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American jazz musician
Alonza Westbrook "Buddy " Lucas (16 August 1914 – 18 March 1983)
[1] was an American jazz saxophonist and
bandleader , who is possibly more famous for his
session work on harmonica.
[2]
[3]
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.
[4]
As a
session musician , he recorded with
Horace Silver ,
[5]
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie ,
Titus Turner
[6]
The Rascals ,
Yusef Lateef ,
[7] and
Aretha Franklin ,
[8] amongst others. He also played sax on
Dion and the Belmonts (and Dion's later solo recordings) on
Laurie Records .
He was born in
Rockville, Alabama , and died in
Stamford, Connecticut , aged 68.
[1]
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
References
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a
b Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience . Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 89.
ISBN
978-0313344237 .
^
Kirchner, Bill (2005) The Oxford Companion to Jazz , p. 666. Oxford University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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Jet , p. 64. 11 Jun 1964
Jet . At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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Biography
allmusic . Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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Silver, Horace (2007)
Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver, p. 24. University of California Press At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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Broven, John (2009) Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers, p. 225. University of Illinois Press At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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Lateef, Yusef (2006)
The Gentle Giant: The Autobiography of Yusef Lateef, p. 108. Morton Books, Inc. At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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Awkward, Michael (2007) Soul Covers: Rhythm and Blues Remakes and the Struggle for Artistic Identity (Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Phoebe Snow) , p. 69. Duke University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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Bogdanov, Vladimir and Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2002) All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music , p. 1233. Backbeat Books At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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