Buddy_Lucas_(musician)

Buddy Lucas (musician)

Buddy Lucas (musician)

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

  1. [1]
    Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 89. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. [2]
    Kirchner, Bill (2005) The Oxford Companion to Jazz, p. 666. Oxford University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  3. [3]
    Jet, p. 64. 11 Jun 1964 Jet. At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. [4]
    Biography allmusic. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. [5]
    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.
  6. [6]
    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.
  7. [7]
    Lateef, Yusef (2006) The Gentle Giant: The Autobiography of Yusef Lateef, p. 108. Morton Books, Inc. At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  8. [8]
    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.
  9. [9]
    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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