Yank Lawson
John Rhea "Yank" Lawson (May 3, 1911 – February 18, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter known for Dixieland and swing music. Born John Lausen in 1911, from 1933 to 1935 he worked in Ben Pollack's orchestra and after that became a founding member of the Bob Crosby Orchestra. He later worked with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, but also worked with Crosby again in 1941–42. Later in the 1940s he became a studio musician leading his own Dixieland sessions. In the 1950s he and Bob Haggart created the Lawson-Haggart band and they worked together in 1968 to form the World's Greatest Jazz Band, a Dixieland group which performed for the next ten years. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 3, 1911 (Trenton), Died February 18, 1995 (Indianapolis)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1962
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, trombone
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Recordings (Results 251-275 of 467 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 85458 | 11/3/1953 | Moon over Miami-1 | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85459 | 11/3/1953 | Alabamy bound-1 | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85460 | 11/3/1953 | Georgia on my mind | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85524 | 11/19/1953 | Louisiana | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85525 | 11/19/1953 | Tennessee waltz-1 | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85890 | 2/23/1954 | Heebie jeebies | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85891 | 2/23/1954 | Skit-dat-de-dat | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86029 | 6/16/1954 | Melancholy blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86030 | 3/16/1954 | Potato head blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86031 | 3/16/1954 | Cornet shop suey | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86070 | 3/23/1954 | King of the Zulus | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86071 | 3/23/1954 | Gully low blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86072 | 3/23/1954 | Wild man blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86730 | 8/27/1954 | Flaggin' the train | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86731 | 8/27/1954 | The natives are restless tonight | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86732 | 8/27/1954 | Airizay | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 86733 | 8/27/1954 | You came a long way from St. Louis | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 87959 | 5/8/1954 | I want to be happy | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 87960 | 5/8/1954 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 87961 | 5/8/1954 | Big noise from Winnetka | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 87962 | 5/8/1954 | Love me or leave me | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 87973 | 5/8/1954 | St. James infirmary-3 | Billy Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 88176 | 6/15/1955 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 88177 | 6/15/1955 | Basin Street blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 88330 | 7/7/1955 | Smokehouse blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lawson, Yank," accessed April 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105431.
Lawson, Yank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105431.
"Lawson, Yank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 April 2024.
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