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Name
  
Buddy Lucas


Role
  
Musician

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Died
  
March 18, 1983, Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Albums
  
Packin' My Grip, Rock Elite: Best Of Buddy Lucas

Similar People
  
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Alonza Westbrook "Buddy" Lucas (16 August 1914 – 18 March 1983), was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, who is possibly more famous for his session work on harmonica.

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As a bandleader, he led bands such as Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow, the Gone All Stars, and Buddy Lucas & His Shouters, and he also went under the stage name of "Big" Buddy Lucas.

As a session musician, he recorded with Horace Silver, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Titus Turner The Rascals, Yusef Lateef, and Aretha Franklin, amongst others.

He was born in Rockville, Alabama, and died in Stamford, Connecticut, aged 68.

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Discography

As leader/co-leader
  • 1952: "Hustlin' Family Blues"/"I'll Never Smile Again" - Buddy Lucas and His Band of Tomorrow
  • 1952: "Drive Daddy Drive" - Little Sylvia Sings with Buddy Lucas and His Band of Tomorrow
  • 1954: "A Million Tears" - Little Sylvia Sings with Buddy Lucas Orchestra
  • 1956: "Blueberry Hill"
  • 1957: "Bo-Lee"/"Star Dust"
  • 1957: "Hound Dog"/"When My Dreamboat Comes Home" - Buddy Lucas with Jimmy Carrol & Orchestra
  • 1957: "Searchin'" Buddy Lucas
  • 1967: Honkin' Sax
    • As sideman
  • 1956: Fever - Little Willie John
  • 1963: Tread Ye Lightly - Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer
  • 1964: Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington – Aretha Franklin
  • 1966: Hoochie Coochie Man – Jimmy Smith
  • 1967: Nina Simone Sings the Blues - Nina Simone
  • 1967: Soul Drums – Bernard Purdie
  • 1967: More Than a New Discovery - Laura Nyro
  • 1968: New Grass - Albert Ayler
  • 1968: Once Upon a Dream - The Rascals
  • 1968: The Blue Yusef Lateef - Yusef Lateef
  • 1971: Quiet Fire - Roberta Flack
  • 1971: Afrique – Count Basie
  • 1972: The Prophet - Johnny Hammond
  • 1973: Sassy Soul Strut - Lou Donaldson
  • 1974: Sweet Lou - Lou Donaldson
  • 1974: Potpourri - The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
  • 1975: Midnight Lightning Jimi Hendrix (posthumous)
  • 1976: A Street Called Straight - Roy Buchanan
  • 2005: The Soul of Nina Simone - Nina Simone (recorded 1963-1987)

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