Lucky Thompson
Bop & Ballads
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Newly discovered sessions released here for the first time: Ten recordings by one of the greatest saxophonists of his generation, American jazz master Lucky "Eli" Thompson with the Michael Naura Trio, Quintet and guests in Hamburg 1959 and 1960. Small and larger group improvisations with the melodic sound of Lucky on tenor and soprano sax, featuring Heinz von Moisy, Hajo Lange, Jimmy Gourley, Wolfgang Schlüter and Hans Koller. From hard bop to soft ballads, all light, fluffy, intimately personal and with a lyrical bebop approach.
"Lucky was a hell of a saxophone player" (Miles Davis)
Format
Recorded at Studio 10, Hamburg:
Tracks 3,4,7-9 on April 17, 1959 [recorded for NDR Jazz Workshop No.6]
Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 10 April 22, 1960 [recorded for NDR Jazz Workshop No.10]
Release notes
Recorded at Studio 10, Hamburg: Tracks 3,4,7-9 on April 17, 1959 [recorded for NDR Jazz Workshop No.6] Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 10 April 22, 1960 [recorded for NDR Jazz Workshop No.10]
| 1 | Summertime | 3:45 | |
| 2 | Thin Ice | 3:26 | |
| 3 | Lover Man | 5:23 | |
| 4 | Jeannie | 5:01 | |
| 5 | Deep Passion | 3:55 | |
| 6 | Brother Bob | 4:07 | |
| 7 | Yesterdays | 5:15 | |
| 8 | Cherokee | 4:08 | |
| 9 | The World Awakes | 4:42 | |
| 10 | Star Eyes | 3:00 |
- Klaus Marmulla
- Alto Saxophone (1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
- Hajo Lange
- Bass
- Patrick Haase
- Cover
- Heinz von Moisy
- Drums
- Jimmy Gourley
- Guitar (1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
- Arne Reimer
- Liner Notes
- Roskow Kretschmann
- Mastered By [Final Mastering]
- Wolfgang Schlüter
- Percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 10), Vibraphone
- Susanne Schapowalow
- Photography By
- Michael Naura
- Piano
- Hans Gertberg
- Producer
- Ekkehart Fleischhammer
- Producer [For Release], Liner Notes
- Georges Grenu
- Tenor Saxophone (3,4,7 to 9)
- Hans Koller
- Tenor Saxophone (3,4,7 to 9)
- Lucky Thompson
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
