Lucky Thompson - Lucky Thompson (1956/2020) Hi Res

Society Records releases Lucky Thompson's self-titled 1958 release, with a star-studded backing band including Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Taylor, Osie Johnson.

Eli "Lucky" Thompson was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing combined elements of swing and bebop. While 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.