Brownian Motion

I'm a night person all the way, although a dreary dark day will work almost as well. Sunshine and jazz don't mix.

Lucky recorded as a sideman on the early "third stream" effort by John Lewis and Gunther Schuller titled "The Modern Jazz Ensemble Presents a Program of Contemporary Music", which was reissued by Verve. Lucky plays magnificently on the cuts on which he appears, as do the other musicians involved: Stan Getz, Aaron Sachs, J. J. Johnson, Tony Scott. This session is OOP; grab it if you see it.

"Tricotism" is one of his best efforts. It's OOP now, but copies surface often. Anything he did in Paris in the 1950s, including the aforementioned date with the blues pianist Sammy Price. He also did a great date for Urania called "Accent on Tenor Sax" which was reissued on a Fresh Sounds CD, but it's OOP and HTF.

What tenor saxophonist appeared in the 1950s on record dates with Monk, Teagarden, Milt Jackson , and Sammy Price? Lucky. He's a great one.