Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band
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The Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band was founded in 1951 by longtime friends and bandmates trumpeter John âYankâ Lawson - born on May 3, 1911, in Trenton, Missouri - and double bassist Bob Haggart - Born March 12, 1914 in New York, New York. Yank Lawson had previously spent time in Dixieland and swing bands in the 1930s and 1940s including co-founding the Bob Crosby Orchestra and playing with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey. Bob Haggart recorded with Billy Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Goodman. Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart met when the latter joined the Bob Crosby Orchestra in 1935, shortly after their formation. During the bandâs heyday, Bob Haggart composed some of their most popular tracks including âMy Inspirationâ, âBig News from Winnetkaâ, and âWhatâs Newâ. After Crosby dissolved the orchestra in 1942, Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart went their separate ways but remained friends. Crosby brought the his orchestra back for a few reunions in the early 1950s, which inspired the formation of a new sextet, the Lawson/Haggart Jazz Band, in 1951. Over the course of four years, the band released a series of albums including Play Jelly Rollâs Jazz (1951), Play King Oliverâs Jazz (1952), College Fight Songs (1952), Blues on the River (1952), Ragtime Jamboree (1953), Windy City Jazz (1954), and Louisâ Hot 5âs and 7âs (1954). Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart spent the next decade working on separate projects before coming back together in 1968 to form the Worldâs Greatest Jazz Band, which they co-lead until 1978. Yank Lawson died on February 18, 1995. Bob Haggart died on December 2, 1998.
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- Davenport Blues
- Down By The Riverside
- Riverboat Shuffle
- That Eccentic Rag
- Cataract Rag
- Beale Street Blues
- Maple Leaf Rag
- Rose Of The Grande
- I Want to Be Happy by Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band
- Panama Rag
- Missouri Waltz
- Gulf Coast Blues
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
- Wabash Blues
- St Louis Blues
- Memphis Blues
- Basin Street Blues
- Fidgety Feet
- Royal Garden Blues
- Struttin' With Some Barbecoe
- Someday, Sweetheart
- Sweet Lorraine
- Angry
- That's A Plenty
