Al Lucas (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian jazz musician
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Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
About Al Lucas (musician)
- Albert Bennington Lucas (November 16, 1912 – June 19, 1983) was a Canadian jazz double-bassist. Lucas took piano lessons as a child from his mother, Francis Bradley Lucas, a concert pianist, eventually switching to bass and tuba at age 12.
- After moving to New York City in 1933, Lucas played with Kaiser Marshall, then joined the Royal Sunset Orchestra, where he played from 1933 to 1942.
- During the 1940s Lucas appeared on record with Hot Lips Page, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Heywood (1944–45), Duke Ellington (1945), Mary Lou Williams (1946), James P.
- Johnson, J.J.
- Johnson, Ben Webster, Erroll Garner, and Eddie South.He toured and recorded with Illinois Jacquet from 1947–53, recording in Detroit with Jacquet's all-star band which included Sonny Stitt, Leo Parker, Sir Charles Thompson, Maurice Simon and Shadow Wilson before returning to play with Heywood again from 1954–56.
- He also recorded in the 1950s with Ruby Braff, Charlie Byrd, and Teddy Wilson.
- He worked primarily as a studio musician in his last two decades, backing up groups at Apollo Theater performances, playing jazz only occasionally.
- Lucas died June 19, 1983, in New York City.
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