Thompson whereabouts after the mid 1970s was unclear, he is believed to have lived briefly on Manitoulin Island in Canada and Savannah, Georgia. In his last years  he lived in Seattle, Washington. Acquaintances reported that Thompson was homeless by the early 1990s, and lived as a hermit. Family Thompson was married to Thelma Thompson, who died in 1963. Thompson's son, guitarist Daryl Thompson, played with Peter Tosh and Black Uhuru before embarking on a jazz career in the late 1980s. Thompson also had a daughter, Jade Thompson-Fredericks, and two grandchildren. Also had a set of twinsborn in 1950 Veronica and Vera Morangello,  out of wedlock. Discography As leader/co-leader Accent On Tenor Saxophone (Urania, 1954; reissued by Fresh Sound) Tricotism (ABC-Paramount, 1956) Brown Rose (Xanadu, 1956) Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know? (Candid, 1961) Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (Moodsville, 1963) Lucky Strikes (Prestige, 1964) Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again (Prestige, 1965) Lucky is Back! (Rivoli, 1965) Soul's Nite Out (Ensayo, 1970) Goodbye Yesterday (Groove Merchant, 1973) Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail (Groove Merchant, 1973) - split album with Jimmy McGriff I Offer You (Groove Merchant, 1973) Back to the World (51 West, 1979) Lucky Thompson (Inner City Jazz Legacy, 1980) Lucky Thompson: Sonny Lester Collection (LRC, 1991) Paris Blue, with Sammy Price (Concord Jazz, 2000) Modern Jazz Group (EmArcy, no date/Sunnyside, 2000) Jazz in Paris, with Dave Pochonet All Stars (Sunnyside, 2001) Home Comin (2003)
Thompson whereabouts after the mid-1970s was unclear, he is believed to have lived briefly on Manitoulin Island in Canada and Savannah, Georgia. In his last years , he lived in Seattle, Washington. Acquaintances reported that Thompson was homeless by the early 1990s, and lived as a hermit. Family Thompson was married to Thelma Thompson, who died in 1963. Thompson's son, guitarist Daryl Thompson, played with Peter Tosh and Black Uhuru before embarking on a jazz career in the late 1980s. Thompson also had a daughter, Jade Thompson-Fredericks, and two grandchildren. His twins, Veronica and Vera Morangello, were born in 1950 out of wedlock. Discography As leader/co-leader Accent On Tenor Saxophone (Urania, 1954; reissued by Fresh Sound) Tricotism (ABC-Paramount, 1956) Brown Rose (Xanadu, 1956) Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know? (Candid, 1961) Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (Moodsville, 1963) Lucky Strikes (Prestige, 1964) Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again (Prestige, 1965) Lucky is Back! (Rivoli, 1965) Soul's Nite Out (Ensayo, 1970) Goodbye Yesterday (Groove Merchant, 1973) Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail (Groove Merchant, 1973) - split album with Jimmy McGriff I Offer You (Groove Merchant, 1973) Back to the World (51 West, 1979) Lucky Thompson (Inner City Jazz Legacy, 1980) Lucky Thompson: Sonny Lester Collection (LRC, 1991) Paris Blue, with Sammy Price (Concord Jazz, 2000) Modern Jazz Group (EmArcy, no date/Sunnyside, 2000) Jazz in Paris, with Dave Pochonet All Stars (Sunnyside, 2001) Home Comin (2003)
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Also had a set of twinsborn in 1950
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were born in 1950