Plays Mostly Blues
Released: Mar 16, 1986
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Released: Mar 16, 1986
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At the age of 74, Yank Lawson is in fine form on this pretty spontaneous, Dixieland-flavored set. He has a reunion with bassist Bob Haggart (featured on "Whistlin' Cow Blues") and jams with...
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The World's Greatest Jazz Band
Released: Jan 6, 1960
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Released: Jan 6, 1960
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The World's Greatest Jazz Band was formed in the late 1960s by two co-leaders, trumpeter Yank Lawson and bassist Bob Haggart. Although Lawson and Haggart are on this budget LP (along with...
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That's a Plenty
Released: Nov 20, 1943
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Released: Nov 20, 1943
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This excellent LP (which came out in the mid-1970s but was reasonably available until the early 1990s) features no-nonsense Dixieland from trumpeter Yank Lawson, who was 32-33 during this era....
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The Best of Broadway Dixieland Style
Released: 1959
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Released: 1959
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During an era when there were many "Jazz Plays Broadway" albums, trumpeter Yank Lawson decided to perform a dozen songs from a variety of musicals rather than just sticking to one score. A few of...
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Ole Dixie
Released: May 2, 1966
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Released: May 2, 1966
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Anyone familiar with Dixieland trumpeter Yank Lawson will find this a bit of an odd recording in his discography. Presumably the modern pop material and Latin bent of some tracks was designed to...
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