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on trumpet, Bill Ellis and Leon Beck on saxes, Harold Morrow on piano, Bill Cooper on bass and novelty vocals, and drummer Dick "Booker" Hart, sometimes augmented with vocals by actor Cliff Holland. It has been written of Lutcher that many of his recordings "have unusually moody, complex and sometime
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Community Symphony Orchestra in a series of concerts, bringing him into legal conflict with the musicians' union. In later years he refused all requests to discuss his earlier secular music career.
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He led the house band at the Look Café in Los Angeles, before relocating to the more prestigious Café Society, where his band were renamed The Society Cats. He also worked as a bandleader for
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and a record label, Jordan Records, which released recordings by himself and by The Gospelaires and The Jordan Gospel Singers. In 1974, he agreed to lead the
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In 1953, Lutcher joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, and abandoned the music business, refusing to pay
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dues because Church tenets prohibited union membership. In 1957, he discussed religious matters with
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in March 1948. "Rockin' Boogie", on Specialty, reached # 14 in September 1948. Besides Lutcher on
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saxophonist and bandleader, the younger brother of singer
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in 1942, leaving in 1945 and returning to Los Angeles.
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American R&B saxophonist and bandleader, 1919–2006
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and occasional vocals, members of his band included
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Record Research. pp. 277–278. 943: 1044: 861: 829:to reportedly enthusiastic crowds. 13: 1220:20th-century American saxophonists 990: 954:"Joe Lutcher at TheAppleCorps.com" 456:Maranatha Volunteers International 14: 1236: 533:Three Angels Broadcasting Network 1147: 1135: 1123: 1111: 210: 1215:20th-century American musicians 1200:American Seventh-day Adventists 935:Biography by Richie Unterberger 518:Loma Linda Broadcasting Network 476:Seventh-day Adventist education 1019: 389:Southern Asia-Pacific Division 364:Northern Asia-Pacific Division 1: 1195:Rhythm and blues saxophonists 854: 808: 185:Early life and musical career 1001:"Joe Lutcher at Ace Records" 744:, who signed him to his new 713:. By 1941, he had moved to 433:List of Ellen White writings 399:West-Central Africa Division 339:East-Central Africa Division 179:Seventh-day Adventist Church 7: 10: 1241: 1210:United States Navy sailors 1180:African-American musicians 740:. 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Lake Charles, Louisiana
United States
Los Angeles, California
R&B
jump blues
gospel
Bandleader
saxophonist
songwriter
Alto saxophone
vocals
Specialty
Capitol
Modern
American
R&B
Nellie Lutcher
Seventh-day Adventist Church
a series
Seventh-day
Adventist Church

James and Ellen White
History
Christianity
Protestantism
Millerism
Great Disappointment
1888 General Conference
Theology
28 Fundamental Beliefs
Pillars

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