YANK LAWSON

Dixieland • United States
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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 read more...
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YANK LAWSON Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: JellyRoll's Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: JellyRoll's Jazz
Dixieland 1951
YANK LAWSON Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band : King Oliver's Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band : King Oliver's Jazz
Dixieland 1952
YANK LAWSON Dixieland Jazz Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dixieland Jazz Vol. 2
Dixieland 1952
YANK LAWSON Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: South Of The Mason-Dixon Line album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: South Of The Mason-Dixon Line
Dixieland 1954
YANK LAWSON Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: Ragtime Jamboree album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: Ragtime Jamboree
Dixieland 1954
YANK LAWSON Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: Louis' Hot 5's And 7's album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: Louis' Hot 5's And 7's
Dixieland 1954
YANK LAWSON Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: Windy City Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band ‎: Windy City Jazz
Dixieland 1958
YANK LAWSON Lawson-Haggart Rockin' Band ‎: Boppin' At The Hop album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lawson-Haggart Rockin' Band ‎: Boppin' At The Hop
Dixieland 1958
YANK LAWSON Junior Prom album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Junior Prom
Dixieland 1959
YANK LAWSON The Lawson Haggard Jazz Band : Dixieland Goes West album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Lawson Haggard Jazz Band : Dixieland Goes West
Dixieland 1960
YANK LAWSON Yank Lawson And Bob Haggart With Jerry Jerome And His Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Yank Lawson And Bob Haggart With Jerry Jerome And His Orchestra
Dixieland 1962
YANK LAWSON Yank Lawson / Bob Haggart ‎– Greats Of Jazz : Best Of Jazz In The Troc album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Yank Lawson / Bob Haggart ‎– Greats Of Jazz : Best Of Jazz In The Troc
Dixieland 1980
YANK LAWSON Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed.. album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed..
Dixieland 1988
YANK LAWSON The Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band : With a Southern Accent album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band : With a Southern Accent
Dixieland 1991
YANK LAWSON Yank Lawson Jazz Band : Saddle River Shout album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Yank Lawson Jazz Band : Saddle River Shout
Dixieland 2007

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YANK LAWSON Yank Lawson / Bud Freeman / Ralph Sutton / Kenny Davern ‎: Live At Louisiana Jazz Club Genova album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Yank Lawson / Bud Freeman / Ralph Sutton / Kenny Davern ‎: Live At Louisiana Jazz Club Genova
Dixieland 1982

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YANK LAWSON That's A Plenty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
That's A Plenty
Dixieland 1975

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