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Article: Interview

Jo Lawry: Singing Sideman

by Jason Crane
May 19, 2009

Australian vocalist Jo Lawry is quickly establishing herself among the top tier of current jazz vocalists. And she's doing it--at least some of the time--by being a sideman. Lawry hails from Adelaide, Australia. She's been in the U.S. for several years now pursuing advanced degrees in jazz, but she hasn't spent all her time ...

Album

I Want to Be Happy

By Jo Lawry

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. The Water Is Wide (trad) - 5:38; 2. Prelude to Happiness (Jo Lawry) - 1:37; 3. I Want to Be Happy (Caesar/Youmans) - 3:26; 4. February (Williams) - 4:48; 5. I Only Have Eyes for You (Dubin/Warren) - 3:05; 6. Small House (Jo Lawry) - 2:26; 7. I Could Have Danced All Night (Lerner/Loewe) - 2:05; 8. Until (Sting) - 5:54; 9. I'm Old Fashioned (Mercer/Kern) - 2:33; 10. Can't Smile Without You (Arnold/Martin/Morrow) - 6:28; 11. In a Spin (Jo Lawry) - 3:29; 12. Love Is Now (Egberto Gismonti) - 1:36; 13. Loro (Egberto Gismonti) - 5:54; 14. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (Cahn/Styne) - 6:04; 15. Tried and Tried (James Shipp) - 4:52.

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News: Recording

Debut CD by Vocalist Jo Lawry, "I Want to be Happy", Released Today

October 21, 2008

Rarely does a singer come along in whom virtuosity meets sensitivity. On her debut album, I Want to Be Happy, Jo Lawry at once tests the limits of technical facility and explores the furthest reaches of musical expression. Her music, steeped in the jazz tradition without being constrained by its traditional forms and functions, demonstrates a ...