O.P. Meets L.T. – Eli "Lucky" Thompson & Oscar Pettiford

A bass feature on "rhythm changes" in C. In addition to the arrangement from the original recording, we have our own version available in Minus You format, with transcribed piano comping voicings.

Eli "Lucky" Thompson

June 16, 1923 – July 30, 2005

Saxophonist Lucky Thompson is one of the great treasures of jazz. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, but was raised in Detroit, Michigan. He played in local groups with Hank Jones, Sonny Stitt and others. In August, 1943, when he was 19, he left Detroit with Lionel Hampton's Orchestra, eventually arriving in New York City. Still a teenager, his first recording date was with Hot Lips Page on March 18, 1944. Later in 1944 he started recording with both Lucky Millinder and Count Basie. Read more...

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Oscar Pettiford

September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960

Oscar Pettiford was one of the pioneers of bebop. Though mostly known as a bassist, he also was among the first to realize the potential of the cello as a jazz solo instrument. A regular at the early 1940s Harlem jam sessions that established bebop, Pettiford also played around this time with such swing greats as Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins. Read more...

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