Lawrence Marrero

Lawrence Henry Marrero ( born October 24, 1900 in New Orleans, † June 6, 1959 ) was an American musician of the Hot Jazz ( banjo, guitar, bass drum).

Life and work

Marrero comes from a musical family; his father Billy Marrero was in 1905 when bassist Manuel Perez and 1910 in the Superior Orchestra (he was the manager of the latter formation and also of the Olympic Orchestra ). Marreros three brothers, John, Simon and Eddie Marrero, were also musicians. < / ref > Lawrence Marrero had banjo lessons with his brother John. His career as a professional musician began in 1919 with Wooden Joe Nicholas; besides, he was initially also prizefighter. In 1920 he founded his Young Tuxedo Orchestra, where he worked as a bass drummer. In the 1930s he played with Chris Kelly, Frank Dusen and John Robichaux; from the end of the decade he was a longtime member in the band of George Lewis. 1942 Bunk Johnson's band both took in Chicago, 1945 in New Orleans and New York. After his return to New Orleans in 1946 he went on tour with Lewis and worked until 1957 at which recordings. In 1955 he resigned after a series of strokes from Lewis' band, but managed a few more years own formations in which he also played electric guitar.

Marrero worked from 1942 to 1956 at 95 recording sessions with, among others, Alvin Alcorn, Ken Colyer, Jim Robinson, Sister Ernestine Washington, Sister Berenice Phillips and Harold Lewis.

Lexical entries

• Carlo Bohländer: Reclam Jazz Guide Stuttgart 1970
• Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley: The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides 2004 ( 3rd ed ). ISBN 1-84353-256-5