Jump to content

Doug Lawrence (jazz musician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 67.0.201.234 (talk) at 20:50, 18 January 2021 (→As sideman). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence at the Isola (Italy) Jazz Festival 2013 Photo by Maurizio Rossi
Doug Lawrence at the Isola (Italy) Jazz Festival 2013 Photo by Maurizio Rossi
Background information
Born (1956-10-11) October 11, 1956 (age 68)
Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTenor saxophone

Doug Lawrence (born October 11, 1956) is a jazz tenor saxophonist from Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Early life

Lawrence was born into a musical family in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His father and two brothers were professional musicians and both of his sisters also played.[1] His mother was a dancer.

Career

Lawrence spent over 20 years in New York City, collaborating with Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, and Roy Eldridge among others.[2] Lawrence has also recorded with many prominent jazz musicians such as Buck Clayton, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Wild Bill Davis, Hank Jones, Mel Lewis, and George Cables as well as recording four albums as a leader - "Soul Carnival",[3] "High Heel Sneakers",[4] "Big Band Swing"[5] and "Street Wise".[6] Lawrence served in the West Point Band's Jazz Knights in the early 1980s as the lead tenor saxophonist.

Lawrence has been a featured performer at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Village Vanguard, the Walt Disney Concert Hall and at international concert halls and jazz festivals including the Sydney Opera House, the Moscow International House of Music, the Blue Note Tokyo, Telluride Jazz Celebration and the North Sea Jazz Festival. Lawrence is currently the featured tenor soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra and also works with the drummer Jimmy Cobb and leads his own band called the Doug Lawrence Organic Trio or Quartet.[7] Lawrence frequently appears as guest clinician and artist-in-residence at universities and jazz camps around the world.[8]

Personal life

Lawrence and his wife and daughter currently live in New Mexico.[9]

Discography

George Cables, Doug Lawrence, John Webber, Leroy Williams

As leader

  • Soul Carnival (Fable 1997)
  • High Heel Sneakers (Fable/Lightyear 1998)
  • Big Band Swing (Black Orchid 2001)
  • Street Wise (AllTribe 2002)
  • Doug Lawrence New Organ Trio (Cactus 2014)

As sideman

  • Richard Allen, Gone with the Wind (JazzInn 1999)
  • Count Basie Orchestra, All About That Basie (Concord 2018)
  • Count Basie Orchestra, A Very Swinging Basie Christmas (Concord 2015)
  • Count Basie Orchestra, Ella 100: Live At The Apollo (Concord 2020)
  • Count Basie Orchestra, Live in Japan (Sony 2006)
  • Count Basie Orchestra, Singing, Swinging, Playing (Mack Avenue 2009)
  • Hinton Battle, Meets the Count Basie Orchestra (Sony 2013)
  • Tony Bennett, A Swingin' Christmas (Columbia 2008)
  • Ray Charles, Ray Sings, Basie Swings (Concord 2007)
  • Buck Clayton, A Swingin' Dream (Stash 1989)
  • Buck Clayton, Live at the Village Vangauuard (Nagel Hayer 1991)
  • Rosemary Clooney, Live At Ravinia (PBS/WTTW 2001)
  • Tony Corbiscello, In Full Swing (Allanna 1999)
  • Jamie Cullum, The Pursuit (Verve 2009)
  • Wild Bill Davis Trio, Live At The West End (WKCR 1990)
  • Nneenna Freelon, Blueprint of a Lady (Concord 2005)
  • Jeff Jeroloman and George Cables, Swing Thing (Candid 1993)
  • George V. Johnson, Live at the JazzInn (JazzInn 2001)
  • Martha Lorin, The Time Is Now (Carmel 1993)
  • Butch Miles, Straight On Till Morning (Nagel Hayer 2003)
  • Grover Mitchell, Truckin (Stash 1987)
  • Grover Mitchell, Hip Shakin (Ken 1990)
  • Grover Mitchell, Live In Paris (Radio France 1987)
  • New York Voices, Sing, Sing, Sing (Concord 2000)
  • Ken Peplowski, A Good Reed (Concord 1997)
  • Sammy Price, Two Tenor Boogie featuring Percy France and Doug Lawrence (WKCR 1990)
  • Loren Schoenberg, Just a Sittin' and a Rockin' (Musicmasters 1990)
  • Loren Schoenberg, Manhattan Work Song (Music Masters 1993)
  • Loren Schoenberg, Out of This World (Montreux 1998)
  • Loren Schoenberg, Time Waits for No One (Music Masters 1992)
  • Cynthia Scott, I Just Want to Know (Itocs 1998)
  • Bobby Short, You're the Top (Telarc 1999)
  • Clyde Stubblefield, B3 Bombers Live at the Green Mill (AllTribe 2002)
  • Teri Thornton, Good Morning Heartache (Monte Carlo 1988)

References

  1. ^ Feather, L; Gitler, I "The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz", New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, p.403
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Doug Lawrence: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  3. ^ Frankling, Ken. "Doug Lawrence: Soul Carnival". JazzTimes. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  4. ^ Terrell, Tom. "Doug Lawrence". JazzTimes. |accessdate= 10 June 2013
  5. ^ Bowers, Jack. "Doug Lawrence and His Orchestra: Big Band Swing". All About Jazz. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  6. ^ Bailey, C.Michael. "Doug Lawrence; Street Wise". All About Jazz. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  7. ^ Steinberg, David. "Match Made In Jazz Heaven". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  8. ^ Gambetta, Franchesco. "Festival internationale Isola Jazz". Genova Oggi Notizie. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  9. ^ Page-English, Mike. "Doug Lawrence: Local Jazz Hero". Local iQ. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doug_Lawrence_(jazz_musician)&oldid=1001236869"