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.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
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

(Results 251-275 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.