Buddy Lucas

Alonza Westbrook "Buddy" Lucas (16 August 1914 – 18 March 1983) was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, who is possibly more famous for his session work on harmonica. As a bandleader, he led bands such as Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow, the Gone All Stars, and Buddy Lucas & His Shouters, and he also went under the stage name of "Big" Buddy Lucas. As a session musician, he recorded with Horace Silver, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Titus Turner The Rascals, Yusef Lateef, and Aretha Franklin, amongst others. He also played sax on Dion and the Belmonts (and Dion's later solo recordings) on Laurie Records. He was born in Rockville, Alabama, and died in Stamford, Connecticut, aged 68.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 16, 1914 (Alabama), Died March 18, 1983 (Connecticut)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1955 - 1966

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Atlantic	1664	10-in.	9/19/1955	Adorable	The Drifters	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Atlantic	1665	10-in.	9/19/1955	Your promise to be mine	The Drifters ; Bobby Hendricks ; Buddy Lucas ; Johnny Moore ; Jimmy Oliver ; Bill Pinkney ; Andrew Thrasher ; Gerhart Thrasher	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Atlantic	1666	10-in.	9/19/1955	Ruby baby	The Drifters	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Atlantic	1667	10-in.	9/19/1955	Steamboat	The Drifters	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Atlantic	1668	10-in.	9/19/1955	Drifting away from you	The Drifters	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	118364		12/29/1966	I put a spell on you	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	instrumentalist, baritone saxophone
Decca	118365		12/29/1966	Two can play this game	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	instrumentalist, baritone saxophone
Decca	118366		12/29/1966	Shattered	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	instrumentalist, baritone saxophone
Decca	118367		12/29/1966	You're an exception to the rule	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	instrumentalist, baritone saxophone

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lucas, Buddy," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/328376.

Lucas, Buddy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/328376.

"Lucas, Buddy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.