Yank Lawson
An exciting Dixieland trumpeter with an appealing tone and strong melodic ideas, Yank Lawson was a popular attraction on the Dixieland scene for decades. He was with Ben Pollack's band during 1933-1935 and when it broke up, he was one of the many sidemen who became founding members of the Bob Crosby Orchestra. Lawson was featured on many records, both with the big band and Bob Crosby's Bobcats, during 1935-1938. He was with Tommy Dorsey during 1938-1939 and had plenty of solo space with Dorsey's Clambake Seven. After a period back with Crosby (1941-1942) and with Benny Goodman (1942), Lawson became a studio musician and started leading his own Dixieland sessions. He recorded extensively with Bob Haggart in the Lawson-Haggart band during the 1950s, had reunions with Crosby, played the musical part of King Oliver on Louis Armstrong's A Musical Autobiography, and had sessions with Eddie Condon, playing at Condon's club regularly during 1964-1966. In 1968, he and Haggart put together the World's Greatest Jazz Band, an all-star Dixieland group that was together for ten years. He continued playing with Haggart and other top Dixieland players at festivals and jazz parties up until his death at age 83. Yank Lawson recorded as a leader through the years for Bob Thiele's various labels (including Signature), Decca, Everest, ABC-Paramount, Project 3, Atlantic, World Jazz Records, Audiophile, and Jazzology.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Century Plaza
World's Greatest Jazz Band, Yank Lawson, Bob Haggart
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 26 Jun 2017
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The World's Greatest Jazz Band Plays Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 30 May 2016
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World's Greatest Jazz Band
Jazz - Released by Timeless Records on 9 Dec 2008
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The World's Greatest Jazz Band
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on 1 Nov 2011
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Essential Jazz Masters
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on 1 Aug 2011
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In Concert at Carnegie Hall
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 6 Jan 2014
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The World's Greatest Jazz Band Plays Duke Ellington
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 20 Jan 2016
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Plays George Gershwin and Rodgers and Hart
The World's Greatest Jazz Band
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 1 Nov 2015
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The World's Greatest Jazz Band
Jazz - Released by Music Today Records on 18 Feb 2015
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Olé Dixie
Dixieland - Released by Stardust Records on 1 Dec 2011
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The Legendary Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band "Singin' the Blues"
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 5 Mar 2015
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World's Greatest Jazz Band - Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart
Jazz - Released by Sharp Edge Records on 30 Oct 2014
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Jazz at Its Best
The Legendary Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 22 Nov 2015
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Borrowed Time (feat. Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Bob Haggart)
Jazz - Released by Jazz2Jazz on 6 Mar 2017
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Simple Pleasure
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on 31 Jul 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo