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Lucky Thompson

1924 - 2005

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Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) 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 (along with Steve Lacy) embraced the instrument earlier than Coltrane. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Lucky Thompson is the 1,874th most popular musician (up from 2,264th in 2024), the 9,946th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,003rd in 2019) and the 726th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Lucky Thompson ranks 1,874 out of 3,175. Before him are Gene Ammons, Daniel Johnston, Yuja Wang, Lasse Holm, David Vincent, and Scott Ian. After him are Butch Vig, Takanori Nishikawa, Denniz Pop, Bukka White, Cliff Edwards, and Zbigniew Namysłowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Lucky Thompson ranks 437. Before him are Claude Netter, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Scott Brady, Otis Spann, Leo Buscaglia, and Lucy Salani. After him are Armando Peraza, Nicholas Colasanto, Gail Russell, Vladimir Bogomolov, Yvonne Brill, and Norman Alden. Among people deceased in 2005, Lucky Thompson ranks 310. Before him are Ismail Merchant, David Lange, Hubert Curien, Leonid Shamkovich, Percy Heath, and Faimalaga Luka. After him are Ruth Hussey, Henry Proctor, Derek Bailey, Arnold Denker, Jean Parker, and Kalevi Hämäläinen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucky Thompson ranks 9,948 out of 20,380. Before him are David Vincent (1965), Scott Ian (1963), Benjamin Harrison V (1726), John Paul Stevens (1920), John Nelson (1791), and Raymond T. Odierno (1954). After him are Butch Vig (1955), Charles Brown (1922), Evan Handler (1961), Paul Steinhardt (1952), Richard DeVos (1926), and Bukka White (1906).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Lucky Thompson ranks 726. Before him are Mike Garson (1945), Brian Setzer (1959), Gene Ammons (1925), Daniel Johnston (1961), David Vincent (1965), and Scott Ian (1963). After him are Butch Vig (1955), Bukka White (1906), Cliff Edwards (1895), Randy Edelman (1947), Chad Channing (1967), and Larry Adler (1914).

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