John Rhea "Yank" Lawson (May 3, 1911, Trenton, Missouri – February 18, 1995, Indianapolis, Indiana) was a jazz trumpeter known for Dixieland and swing music.
From 1933 to 1935 he worked in Ben Pollack's orchestra and after that became a founding member of the Bob Crosby Orchestra. He later worked with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, but also worked with Crosby again in 1941. Later in the 1940s he became a studio musician leading his own Dixieland sessions.
In the 1950s he and Bob Haggart created the Lawson-Haggart band and they worked together in 1968 to form the World's Greatest Jazz Band, a Dixieland group which performed for the next ten years. He remained an important figure in Dixieland music until his death in 1995, aged 83. He was posthumously inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998.
Robert Sherwood Haggart (March 13, 1914, New York City – December 2, 1998, Venice, Florida) was a dixieland jazz double bass player, composer and arranger. Although he is associated with dixieland he was in fact one of the finest rhythm bassists of the Swing Era.
Haggart was a founder-member of the Bob Crosby Band (1935), arranging and part-composing several of the band's big successes, including "What's New?", "South Rampart Street Parade", "My Inspiration", and "Big Noise from Winnetka".
He remained with the band until 1942. He then worked as a studio musician in New York and recorded with Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Ella Fitzgerald; his arrangements can be heard on Ella's Decca release "Lullabies of Birdland". During the 1950s, Haggart organised, with Yank Lawson, a regular series of small band recordings and also arranged many of the tunes for Louis Armstrong's 1956-7 four-volume LP recreation set.[clarification needed]
Bob Crosby also used this ensemble as the core of many groups, including the band that recorded Haggart's arrangement of Porgy and Bess (1958). During the late 1960s he played frequently in bands organised by Bob Crosby.
He co-led, with Yank Lawson, The World's Greatest Jazz Band (1968–1978). From 1978 until shortly before his death, Haggart worked with own groups or as a free-lance musician in several jazz groups and toured all over the world. He wrote a tutor for double bass which has become a standard text. (by wikipedia)
This is their first 10 inch album celebrating the music of Jelly Roll Morton. The Lawson Haggart Jazz Band dies not attempt to imitate Morton´s highly personal style. They do, however, capture his ingenuity and exuberance and give his compositions a new meaning and fresh impetus. (by Peter Bölke)
From 1933 to 1935 he worked in Ben Pollack's orchestra and after that became a founding member of the Bob Crosby Orchestra. He later worked with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, but also worked with Crosby again in 1941. Later in the 1940s he became a studio musician leading his own Dixieland sessions.
In the 1950s he and Bob Haggart created the Lawson-Haggart band and they worked together in 1968 to form the World's Greatest Jazz Band, a Dixieland group which performed for the next ten years. He remained an important figure in Dixieland music until his death in 1995, aged 83. He was posthumously inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998.
Robert Sherwood Haggart (March 13, 1914, New York City – December 2, 1998, Venice, Florida) was a dixieland jazz double bass player, composer and arranger. Although he is associated with dixieland he was in fact one of the finest rhythm bassists of the Swing Era.
Haggart was a founder-member of the Bob Crosby Band (1935), arranging and part-composing several of the band's big successes, including "What's New?", "South Rampart Street Parade", "My Inspiration", and "Big Noise from Winnetka".
He remained with the band until 1942. He then worked as a studio musician in New York and recorded with Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Ella Fitzgerald; his arrangements can be heard on Ella's Decca release "Lullabies of Birdland". During the 1950s, Haggart organised, with Yank Lawson, a regular series of small band recordings and also arranged many of the tunes for Louis Armstrong's 1956-7 four-volume LP recreation set.[clarification needed]
Bob Crosby also used this ensemble as the core of many groups, including the band that recorded Haggart's arrangement of Porgy and Bess (1958). During the late 1960s he played frequently in bands organised by Bob Crosby.
He co-led, with Yank Lawson, The World's Greatest Jazz Band (1968–1978). From 1978 until shortly before his death, Haggart worked with own groups or as a free-lance musician in several jazz groups and toured all over the world. He wrote a tutor for double bass which has become a standard text. (by wikipedia)
This is their first 10 inch album celebrating the music of Jelly Roll Morton. The Lawson Haggart Jazz Band dies not attempt to imitate Morton´s highly personal style. They do, however, capture his ingenuity and exuberance and give his compositions a new meaning and fresh impetus. (by Peter Bölke)
Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart
Personnel:
Bob Haggart (bass)
Yank Lawson (trumpet)
Cliff Leeman (drums)
Lou McGarity (trombone)
Bill Stegmeyer (clarinet)
Lou Stein (piano)
Bob Haggart (bass)
Yank Lawson (trumpet)
Cliff Leeman (drums)
Lou McGarity (trombone)
Bill Stegmeyer (clarinet)
Lou Stein (piano)
Tracklist:
01. King Porter Stomp (Morton) 3,15
02. Dead Man Blues (Morton) 3.14
03. Wolverine Blues (Morton) 3.05
04. Jelly Roll Blues (Morton) 3.29
05. Milenberg Joys (Rappolo/Mares/Morton) 2.40
06. Sidewalk Blues (Morton) 3.20
07. Cannonball Blues (Morton) 3.07
08. Kansas City Stomps (Morton) 2.32
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01. King Porter Stomp (Morton) 3,15
02. Dead Man Blues (Morton) 3.14
03. Wolverine Blues (Morton) 3.05
04. Jelly Roll Blues (Morton) 3.29
05. Milenberg Joys (Rappolo/Mares/Morton) 2.40
06. Sidewalk Blues (Morton) 3.20
07. Cannonball Blues (Morton) 3.07
08. Kansas City Stomps (Morton) 2.32
ARMU 2044
ARMU 2044 (zippyshare)