Luther Thomas

American jazz saxophonist, born 23 June 1950 in St. Louis; died 8 September 2009. Luther Thomas was an alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist from St. Louis. He was known for his free jazz playing drawing also on funk. He was involved with the Black Artists Group starting in the 1960s, played in the Human Arts Ensemble with Charles Bobo Shaw in the 1970s, and led a group called Dizzazz in the early 1980's. He ha…