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Lucky Thompson

Columbia, United States • 1924-06-16 – 2005-07-30

Lucky Thompson is credited on 1,518 releases across 374 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,518

Pressings credited

374

Albums

8

Decades active

197

In collections

Biography

Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing combined elements of swing and bebop. Although John Coltrane usually receives the most credit for bringing the soprano saxophone out of obsolescence in the early 1960s, Thompson (along with Steve Lacy) embraced the instrument earlier than Coltrane.

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Credited work

1,518 releases · 374 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 2,378
  • Other credits · 66
  • Production · 9

Studios: WOR Studios · Radio Recorders · C.P. MacGregor Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

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