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Azar Lawrence: Spiritual Jazz With The Funk Left In
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Lawrence is a veteran of Elvin Jones' and McCoy Tyner's bands and a leader of his own group, The Azar Lawrence Experience, whose album, Turn the Music Up (Trazar Records, 2026), arrives September 25, 2026.
We talk about his unique relationship with Pharoah Sanders, dodging Tyner's broken piano strings, and how the 50 years between the first and latest recordings of his own songs trace his evolution as a musician.
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