Buddy Lucas

Harmonica, Musical Artist

1914 – 1983

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Who was Buddy Lucas?

Buddy Lucas was a 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, and Yusef Lateef, and Aretha Franklin, among others.

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Born
Aug 16, 1914
Died
Mar 18, 1983

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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  • John Vaughn
    John Vaughn
    Buddy Lucas, to me, was also a great 'taskmaster' vocal coach who we had the pleasure of working with in the early 60s with my doo-wop group, The Four Buddies....He later introduced us to the late Van McCoy, with whom we did 5 ("Lonely Summer" being the first) recordings, and he can also be credited with the discovery of the late, Doris ("Just One Look") Troy. 
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