Warren Luckey

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Warren Luckey (born March 5, 1920 in Dallas - † July 11, 2005 in Uniondale , New York ) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician ( tenor saxophone , composition ).

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Warren Luckey first played piano before switching to the tenor saxophone at the age of 14 under the impression of Lester Young and Chu Berry . After high school, he attended Sam Houston College and Alabama State Teachers College; he also appeared at the local level. Among other things, he played in the Territory Band of Ernie Fields . A friend recommended him to Louis Armstrong , who was looking for a tenor saxophonist for his touring band. Luckey stayed with Armstrong for two years, with whom he appeared on radio programs such as Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands , where recordings were made (later published by Frémeaux & Associés ). Then he belonged to the newly formed and short-lived Dizzy Gillespie Big Band , to be heard on the tracks "Groovin 'High" and "Things to Come", which were created for the small record label Musicraft Records . He also performed at the New York Spotlight Club during this time. In mid-1947 he left Dizzy Gillespie's band when they went on a European tour and stayed in New York. Luckey led the house bands in nightclubs like the Brooklyn Baby Grand , he also accompanies comedians like Redd Foxx and Nipsey Russell in performances, he also worked with Cab Calloway , Shelly Manne , Budd Johnson , Thelonious Monk , Little Jimmy Scott , Sonny Stitt , Milt Jackson , Ray Brown , Kenny Clarke and Kenny Burrell .

After the success of Jimmy Forrest's R&B instrumental number "Night Train", Luckey released several titles under his own name (as Warren Lucky ) in the mid-1950s , including the singles "Fish Bait", "Steady Grind" and "Thunderbolt" on Beacon Records . In his combo u. a. Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker , Milt Hinton , Peck Morrison and Specs Bailey . He also worked with the singer Nappy Brown (“Deedle I Love You” / “Sittin 'in the Dark”, 1955). He had the greatest success with his own composition “Paradise Rock” (Jay-Dee Records 809 # 45), a Number that he had previously published as "Home Fries". In the early 1960s he played in the studio band of the soul singer Aretha Franklin ( Aretha & The Ray Bryant Combo , Columbia 1961). He remained active as a musician until the early 1980s; so he performed in nightclubs on Long Island until he had to largely end his career due to illness. Occasionally he still performed with his daughter, the singer Paulette Luckey Silver.

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  1. ↑ His successor at Gillespie was Joe Gayles . See Down Beat , Volume 33, Maher Publications, 1966
  2. ↑ With Al Sears , Dave McRae (bar), Ernie Hayes (p), Mickey Baker (git), Lloyd Trotman , Panama Francis and Howard Biggs (arrangement and direction)
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 17, 2018)
  4. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series, 1967
personal data
SURNAME Luckey, Warren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lucky, Warren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 2005
Place of death Uniondale (New York)