Buddy Lucas
Tenor Saxophone
| Label | Issue | Format | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace | CDCHD779 | CD | Hank Ballard & The Midnighters | Dancin' and Twistin' |
| - | CDCHD846 | - | Little Willie John | The Early King Sessions |
| Bear Family | BCD16795 | - | Hank Ballard & The Midnighters | Nothing But Good (1952-1962) |
| King | 5083 | single | Little Willie John | Dinner date / Uh uh baby |
| - | 5091 | - | - | Person to person / Until you do |
| - | 5510 | - | Hank Ballard | Switch-a-roo / The float |
| - | 5577 | - | Little Willie John | There is someone in this world for me / Autumn leaves |
| - | LP596 | LP | - | Talk to me |
| - | LP759 | - | Hank Ballard and The Midnighters | Dance Along |
| - | LP767 | - | Little Willie John | The Sweet, The Hot, The Teenage Beat |
| - | LP771 | - | James Brown | James Brown Presents his Band & 5 More Great Artists - Jump Around |
| - | LP781 | - | Hank Ballard and The Midnighters | The Twistin' Fools |
| Parlophone | 45R4396 | single | Little Willie John | Dinner date / Uh uh baby |
| - | R4396 | - | - | - |
| President | PRC82 | EP | - | |
| Rhino | R2-71512 | CD | Hank Ballard & The Midnighters | Sexy Ways: The Best of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters |
| Vogue | EPL8019 | EP | Little Willie John | |
| Westside | WESF103 | CD | Various Artists | Mule Milk 'N' Firewater |
| Leader | Site | Date | Session | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Ballard | Cincinnati, OH | May 23, 1961 | [session] | tenor saxophone |
| - | New York, NY | November 21, 1961 | [session] | - |
| Little Willie John | - | August 29, 1957 | [session] | - |
| Song | Label | Master | Leader | Site | Date | Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hello lover, goodbye tears | King | K11029 | Hank Ballard | New York, NY | November 21, 1961 | [session] |
| Miss twister | - | K11030 | - | - | - | - |
| Switch-a-roo | - | K10831-1 | - | Cincinnati, OH | May 23, 1961 | [session] |
| There is someone in this world for me | - | K8907-1 | Little Willie John | New York, NY | August 29, 1957 | [session] |
| Uh uh baby | - | K8906 | - | - | - | - |
| Until you do | - | K8904 | - | - | - | - |
| Up and away | - | K11031 | Hank Ballard | - | November 21, 1961 | [session] |
| - | - | K11031-X | - | - | - | - |
Alonza Westbrook "Buddy" Lucas (16 August 1914 – 18 March 1983), was an American 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, Yusef Lateef, and Aretha Franklin, amongst others.
He was born in Rockville, Alabama, and died in Stamford, Connecticut, aged 68. Wikipedia