Eli "Lucky" Thompson is best known for his tenor sax on Miles Davis Walkin' album in the mid '50s; Thompson applied the big tone and vibrato of Swing tenors like Coleman Hawkins and Don Byas to bebop, ...

In 1968, saxophonist Lucky Thompson moved back to Europe with his family after a five-year stay in the States. He settled in Lausanne, Switzerland, which allowed him to tour in European cities where ...

Saxophonist Lucky Thompson was indeed a lucky cat. He came through the scene at a pivotal moment, apprenticing with the Billy Eckstine band alongside both Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - two ...

Eli "Lucky" Thompson, 81, a jazz tenor saxophonist of extraordinary range and command who turned reclusive in the 1970s and spent long periods living in his car and foraging for food, died July 30 at ...

Legendary bebop tenor saxophonist Eli “Lucky” Thompson, who scaled the heights of the jazz world, then gave up his instrument altogether, died last Saturday in Seattle. He was 81. Mr. Thompson ...

Jazz tenor saxophonist played with bop era greats. By Billboard Staff Eli “Lucky” Thompson, a jazz tenor saxophonist known for his voluptuous tone and command of the instrument and his work with the ...

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Lucky Thompson: New York City, 1964-65 featuring rare live recordings of saxophonist Lucky Thompson. Thompson played with Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Thelonious ...

Lucky Thompson, an influential but enigmatic figure in jazz who bridged the music’s swing and bebop styles, has died. He was 81. Thompson died July 30 at an assisted living facility in Seattle. The ...