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 301-325 of 467 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	88392	7/15/1955	Temptation rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	88393	7/15/1955	Sensation rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89757	4/13/1956	Ostrich walk	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89758	4/13/1956	Livery stable blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89759	4/13/1956	At the Jazz Band Ball	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89760	4/13/1956	Original Dixieland one-step	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89806	4/24/1956	Bluin' the blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89807	4/24/1956	Lazy Daddy	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89808	4/24/1956	Mournin' blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89809	4/24/1956	Skeleton jangle	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89924	5/8/1956	Reisenweber rag	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89925	5/8/1956	Satanic blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89926	5/8/1956	Lasses candy	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	89927	5/8/1956	Sudan	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	101488	1/25/1957	Snag it	Louis Armstrong	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	101489	1/25/1957	Dippermouth blues	Louis Armstrong	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	101490	1/25/1957	Canal Street blues	Louis Armstrong	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	104238	2/3/1958	The stroll	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	104239	2/3/1958	Ram-bunk-shush	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	104240	2/3/1958	Honky tonk	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	104985	5/15/1958	Boogie woogie Maxixe	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	104986	5/15/1958	Dumplin's	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	104987	5/15/1958	Be-bop-a-lula	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	104988	5/15/1958	Rip it up	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	105001	5/21/1958	Tequila	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet

(Results 301-325 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.