Maxwell Lucas

Maxwell "Max" "The Saxman" Lucas (* 13. September 1910 in Amherst (Nova Scotia) , Canada , † in May 2010 in New York City ) was an American rhythm and blues - and jazz - saxophonist (baritone, alto , Tenor).

Lucas came to the United States with his family in 1919 and grew up in Washington, DC . He started playing alto sax at the age of 14, and when he was 16 he moved to New York with his mother and was a member of Hugh Kirksy and his Orchestra . In the 1940s, the first recordings were made with musicians of the rhythm and blues, Ed Wonder Veer and Douglas Blackman . In the following decade he went on extensive tours with the Buddy Johnson Orchestra, of which he was a member for twenty years. In the course of his career he also played with the jazz greats Louis Armstrong (1939/40), Chick Webb / Ella Fitzgerald , Hot Lips Page , Cootie Williams , and Thelonious Monk . He played in Fess Williams ' band , toured Japan with Tiny Bradshaw and accompanied Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington , and Aretha Franklin and Nat King Cole at New York's Apollo Theater . In his later years he performed with local Latin bands, as well as Seleno Clarke and with the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington . In the field of R&B and jazz, Maxwell Lucas, who died in May 2010 at the age of 99, was involved in 14 recording sessions between 1944 and 1961. a. with Hank Ballard , Wynonie Harris and Stick McGhee .

Web links

• Harlem World Magazine
• Memories of Max Lucas
• Maxwell Lucas at Allmusic (English)
• Maxwell Lucas at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography at Riant Theater
2. ^ David Geary: Where the Glory Years of Jazz Live On. The New York Times , February 14, 2003, accessed December 12, 2017 . 
3. ↑ http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/archive.php?id=293  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography