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 226-250 of 467 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	83790	1/8/1953	While we danced at the Mardi Gras	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83801	1/9/1953	Twelfth Street rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83802	1/9/1953	Tiger rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83803	1/9/1953	Maple leaf rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83806	1/14/1953	While we danced at the Mardi Gras-1	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83811	1/13/1953	Cataract rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83812	1/13/1953	Down home rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83816	1/14/1953	Johnson rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83817	1/14/1953	Bugle call rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	83818	1/14/1953	Panama rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84652	6/4/1953	Royal garden blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84653	6/4/1953	Tin roof blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84654	6/4/1953	Struttin' with some barbecue	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84683	6/10/1953	Fidgety feet	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84684	6/10/1953	Angry	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84685	6/10/1953	That's a plenty	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84713	6/15/1953	Someday sweetheart	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84714	6/15/1953	Sweet Lorraine	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84736	6/22/1953	Memphis blues	Ray McKinley Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84737	6/22/1953	Ol' shanks mare	Ray McKinley Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84738	6/22/1953	Rhythm-a-tic	Ray McKinley Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84739	6/22/1953	Long gone	Ray McKinley Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	85371	10/13/1953	I'm coming Virginia-1	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	85372	10/13/1953	Mississippi mud-1	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	85373	10/13/1953	Crying for the Carolines	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet

(Results 226-250 of 467 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lawson, Yank," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105431.

Lawson, Yank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105431.

"Lawson, Yank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.