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.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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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 |
Lucky Thompson & His Orchestra Jazz |
Lucky Thompson And His Lucky Seven Jazz |
Lucky Thompson Big Band |
Lucky Thompson Trio Jazz |
Lucky Thompson's All Stars Jazz and Blues |