Jazz Articles about Elliot Lawrence

The Elliot Lawrence Big Band: Swings Cohn and Kahn

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 2001

There's far more Cohn than Kahn on these studio / live dates from the '50s by the Elliot Lawrence Big Band, but that's not a criticism, merely an observation, as both Tiny and Al were superlative big--band writer / arrangers and this generously timed release includes topnotch material from both as well as several handsome charts by Johnny Mandel. Add solos by Cohn, trombonists Eddie Bert and Urbie Green, trumpeter Nick Travis, alto Hal McKusick and the incomparable Zoot Sims ...