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Lucky Thompson

American musician
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Eli Thompson
Born:
June 16, 1924, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Died:
July 30, 2005, Seattle, Washington (aged 81)
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Lucky Thompson (born June 16, 1924, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.—died July 30, 2005, Seattle, Washington) was an American jazz musician, one of the most distinctive and creative bop-era tenor saxophonists, who in later years played soprano saxophone as well. Thompson played tenor saxophone in the early 1940s with Lionel Hampton, the Billy Eckstine band, and Count Basie before a highly active period in Los Angeles working with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Boyd Raeburn, and other pioneers of bebop. Even in this early stage of his career, Thompson revealed an original improvising approach. His beautiful tone was reminiscent of ...(100 of 222 words)

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