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Vinony files it under 1924 births, 2005 deaths and 20th-century American male musicians.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1924-06-16
- Active to
- 2005-07-30
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26,699
- Total plays
- 188,600
Tags
Eli (Lucky) Thompson (June 16, 1924 in Columbia, South Carolina – July 30, 2005 in Seattle, Washington) was an African American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist. He is considered to have, alongside Steve Lacy brought the soprano saxophone out of obsolescence, playing it in a more advanced boppish format, which inspired John Coltrane to take it up in the early 1960s. After playing with the swing orchestras of Lionel Hampton, Don Redman, Billy Eckstine <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lucky+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Thompson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Seattle
- Occupation
- musician
- Employer
- Dartmouth College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Chess Records
- Official website
- www.attictoys.com/jazz/LT_intro.html
- Image
- Lucky Thompson Hilda A. Taylor and Al McKibbon.jpg
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- date of death
- 2005-07-30
- date of birth
- 1924-06-16
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons category
- Lucky Thompson
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