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Azar Lawrence: Prayer For My Ancestors
by Chuck Koton
Azar Lawrence is a man on a mission. His task: to express beautiful, healing music.At a young age, Lawrence was already touring and recording with jazz legends like Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner and Miles Davis. Then, after recording several successful albums, including Bridge into a New Age (Prestige 1974) and Summer Solstice (Prestige 1975), decades inexplicably passed before he would lead another studio session. Lawrence still played and recorded with a wide array of great artists like Stanley ...
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by Russ Musto
When Azar Lawrence first burst on to the jazz scene in the '70s he was hailed by many as the second coming of John Coltrane--an almost sacrilegious assertion considering the godlike stature to which Trane had risen during the decade following his premature passing. But it was not a totally unreasonable one considering that the powerful saxophonist was already burning up bandstands in groups led by Coltrane alumni Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner before he had even reached his 20th ...
Continue ReadingAzar Lawrence: Cookin' at the Jazz Bakery
by Chuck Koton
Azar Lawrence QuartetJazz BakeryCulver City, CANovember 25, 2007 For those jazz fans who have been wondering where Azar Lawrence has been since the late 70s, there is good news: He is alive and well and burnin' up clubs in the L.A. area again. After a too long detour out of jazz radar range, Lawrence, an extraordinary tenor and soprano saxophonist, who seemed to emerge out of nowhere to a front-line role in the bands ...
Continue ReadingAzar Lawrence: Rising Like Atlantis
by Rex Butters
It's an uncharacteristically quiet Friday night at Los Angeles' World Stage, but that's about to change. Recent 2007 appearances here and up the street at 5th St. Dick's have served notice that saxophonist Azar Lawrence is back. One of the brightest young stars of the late seventies, Lawrence found regular employment with Elvin Jones, Miles Davis and McCoy Tyner, to name a rarified few. After burning his way through three solo albums, his name dropped from the jazz annals until ...
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