| Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again | ||||
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | February 16, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:00 | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 7394 | |||
| Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
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Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again is an album led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded in 1965 and released on the Moodsville label. [1]
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Eli "Lucky" Thompson 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 embraced the instrument earlier than Coltrane.
Walkin' is a Miles Davis compilation album released in March 1957 by Prestige Records. The album compiles material previously released on two 10 inch LPs in 1954, including all of Miles Davis All-Star Sextet and most of Miles Davis Quintet. Here credited to the "Miles Davis All-Stars", the songs were recorded on April 3 and 29, 1954, by two slightly different groups led by Davis. Both sessions were recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's home studio.
Piano in the Background is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1960.
This Is How I Feel About Jazz is a 1957 album by American musician Quincy Jones, his first full-length album as a bandleader after a recording debut with the 1955 split album Jazz Abroad.
Cuban Fire! is an album by Stan Kenton and his orchestra released in 1956 by Capitol Records. This was Stan Kenton's big band's first full-length recording of Afro-Cuban-styled music. The LP charted for four weeks in Billboard starting on September 15, 1956, peaking at #17. The concept of the original 1956 recording centers on the Cuban Fire! suite Kenton had commissioned from composer Johnny Richards. The 1991 CD re-issue is augmented with one extra track from the 1956 sessions and five cuts recorded four years later by the first of Kenton's mellophonium orchestras.
Dizzy and Strings is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, released in 1955 by Norgran Records.
Lucky Strikes is an album led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.
Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More is an album led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded in 1963 and released on the Moodsville label.
Soul Finger is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in 1965 and originally released on the Limelight label. On the 2009 CD edition, Gary Bartz, whose recording debut this was, was left off the credits - he is the saxophonist (alto) for five of the six cuts. Lucky Thompson is on only one cut, playing soprano sax on "Spot Session" with the quartet of Blakey, Hicks and Sproles. A sixth cut from the Bartz sessions was used on the later Hold On, I'm Coming album. This was trumpeter Lee Morgan's last recording with Art Blakey after a seven-year association; Freddie Hubbard would return to tour with Blakey's group again in the 1980s.
The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1953 and 1954 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The album compiles tracks previously released on the 1954 10 inch LP Chet Baker Sextet along with previously unissued recordings.
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars is the debut album led by American trombonist Jimmy Cleveland featuring tracks recorded in 1955. It was released on the EmArcy label.
The Brilliant Bellson Sound is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford .It was recorded in 1956 and first issued on the ABC-Paramount label. The album was reissued on CD on Impulse! Records as Deep Passion in 1994 combined with The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two.
If I'm Lucky is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims with pianist Jimmy Rowles, recorded in 1977 for the Pablo label.
Sound Travels is an album by drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette recorded in 2011 and released on the eOne Music/Golden Beams label. A re-recorded version of the song "Dirty Ground" would be included on the 2017 album Hudson.
I/We Had a Ball is an album consisting of jazz versions of songs from Jack Lawrence and Stan Freeman's musical I Had a Ball performed by Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones and Chet Baker which was released by Limelight in 1965.
Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail is a live split album recorded at Cook County Jail in October 1972 featuring performances by jazz organist Jimmy McGriff's Quintet with guitarists George Freeman and O'Donel Levy, and saxophonist Lucky Thompson's Quartet which was released on the Groove Merchant label.
Goodbye Yesterday is an album featuring performances by jazz saxophonist Lucky Thompson which was released on the Groove Merchant label.
I Offer You is an album featuring performances by jazz saxophonist Lucky Thompson which was released on the Groove Merchant label.
The Jaz Life is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson, recorded in 1991 and released by the Delmark label the following year. "Mystic Trumpet Man" is a tribute to Miles Davis.