Hugh Lawson (jazz pianist)

Richard Hugh Jerome Lawson ( born March 12, 1935 in Detroit, † March 11, 1997 in White Plains (New York)) was an American jazz pianist of modern jazz.

Life and work

Lawson studied tenor saxophone and piano at the Cass Tech. High and Wayne State University. Mainly influenced by Bud Powell, but partly also by Bill Evans, Lawson was first attention through his work with Yusef Lateef in the late 1950s. He also took on plates with Harry Sweets Edison (1962), Roy Brooks, and again with Lateef in the 1960s, but also worked with Sonny Rollins, Roy Eldridge, George Coleman, Charles McPherson, Stanley Turrentine, Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Joe Henderson. In 1972 he was co-founder of the formation Piano Choir ( a group of seven pianists ). 1975 and 1979 he went on tour with Charles Mingus and was on records by Charlie Rouse (1977) and George Adams involved. He had his own trio, made ​​a number of albums as a leader for the label Storyville Jazz and Soul Note, and also was a member of the Mingus Dynasty precursor. In the 1980s, Lawson made ​​even recordings with George Adams, Steve Grossman, 1990 again with Harry "Sweets " Edison.

Lawson played Lateef recordings not only piano, but also Turkish finger cymbals in the early Yusef.

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As a leader

As a sideman

  • George Adams: Gentleman's Agreement ( Soul Note, 1983)
  • Harry Sweets Edison: Jawbreakers ( OJC, 19662 ), Swing Summit ( Candid, 1990)
  • Jimmy Forrest: Sit Down And Relax with Jimmy Forrest ( OJC, 1961), Most Much! ( OJC, 1961)
  • Yusef Lateef: Jazz Moods, Prayer To The East ( Savoy, 1957), Other Sounds ( OJC, 1957), The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)
  • Charlie Rouse: Moment's Notice ( Storyville, 1977)
  • Joe Williams: A Swingin ' Night In Bidland ( Roulette, 1962)
  • Steve Grossman: Hold The Line (DIW, 1984)

Web link / source

  • Scott Yanow Hugh Lawson in the All Music Guide (English )
  • Obituary (English )
  • Jazz Pianist
  • American musician
  • Born in 1935
  • Died in 1997
  • Man
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