Born and raised in Tanner, Alabama, Dee Lucas had
always loved listening to music, and many genres of music were often
played in his family's home. However much he wanted to play an
instrument when he was younger, he had instead gone into sports, and
then later graduated from the University of North Alabama in 1988 with a
degree in Marketing and concentration in Computer Information Systems. A
year later, he moved to Atlanta and after a couple of years of getting
settled in his corporate job, Lucas suddenly got an urge to pick up the
sax for the first time - at the age of 28. Once he had picked up the
horn, he knew that his years of listening to music from his personal and
family collections would pay off. Dee
often visited local jazz clubs to get a feel for the pulse of the local
scene. "Listening to some of the talented sax players around the city
was education enough to build a thirst to go home and mimic what they
did," says Dee. "With the combination of listening to a plethora of
music on CD while going to see local cats like Darien Emory, Antonio
Allen, Sam Skelton, Jimmy Brown (Brick), and trumpeters Melvin Miller
and Milkshake, that was truly enough to develop a personal vote of
confidence." In
1997, Lucas got his start as a musician playing as a sideman in a local
band, Between 9&7. The band recorded a CD, which was a moderate
regional hit. Although he got performances, both rhythm and solos, Lucas
felt it was time to develop his own by ensemble to demand more
challenges within himself as both a musician and entrepreneur. So, on
New Year's Eve of 1999, Lucas formed his own contemporary jazz trio,
Xpressions. They produced and recorded a CD titled Footprints, which
gained notoriety in regional markets. The record contained the classic
hit People Make the World Go Round. All of the compositions were
produced and arranged by friend and keyboardist Karey Davis and assisted
by the saxman himself. DEE LUCAS
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