lucky Thompson, Gérard Pochonet All Stars	1956	Album
Modified Modern	Ernie Royal And Lucky Thompson	1956	Album
Mood In Blue	Coleman Hawkins, Ernie Royal, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Jack Teagarden, Lucky Thompson	1955	Album
Oodie Coo Bop	Howard McGhee, Lucky Thompson, Jack McVea, Irving Ashby, Jimmy Bunn, Red Callender	1949	Album
You Are My Dream	Jean-Pierre Sasson, Lucky Thompson		Single
Lovely To Look At	Lucky Thompson		Single
You Are My Dream	Lucky Thompson With The Jean-Pierre Sasson Trio		Single
Sammy Price Avec Lucky Thompson	Sammy Price Avec Lucky Thompson		Album
Let's Not Waltz Tonight / How About You? / Indiana / Good Luck	Zoot Sims / Mundell Lowe / Billy Taylor / Lucky Thompson		Single
Tenderly	Lucky Thompson With Gérard Pochonet And His Orchestra		Single
Kin Folks Corner	Lucky Thompson		Single
Flamingo / The Scene Is Clean	Lucky Thompson		Single
Solitude	Lucky Thompson		Single
Sax Scene - 5 Tenor Giants.	Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson, Don Byas, Leon "Chu" Berry		Album

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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