Doug Lawrence (jazz)

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

Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence at the Isola (Italy) Jazz Festival 2013 Photo by Maurizio Rossi
Background information
Born (1956-10-11) October 11, 1956
Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsTenor saxophone
Associated actsThe Jazz Knights, Count Basie Orchestra

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 Band (Cactus, 2014)

As sideman
  • Richard Allen, Gone with the Wind (JazzInn 1999)
  • Count Basie Orchestra, A Very Swinging Basie Christmas (Concord 2015)
  • 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)
  • Tony Corbiscello, In Full Swing (Allanna 1999)
  • Jamie Cullum, The Pursuit (Verve 2009)
  • 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)
  • Ken Peplowski, A Good Reed (Concord 1997)
  • 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.
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