Lucas Buddy & The Shouters

Buddy Lucas (musician) Buddy Lucas (musician) American jazz musician Alonza Westbrook "Buddy" Lucas (16 August 1914 – 18 March 1983)[1] was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, who is possibly more famous for his session work on harmonica.[2][3] 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.[4] As a session musician, he recorded with Horace Silver,[5] Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Titus Turner,[6] The Rascals, Yusef Lateef,[7] and Aretha Franklin,[8] 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,…

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