Mickey Tucker

Michael B. " Mickey" Tucker ( born April 28, 1941 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American jazz pianist and organist.

Tucker began with six years at the piano and played still young in churches. He worked in the recording studio in the 1960s with rhythm and blues musicians such as Little Anthony & the Imperials and Damita Jo; He also accompanied the comedian Timmy Rogers. In the late '60s, he began playing jazz and entered 1969-1975 with James Moody, Frank Foster, Roland Kirk ( in which Tucker also played organ), the Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Roy Brooks, Eddie Jefferson and the band Final Edition. He accompanied the early George Benson, before it left the Jazz.

In 1976 he played with Eric Kloss. In the same year he was also a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and acted on their summer tour of Europe as a musical director. He then worked at Junior Cook, Philly Joe Jones and Billy Harper.

In the 1980s, Tucker played with the Art Farmer / Benny Golson Jazztet, Richie Cole, Phil Woods, and Louis Hayes. In the 1990s he worked again with Junior Cook and the Jazztet, and yet Bob Ackerman. He occasionally published several albums as a soloist and leader ( first Triplicity 1975 ).

Originally a hard bop pianist, his style is not limited to these but also satisfies all requirements of modern jazz piano. Mickey Tucker was a sought-after musician, especially by musicians before he was known independently. His party is resourceful and alternately his solo improvisations are masterfully imaginative and technically. For example, he used rather than dominant chords at the appropriate point scale- like glissando runs from bottom to top.

Discography

• Triplicity ( Xanadu Records, 1975)
• Doublet ( Dan Records, 1976)
• Sojourn ( Xanadu, 1977)
• Mister Mysterio ( Muse Records, 1978)
• The Crawl ( Muse, 1979)
• Blues in Five Dimensions ( Steeplechase Records, 1989)
• Sweet Lotus Lips ( Denon Records, 1989)
• Hang in there ( Steeplechase, 1994)
• Gettin ' There ( Steeplechase, 1995)